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By: Jaime Bochantin (Originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal) While navigating the murky waters of career development, being able to express one’s personal brand is important. Millennial job seekers need to ask themselves, “What sets me apart?” This differentiation piece is vital. Thinking that you’re too early in your career to have a personal […]

The national and state economies will continue the slow growth pattern in 2017 that has continued for the past seven-plus years, but North Carolina will need to focus on productivity growth this year, said UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton today during the Barings/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast. “Positive economic growth in 2017 would represent the eighth […]

By: Scott Lieberman ’12 (Originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal) I was honored to participate on the #NextGenCLT panel, which focused on effective personal branding. This is a topic which means a lot to me, not just because part of my full-time job revolves around it, but because of what personal branding has been […]

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., the president and CEO of TIAA, answered students’ questions about leadership, professional development and financial services during the spring 2017 Belk College of Business CEO Speaker Series on Feb. 1 at UNC Charlotte. (View photos from the spring 2017 CEO Speaker Series). More than 500 students and guests attended the event […]

UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program has once again been named among the top 20 programs in the nation, ranking No. 18 in the TFE Times’ 2017 Master of Financial Engineering Program Rankings. This is an increase from the previous No. 20 ranking for the Mathematical Finance program, which currently enrolls more […]

A five-student team from UNC Charlotte earned second place among nine top-ranked teams in the Deloitte FanTAXtic, Deloitte’s student Tax Case Study Competition, in January. The UNC Charlotte team earned $1,000 per student and a $5,000 institutional award. The national competition took place Jan. 13-15 at Deloitte University near Dallas, Texas. Team members included accounting […]

By Bryan Delaney, Management Information Systems ’03 (Article originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal as part of the #NextGenCLT Series) At a certain point in your career, you develop your own philosophy and strategies for professional growth. Those who are lucky enough know the path they want to take right away, while others (the […]

The Childress Klein Center for Real Estate was presented with a $25,000 gift from the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of REALTORS (CRCBR) earlier this month to continue funding their annual scholarships for Master of Science in Real Estate students. The CRCBR also recognized two MSRE students who are recent recipients of the organization’s scholarship: Peter […]

By Kapil Jagtiani, MBA ’12 (Article originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal) Having spent 15 years in the workplace, I can relate to why many millennials are dispirited. It can be discouraging to be constantly decrypting age-old industry jargon, navigating through intricate layers of organizational hierarchy, fending off stereotypes about your generation and attempting […]

The economy is continuing to grow, albeit slowly. Post-election and throughout 2017, the economic forecast pattern will continue, said UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton today during the Barings/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast. “During the first half of 2016, the North Carolina economy seemed to experience slower growth than during the previous 18 months. What has been […]