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Professor Emeritus Thomas C. Turner, who helped establish the Department of Accounting at UNC Charlotte, is donating $2.5 million to UNC Charlotte. The department is being renamed the Turner School of Accountancy in his honor. Turner’s gift will provide scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate accounting students within the Belk College of Business who possess […]

UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program ranked No. 23 in the QuantNet 2017 Rankings of Best Financial Engineering Programs. This is the fourth national ranking for the Mathematical Finance program, and an improvement from last year’s ranking at No. 24. The rankings are calculated based on a series of factors, including placement […]

Alumna Susan DeVore ’81 stepped onto the stage of the Popp Martin Student Union at UNC Charlotte. Over the next hour, she shared life lessons with hundreds of students and responded to their questions during the fall 2016 Belk College CEO Speaker Series on Oct. 19. DeVore is president and CEO of Premier Inc., a […]

By Alexandra Dunn, Ph.D. candidate in Organizational Science (Article originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal as part of the #NextGenCLT Series) I had the opportunity to attend the recent #NextGenCLT event and I was not disappointed. As a woman millennial finishing my dissertation and studying business, I was excited to hear the four female […]

As part of UNC Charlotte’s Homecoming celebrations, the Belk College of Business honored five alumni and friends for their accomplishments, service and dedication to the college today during its first Alumni Awards. The Belk College Alumni Awards recognize alumni and advocates of the UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business who have demonstrated leadership and outstanding […]

By: Leticia Foster, MBA ’12 (Originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal) Millennials are a “hot” topic in today’s business world. Though the exact demographics have been debated, some define millennials as those born between 1980 and 2000. Within this 20-year span, I barely make the cut. Yet there is a part of me that […]

One year ago, the UNC Charlotte Childress Klein Center for Real Estate celebrated the naming of the center and a $2.5 million gift by real estate firm Childress Klein. Today, the center reached another milestone. Over the past 12 months, almost 100 companies and individuals from the Charlotte business community have raised a total of […]

By Shabari Basu, MBA ’13 (Originally published in the Charlotte Business Journal) It has been a very interesting journey for me as a leader in the renewable energy industry. I love what I do for many reasons. First, I’m working in an exciting industry that is growing and developing. The growing support and acceptance of […]

Today, business school graduates are increasingly using their degrees to make a difference not only in the corporate world, but also across society. The important contributions of UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business alumnus Robert A. Niblock, chairman, president and CEO of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., and 29 other change makers are recognized as part of […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sept. 7, 2016 – Is the economic forecast partly sunny or partly cloudy? Both, says UNC Charlotte economist. On the bright side, North Carolina’s unemployment rate is now lower than the U.S. rate and the economy continues to grow. However, the economic expansion is slowing down, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported […]