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Jonathan Rasmussen, a senior majoring in operations and supply chain management, received $250 and second-place honors in the undergraduate division of the student competition at Innovate Carolina. Innovate Carolina is an annual innovation conference organized by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) Carolinas chapter. Rasmussen’s concept is to improve public transportation through new technologies […]

The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte recently presented annual awards to faculty and staff who have excelled in teaching, research and service. The 2016 Faculty and Staff Awards were presented on April 22 to: Dmitry Shapiro, associate professor of economics, received the Best Paper Award for his article “Microfinance and Dynamic Incentives” published […]

Four UNC Charlotte students recently won the annual Risk Management and Insurance Jeopardy Competition hosted by the North Carolina Surplus Lines Association (NCSLA), while also taking home a trophy for the third win in five years. The team consisted of seniors Jesse Fuery, Alexandria Bose, Charles Eisenhauer, and Christopher Wescott. Fuery, Bose, and Eisenhauer are […]

To cap off his year spent studying in the M.S. in Economics program in Charlotte, Scandinavian student Konstantin Ekstrom proudly took third place in the oral sessions for Business, Public Health, and Social Sciences at UNC Charlotte’s 16th Annual Graduate Research Symposium on April 2. As a dual-degree student, Ekstrom is simultaneously earning an M.S. […]

The Department of Accounting awarded approximately $65,000 in scholarships on April 19 to multiple accounting students. These were scholarships previously established by various firms, organizations, and individuals. More than 115 students, faculty, donors and alumni attended the scholarship banquet. In addition, the Beta Alpha Psi chapter announced that it is on track to achieve “Superior” […]

Graduating senior Brittany Nunn is among five graduates from around the Queen City featured by Charlotte Five about her future plans in Charlotte. Nunn is graduating in May. She is a double major in finance, with a risk management and insurance concentration, and management with a talent management concentration. She was president of the Business […]

The Belk College celebrates two alumni who were among those honored at the 2016 UNC Charlotte Alumni Awards on April 8. Congratulations to Belk College alumna Susan DeVore ’81, CEO of Premier, Inc., on receiving a Distinguished Alumna Award, as well as alumnus Donnie Koonce ’81, Senior Vice President at Bank of America, on also […]

In the past six months, the Belk College of Business received three major rankings and top marks recognizing the MBA program’s exceptional quality of education, outstanding ROI, top job placement rates, and high starting salaries upon graduation. The Belk College was recognized in October in Bloomberg Businessweek’s biennial ranking of part-time MBA programs, placing No. […]

The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA) has announced that Dr. Gary F. Kohut, Professor of Management and Director of the MBA Program in the Belk College of Business, received a 5.0 Discussion Leader Award for 2015. Kohut will be recognized at NCACPA’s Annual Business Meeting and Recognition Dinner on May 3 at […]

Two Belk College alumni were among those recognized in the Charlotte Business Journal‘s 40 Under 40 awards celebration in March. Congratulations to: alumnus Michael DiFabion (’03 management). Michael is director of sales at DiFabion Remodeling, Inc. alumnus Bryan Delaney (’03 management information systems) on receiving a Charlotte Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award on March […]