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Management student Darius Law named A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year

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Darius Law, a junior management major in the Belk College of Business, has beennamed the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Indoor Men’s Student-Athlete of the Year.Darius has won the award three times, as he was named to the same honor last season for the indoor and outdoor season. The Raleigh, N.C., native has earned a perfect 4.0 […]

Fulbright Fellow selects Belk College for graduate study

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A student in the Belk College’s Master of Science in Economics program is one of the first Foreign Fulbright Fellows to enroll at UNC Charlotte. Dirk Feldrappe from Obertrebra, Germany chose UNC Charlotte because “the Belk College of Business has an outstanding reputation in the world of finance and an extraordinary network to a lot […]

Belk College professor moderates CFO roundtable

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Dr. Jack Cathey, interim chair of the Department of Accounting and interim associate dean for finance and operations for the Belk College of Business, recently moderated the annual CFO Roundtable program for the Charlotte Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI). Pictured from left are Dr. Howard Godfrey, professor of accounting and FEI Charlotte Chapter president; […]

It’s a “Seven-Peat”: UNC Charlotte SIFE team wins regional competition, again

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The UNC Charlotte Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team won the SIFE USA regional league competition on March 29. This is the seventh consecutive regional championship victory for the UNC Charlotte SIFE team. The team has won the SIFE regional competition every year since thechapterlaunched in 2003. The regional competition served as a preliminaryround for […]

Alumni entrepreneurs inspire students

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The Belk College extends sincere gratitude to alumni JohnOwens ’90 from Ameritrust, Michelle Menard ’97 from Choice Translating and Brian Hamlett ’04 from mPower Consulting for speaking to the Introduction to Entrepreneurship class this month. “There’s no better inspiration for a student than learning from a successful business owner who started out just like them,” […]

Belk College hosts Harvard workshop on case-method teaching

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On October 15, faculty from the Belk College of Business participated in a workshop on participant-centered learning, facilitated by a noted Harvard professor. The workshop, “Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership,” was led by Dr. William J. Bruns, the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Dr. Bruns taught […]

Mynatt receives Turner Award

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Pat Mynatt, lecturer in accounting, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Thomas C. Turner Distinguished Teaching Lectureship by the Department of Accounting. Dr. Mynatt earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently teaches courses in financial and managerial accounting and also serves as the faculty advisor for […]

Guest speakers enhance classroom learning experience

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Guest speakers enhance the classroom learning experience for Belk College students.The Belk College thanksSean Graham ’97, COO of TIAA-CREF Trust Co., and David Chapin, CEO and chief strategist of Forma Life Science Marketing, for sharing their professional experiences with students this week. If you are a business executive interested in speaking to students at either […]

Belk College PhD students’ papers presented at international conference

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Muhammad Zaffar and Haya Ajjan, both students in the Ph.D. in IT program in the Belk College of Business,had co-authoredpapers presented at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), held in Paris last December. CIS is the premier, selective, international conference on information systems. Only about 20 percent of the papers submitted are accepted. UNC […]

Belk College senior selected as commencement speaker

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Wei Tsay, an International Business major with a minor in Economics, from Lexington, NC, was selected to speak at UNC Charlotte’s recent Commencement ceremony. He is pictured here with Chancellor Phil Dubois. While a student in the Belk College of Business Tsay was active in a number of student organizations, most notably serving as president […]