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Many of the poor business decisions that led to the nation’s current economic crisis were not necessarily due to a complete lapse in business ethics, but human nature, a former Federal Reserve Bank executive said Tuesday at a conference at UNC Charlotte. “If you were an AIG executive, would you look at the current situation […]

With registration underway, the Belk College reminds students about the policy for adding students to closed classes. Students will not be added to any closed classes. Do not contact the instructor or the Advising Center to ask for an exception.* Here are three strategies that will increase a student’s chance of adding a course that […]

(Press release courtesy of College of Charleston) Alan T. Shao has been named the new dean of the School of Business and Economics at the College of Charleston. Shao comes to the College after serving as the Associate Dean for Global and Professional Programs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was also […]

The UNC Charlotte Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team won the annual SIFE regional competition March 16 for the sixth consecutive year. The competition,held in Charlotte,served as a preliminary competition for SIFE Nationals. The UNC Charlotte SIFE team will attend the SIFE National Exposition in Philadelphia May 10-12tocompete against other U.S. regional competition winners. Competing […]

UNC Charlotte has been selected for a prestigious 2008 Community Engagement elective classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The designation recognizes institutions that have internalized and sustained their commitment to collaborate with communities through teaching, research, and outreach. “From the beginning, this University has had a rich history of community involvement,” […]

Jill Lajdziak, general manager of General Motors’ Saturn division,spoke toundergraduatestudents in the Belk College duringa recent visit to Charlotte. Lajdziak, who headed Saturn’ssales, service and marketing operations before being named general manager in 1999, discussedSaturn’s strategy for introducing new models -including a hybrid-with Dana Lanham’s retail marketing class. She also visited the College of Engineering’s […]

Joe Price, a 1983 graduate of the Belk College of Business and a member of the college’s Business Advisory Council, has been named chief financial officer of Bank of America, effective January 1, 2007. “Joe Price is a strong and experienced leader, and a straightforward communicator,”commented Ken Lewis, chairman and CEO of Bank of America. […]

Sungjune Park andChandrasekar Subramaniam, both assistant professors of management information systems, have been awardeda grantfor their pedagogical project, “The Use of Virtualization Technologies in Information Systems Education.” The Faculty CID Grant is funded by UNC Charlotte to support innovation in curriculum and instructional development.

Students from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, UNC Charlotte and Germany participated in a global summit yesterday to share perspectives on world hunger. The title of the summit, hosted and organized by the UNCCharlotte chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)was “Hunger & Poverty: Uniting Youth for a Common Cause.” CMS students from the Center for Leadership and […]

Tao-Hsien (Dolly) King has been appointed the Rush S. Dickson Professor of Finance in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. King, who earned a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joined the Belk College in 2006 as an associate professor. Before coming to UNC Charlotte, she taught at the University of […]