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Daryl Kerr, director for undergraduate student services in the Belk College of Business, recently received the Faculty Career Champion Award by the UNC Charlotte Career Center. Awarded annually, the Faculty Career Champion Award recognizesfaculty members for their commitment to career development issues, their championship of career related services and programs, their efforts to increase employer […]

Dr. Joseph B. Mazzola has been named dean of The Belk College of Business at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Later this summer, he will join one of the Carolinas’ largest business programs, with more than 2,500 undergraduate students, 500 graduate students and 84 full-time faculty members. Mazzola, a professor at the McDonough […]

UNC Charlotte re-launched its successful “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds” speaker series this spring with a panel discussion focused on jobs and the economic recovery, hosted by the Belk College of Business at the Levine Museum of the New South. The topic of the March 17 conversation was “Charlotte’s Changing Workforce: Trends and Outlooks for […]

The Economics seminar scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27, has been cancelled due to inclement weather in the speaker’s home city. Additional information will be available on the Belk College website when the seminar is rescheduled.

The Charlotte Business Journal will honor three women with Belk College connectionsthrough their annual Women in Business recognition program. Congratulations to Madie Burch, Paragon Commercial Bank, Class of1997; Janet Malzone, Grant Thornton, a member of the Accounting Advisory Board; and Cindy Wolfe, president of Charlotte Real Estate Women (CREW), the professional organization which funds anendowedscholarship. […]

UNC Charlotte is partnering with Bank of America on an innovative new program for the next generation of knowledge workers. The Bank of America Applied Technology Program is designed to give students the opportunity to work for the bank while pursuing their undergraduate degrees. The 17-month program will provide students studying technology and business the […]

Several Belk College faculty members were recognized for career milestones at today’s University Convocation at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Cem Saydam, operations management, was recognized for 25 years of service. Dr. Kelly Zellars, management, was promoted to full professor. Dr. Faith Neale, finance, was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor. The convocation ceremony marks the […]

Business Leader magazine recently released its list of the top North Carolina small businesses. Two companies have ties to the Belk College of Business: – Hinrichs Flanagan Financial, an insurance, investment and financial services firm led by Business Advisory Council member Tim Flanagan

Ernst & Young recently hosted its Entrepreneur of the Year program for the Carolinas, and two individuals with ties to the Belk College were honored. Frank Spencer, president and CEO of Cogdell Spencer Inc., was the winner in the Real Estate and Construction category. Spencer is a member of the advisory board for the Center […]

The Belk College of Business is pleased to announce a new professional development initiative for graduate students: the Professional Development Program, or PDP. The PDP will help students define their individual skills, values, interests and potential so they can focus their career goals. A highlight of the program will be a mentoring component, in which […]