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The Leon Levine Foundation is funding the largest individual gift commitment in UNC Charlotte’s history, establishing a major new merit scholarship program – the Levine Scholars Program – that will enable the school to recruit exceptional student-leaders from around the United States. “The Levine Scholars Program will prove to be transformational for UNC Charlotte,” said […]

John Connaughton, professor of economics in the Belk College of Business and director of the UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina, has been elected president of the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) for 2009-10. Founded in 1962, the Southern Regional Science Association provides intellectual leadership in the study of social, economic, political and behavioral […]

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is well-known for its public art, but the recent arrival of a larger-than-life pickax at the traffic circle near the campus’ Dickson Gate entrance goes beyond the aesthetic. The pickax’s installation and that of two identical sculptures around the city are symbols that visually reinforce the University’s “Stake […]

The Charlotte Business Journal recently honored two Belk College graduates and the college’s development director in their annual “40 Under 40” feature: • Beth Fischer – director of development, Belk College of Business • Jessica Brown ’03 – vice president, brokerage, CB Richard Ellis • Jessica Dill ’00, MAcc ‘01 – advisory services manager, Grant […]

Steven Ott, the John Crosland Jr. professor of real estate in the Belk College of Business and director of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte, is leading a professional development workshop for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) August 24-25 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ott is the lead instructor for “Valuation and Acquisition Strategies […]

The Belk College of Business has awarded the following faculty research grants: Alice Tseng (Economics) received the BarclaysAmerican Summer Research Grant. Tony Stylianou (BISOM) received the Johnson Award for Teaching Research and Development. Kelly Zellars (Management) and Dough Pugh (Management) each received a Childress Klein Research Fellowship. Kevin Zhou (Marketing) received the Wachovia Fund Fellowship. […]

Five companies led by alumni and advisors of the Belk College were recognized by the Charlotte Business Journal as the “Best Places to Work” for 2008. They include: Ameritrust – President and CEO John Owens is a Belk College alumnus. Greer & Walker – Partner Mike McNamara serves on the advisory board for the Department […]

Tammy Beck, who joins the Belk College this fall as an assistant professorof management, received theAcademy of Management Journal‘sBest Paper Award for 2007. Her coauthored article, “Radical Change Accidentally: The Emergence and Amplification of Small Change,”was deemedbest amongwork published in Volume 50 (year 2007) ofthe journal. The Academy of Management Journal is widely considered to […]

Dr. Jack Cathey has been appointed as the Interim Chair of the Department of Accounting in the Belk College of Business. Dr. Cathey joined the Belk College faculty in 1988.He is a Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina whose professional experience includes working as a senior auditor with KPMG in Charlotte, N.C. He has published […]

Kevin Zhou, the Reese Distinguished Scholar in International Business in the Department of Marketing of the Belk College of Business, and his co-author, Laura Poppo (University of Kansas), recently returned from a conference at Harvard University where they received theManagement and Organization Review (MOR) China Goes Global Best Paper award for 2008. More than 100 […]