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Choice Translating, the company owned by Belk College alumni Michelle and Vernon Menard, was prominently featured in The Charlotte Observer on Feb. 2. Reporter Amy Baldwin’sarticle, “Breaking language barriers in business,” discussedChoice Translating’s growth since Michelle started the company as an international business and French major at UNC Charlotte in 1995. Sales were $2 million […]

Belk College M.B.A. student Debi Wessinger has been awarded the Zonta Club Fellowshipat UNC Charlotte. The fellowship is awarded to a non-traditional prospective graduate or undergraduate student, withpreference given to a student returning to formal education after some time away from school. The scholarship coversfull tuition for one year. Debiwill be a full-time M.B.A. student […]

Dr. Tony Plath, associate professor of finance in the Belk College of Business, was featured on the “Viewpoint” page of the July 31 issue of the Charlotte Business Journal. Plath’s editorial, “The decline of a banking powerhouse?” is available at bizjournals (registration may be required).

Dr. Steven Ott, the John Crosland Jr. professor of real estate in the Belk College of Business and director of the Center for Real Estate, is leading a professional development workshop for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) May 11 and 12 in Charlotte. The program, “Equity Capital for Commercial Real Estate: Understanding and Navigating the […]

Beginning today, the default email domain for UNC Charlotte faculty and staff will change from @email.uncc.edu to @uncc.edu. Faculty and staff are encourged to update their Outlook signatures, webpages and listserv memberships to reflect this change. (All internal listservs will be automatically updated.) When reprinting publications, letterhead and business cards,be sure to use the new […]

Two of the nation’s top experts in business ethics and a retired executive from the Federal Reserve Bank will be the keynote speakers at an upcoming UNC Charlotte conference on “Business Ethics and the Credit Crisis.” Jeff Kane, the UNC Charlotte Trustee who recently retired from the Federal Reserve Bank as head of the Charlotte […]

Dr. Tony Plath, associate professor of finance in the Belk College of Business and one of the banking industry’s top experts, is featured in the current issue of the UNC Charlotte magazine. Dr. Plath has been a member of the UNC Charlotte faculty since 1987. His comprehensive knowledge and candid commentary on the banking industry […]

Vinay Sharma, an M.B.A. student at UNC Charlotte and a member of the Student Managed Investment Fund, wasnamed the winner of the CFA North Carolina Society’s annual forecasting competition. His accomplishment was mentioned in the widely-read “Table Talk” column in the Charlotte Business Journal. To read more, visit stories=. (Registration may be required.)

Todd Mansfield, the CEO of Crosland Inc. and a member of the advisory board for the Belk College’s Center for Real Estate, recently was recognized by Charlotte Magazine in their issue focused on innovation. Called “the environmentalist developer,” Mansfield was noted for his commitment to smart growth and the development of a consistent vision for […]

The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team at UNC Charlotte will host their sixth annual Etiquette Dinner Thursday, Nov. 12, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center on campus. More than 150 students from the Belk College of Business will attend along with 50 business professionals from the Charlotte region, representing […]