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Dr. Alan Shao, associate dean for professional and global programs, will be a keynote speaker at “Immigration, Collaboration and Its Impact on the U.S. Workforce,” a seminar taking place Sept. 11, 2008. Dr. Shao will address “Companies and Business Schools: Growth of Global Partnerships” at the seminar, which is sponsored by Alan Gordon Immigration & […]

The Belk College of Business will be the exclusivesponsor of the TEDxCharlotte event onSeptember 24, 2010. Themed “Big Ideas,” TEDxCharlotte aims to bring people together to connect and share how they are actively bringing about positive change and innovation in Charlotte and surrounding communities. TEDxCharlotte founder Candice Langston said, “Dean Joe Mazzola’s and the Belk […]

by Meghan Graham, SIFE chapter vice president for public relations The UNC Charlotte Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) teamwon its fourth annual SIFE regional competition onMarch 22. Thecompetition was heldCharlotte and served as a preliminary competition for SIFE Nationals. The UNC Charlotte SIFE team will attend SIFE Nationals in Dallas, TexasMay 6 – 8and will […]

Jeremiah Nelson, director of professionalstudent services in the Belk College of Business, will travel to India later this month to connect with prospective M.B.A. students. Nelson, along with Greet Provoost, assistant dean for international admissions at UNC Charlotte, will participate in admissions fairs and conduct individual student interviews in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi January […]

Katherine Southard, a student in the M.B.A. program in the Belk College of Business, recently was crowned Miss North Carolina 2009. As winner of the pageant, Southard receives a $12,000 scholarship and the chance to compete for the Miss America crown next January in Las Vegas. Southard earned undergraduate degrees in business and dance from […]

The new UNC Charlotte chapter of Net Impact, “a global network of leaders who are changing the world through business,” will hold its first program this Thursday, May 14 at UNC Charlotte Uptown (220 N. Tryon Street, 3rd Floor). Networking will begin at 5:30 PM; the program will begin at 6:00 PM. The program is […]

UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton will be making the rounds in local media to discuss the current turbulence in the U.S. economy. Dr. Connaughton will be featured twice in May on”Charlotte Talks,” a public-interest radio program which airs on WFAE(90.7 FM) at 9:00 AM and 9:00 PMOn Wednesday, May 14, the show will discuss “fact […]

The North Carolina economy is expected to contract by 1.5 percent during 2009, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly economic forecast for the state. The current year’s decline follows a falling-off of 0.3 percent experienced during 2008. Overall, Connaughton expects the North Carolina economy to decline during the first two quarters […]

UNC Charlotte re-launches its successful “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds” speaker series with a panel discussion focused on jobs and the economic recovery, hosted by the Belk College of Business. The event takes place Wednesday, March 17, at the Levine Museum of the New South.Registration and a reception begin at 5:30 PM and the program […]

U.S. News and World Report has named UNC Charlotte one of the top ten “up and coming national universities” in its annual Best College issue. According to Robert Morse at U.S. News, the magazine asked top academics as part of the regular U.S. News peer assessment survey to name the schools that they think are […]