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A group of 22 Belk College M.B.A. students visited Argentina recently as part of the M.B.A. Program’s annual international study tour course. Dr. Jim Nebus, assistant professor of management, was the faculty leader for the tour. The course was centered around an eight-day trip to Buenos Aires, wherethe studentsvisited and met with leaders fromTelefonica (a […]

The UNC Charlotte M.B.A. program is collaborating with Vertical S.A., a Chilean education and leadership-development company, to offer a spring break tour of Chile for M.B.A. students in 2007. The study tour will take place March 2 – 11, 2007 and will include stops in Santiago and San Pedro. In addition to participating in leadership […]

Cindy Fox has been promoted to director of global business programs for the Belk College of Business.Fox earned an M.B.A. from UNC Charlotte and hasworked in the Belk College for more than 15 years, first as a lecturer in theDepartment of Marketing and most recently as assistant director of international business programs. As director,Fox will […]

James Good, a 2003 graduate of the Belk College, recently completed a cross-country bicycle trip from Seattle to Charlotte. Charlotte Observer reporter Scott Fowler wrote about James’s trip here: Charlotte Observer.

The North Carolina economy is expected to continue its seventh year of economic expansion in 2008, according to UNC Charlotte economist John E. Connaughton, who released his quarterly forecast for the state today. Connaughton is optimistic for the state overall, in spite of several areas of concern. “Both rising energy prices and sub-prime credit problem […]

FairPoint Communications CEO David Hauser recentlywas sworn in as a member of the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees. Hauser, a 1977 graduate of the Belk College M.B.A. program, is a member of the College’s Business Advisory Council.He joined FairPoint Communications as its chief executive officer and chair in July 2009 after retiring as group executive […]

UNC Charlotte and Bank of America have launched an innovative new program for the next generation of knowledge workers. The Bank of America Applied Technology Program (ATP) is designed to give students the opportunity to work for the bank while pursuing their undergraduate degrees. The 17-month program provides students studying technology and business the means […]

New television series features conversations with top business leaders

Craig Depken II, associate professor of economics, was recently quoted in”Hot ticket: Seats at Sunday’s Patriots-Jets game going for up to $1,450,” an article published in the Providence (R.I.) Journal. Depken’s research focuses on the economics of sports, and he is frequently consulted by media from across the country to comment on current topics in […]

James Good, a 2003 graduate of the Belk College, recently completed a cross-country bicycle trip from Seattle to Charlotte. Charlotte Observer reporter Scott Fowler wrote about James’s trip here: Charlotte Observer.