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The Belk College of Business recently announced the recipients of several awards for faculty research. BarclaysAmerican Summer Research Grant – Chandra Subramaniam (BISOM) Johnson Awards for Teaching Research and Development – Gaines Liner (Economics) Childress-Klein Research Fellowships – Ram Kumar (BISOM) and Dolly King (Finance & Business Law) Best Paper Award – Sunil Erevelles (Marketing) […]

Students in the Belk College’s undergraduate program in risk management and insurance recently competed in the second annual “Insurance Jeopardy” program versus Appalachian State University and came away undefeated. The annual event is sponsored by the North Carolina Surplus Lines Association, its members, and the Richard S. Brantley Risk and Insurance Center at Appalachian State […]

The Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte has entered into an agreement with the CCIM Institute that will allow graduates of UNC Charlotte’s M.B.A. program with a concentration in real estate to receive credit towards the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation. Individuals designated as CCIM are recognized experts in the disciplines of commercial […]

David Hauser, M.B.A. ’77, has been named chairman and CEO of Charlotte-based FairPoint Communications, the nation’s eighth-largest telephone company. Hauser, who will begin his new role July 1, previously had been chief financial officer at Duke Energy Corp. At FairPoint, he replaces a fellow Belk College alumnus, Gene Johnson ’73, who is retiring. Both Hauser […]

The Charlotte Regional Partnership will honor UNC Charlotte and California financier David Murdock with its 2009 “Jerry” Awards at a luncheon May 28. The awards recognize contributions to the Charlotte region by individuals and organizations from the private and public sectors. UNC Charlotte will be honored for its work in the public sector. The university […]

The Belk College of Business, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will host a panel discussion for alumni and guests focused on the future of financial services and consumer affairs. The program, “Moving Forward in the New Economy,” will take place Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Harris […]

Charles Bodkin, associate professor of marketing in the Belk College of Business, studies retailing, consumer behavior and Internet marketing. Dr. Bodkin frequently serves as a faculty expert for reporters covering stories in these areas. Charlotte Observer reporter Jen Aronoff called on Dr. Bodkin to help with astory focused on holiday shopping. The article, which originally […]

Choice Translating, the company owned by Belk College alumni Michelle and Vernon Menard, wasrecently featured in Fortune Small Business. The article, “Found in translation: Avoiding multilingual gaffes,” discusses Choice Translating’s role in advising multi-national coporations on how to avoid cultural mishaps when translating brand names and marketing materials. Michelle Menard is a member of the […]

The wine tasting event for Charlotte-area Belk College alumni, originally scheduled for Feb. 1 and cancelled due to inclement weather, has been rescheduled. It will now take place on Tuesday, April 24, beginning at 6:00 PM The location, Myers Park Country Club,has not changed. Alumni and guests who registered for the Feb. 1 event are […]

UNC Charlotte’s M.B.A. program has been featured in The Princeton Review’s new 2011 edition of its book, “The Best 300 Business Schools.” According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review senior VP of publishing, “We are pleased to recommend UNC Charlotte and the Belk College of Business to readers of our book and users of our site, […]