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UNC Charlotte’s M.B.A. program is featured in The Princeton Review’s 2012 edition of “The Best 294 Business Schools.” “We recommend UNC Charlotte to readers of our book and users of our site, www.PrincetonReview.com, as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an M.B.A.,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review senior VP-publisher. “We chose […]

Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, will speak to more than 500 undergraduate students from the Belk College of Business on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Mr. Cathy’s presentation during the 9:30 – 10:45 AM class period will take place in McKnight Hall in the Cone Center. He plans to use his “leadership toolkit” […]

Undergraduate students in the Belk College had the opportunity to hear from three distinguished business leaders this fall as part of the college’s VIP speaker series. N.C. Treasurer Janet Cowell spoke to four undergraduate classes in September on the role of the Treasurer’s Office, the economic outlook for North Carolina and the impact of the […]

John Allison, retired chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, will speak to undergraduate students in the Belk College on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM in McKnight Hall in the Cone Center. The presentation is free and open to the university community. Mr. Allison began his service with BB&T in 1971 and […]

Dr. Denis Arnold, associate professor of management and Surtman Distinguished Scholar in business ethics in the Belk College, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the multidisciplinary journal Business Ethics Quarterly. The journal is a not-for-profit publication of the Society for Business Ethics. Its mission is to publish the highest-quality, original theoretical contributions on subjects ranging from […]

Last year, thanks to a $1,200 Lowe’s Community Improvement Challenge Grant, the UNC Charlotte Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team improved the classroom security and provided essential supplies for one teacher’s classroom at West Charlotte High School. Their efforts have been recognized by Lowe’s with a second grant of $2,000. —– In November 2010, Greg […]

Dr. Dustin Read has been appointed director of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte. Read, who has served as interim director since January, joined the Center in 2007 as associate director. A clinical assistant professor of finance in the Belk College of Business, Read earned a Ph.D. in Public Policy from UNC Charlotte […]

Dr. Howard Godfrey, professor of accounting, is the 2011 recipient of the highest teaching honor bestowed by UNC Charlotte, the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. “Howard is a very effective teacher,” accounting department co-chairs Casper Wiggins and Jack Cathey wrote in a joint letter of recommendation to the selection committee last spring. “He […]

Jun Chen, a student in the Ph.D. in Business Administration program, has recieved a 2012 Student Travel Grant Award from the American Finance Association (AFA). The award provides funding for Chen to attend the annual meeting of the AFA, considered the top conference in finance, next January in Chicago. The AFA is the premier academic […]

Janet Cowell, state treasurer of North Carolina, will speak to undergraduate students in the Belk College on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM in McKnight Hall in the Cone Center. The presentation is free and open to the university community. Elected in 2008, Cowell is the state’s 27th popularly-elected Treasurer and is […]