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Dr. John Connaughton, the Babson Capital Professor of Financial Economics in the Belk College of Business, will present his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy at a luncheon and press conference Wednesday, Sept. 7, beginning at noon at the Westin Charlotte (601 S. College St.). Dr. Connaughton is a highly regarded expert on regional […]

UNC Charlotte’s center city campus, the new home for several Belk College graduate programs, officially opens for business with the start of UNC Charlotte’s fall semester, August 22. What’s now known as UNC Charlotte Center City is a $50.4 million, 11-story, academic building located in the heart of the Queen City at 9th and Brevard […]

Brian Marley, chief financial officer and executive vice president of Belk Inc., and Janet Stoner, finance director for the Town of Huntersville, were among the recipients of the Charlotte Business Journal’s CFO of the Year Award, announced at a luncheon Aug. 18. Mr. Marley, who recently joined the Board of Advisors for the Belk College […]

A paper by Dr. Craig Depken, professor of economics, received the “Thinking Outside the Box” best-paper award for innovative thinking at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Real Estate Society (ARES). The paper, “Flips, Flops and Foreclosures: Anatomy of a Housing Bubble,” examines data from real estate transactions in the metropolitan Las Vegas area […]

Dr. Howard Godfrey, professor of accounting, has been nominated for the Bank of America Teaching Award, UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious recognition of teaching excellence. “Howard is a very worthy nominee,” said Belk College Dean Steve Ott. “Howard’s commitment to students is extraordinary, and he is often cited by many of our alumni as one of […]

Dr. Denis Arnold, the Surtman Distinguished Scholar in Business Ethics, is serving as program chair for the 31st annual meeting of the Society of Business Ethics, the primary professional organization for academic business-ethics scholars in North America. One of the featured speakers at the meeting, taking place Aug. 11-14 in San Antonio, will be Anthony […]

Lisa Thomson has joined the Belk College of Business as assistant director of graduate student services. She comes to UNC Charlotte with several years of experience in student affairs at Farleigh Dickinson University and University of Virginia. Thomson earned an M.A. in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University, an M.Ed. in School Counseling […]

Twenty Belk College graduate students visited Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Mannheim, and Heidelberg June 4 – 11 as part of the summer M.B.A. course “Doing Business in Germany.” Led by Dr. Jim Nebus in the Department of Management, students visited BMW, BASF, Allianz, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and the European headquarters of John Deere. […]

Dr. Ben Russo, professor of economics, will participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by U.S. Senator Kay Hagan on the Federal budget deficit. The event, part of the Senator’s statewide “Fighting For Our Future Budget Listening Tour,” will take place Friday, June 24 at 2 p.m. at Central Piedmont Community College (Facilities Services Building, 1325 […]

Belk College Dean Steven Ott recently announced the appointment of new chairs for the college’s six academic departments: Hughlene Burton, Accounting – Dr. Burton joined UNC Charlotte in 1996 and most recently served as director of the Master of Accountancy program. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama. A highly-regarded expert in the […]