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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – June 1, 2011 — The North Carolina economy will continue its sluggish recovery from the recession through 2011 and 2012, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly Babson Capital/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for the state. Connaughton reported that the North Carolina economy expanded by only 1.0 percent in 2010, […]

UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton will present his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy at a luncheon and press conference Wednesday, June 1 at the Westin Charlotte (601 S. College St.). Connaughton’s presentation begins at noon. Connaughton, the Babson Capital professor of financial economics in the Belk College of Business, is a highly-regarded expert […]

The Belk College of Business recently presented its annual faculty awards for teaching, research and service and recognized the staff member of the year. Dr. Moutaz Khouja, professor of operations management, received the Distinguished Scholarship Award, which is presented to a faculty member who has developed a distinguished research record and is a recognized authority […]

The Belk College has received a $10,000 grant from the PricewaterhouseCoopers Charitable Foundation to fund curriculum design and revision in the Department of Accounting. The grant, funded by the PWC INQuires program, will support a team of faculty who will review and update the undergraduate and graduate curricula, addressing changes in international accounting and financial […]

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has presented the UNC Charlotte student chapter with its 2010-2011 Superior Merit Award. SHRM is a professional human resources association that promotes the role of HR; this award recognizes chapters for outstanding activities and programs. “This is the highest honor awarded to a SHRM student chapter,” noted chapter […]

As a result of increased student enrollment in their chapter, the Carolinas chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) was recognized with the 2010 RIMS Student Membership Growth Award by the national organization. UNC Charlotte was a beneficiary of this award as well, receiving a complimentary student conference registration from the national organization […]

Jun Chen, a student in the Ph.D. in Business Administration program in the Belk College of Business, will receive the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2011 Eastern Financial Association annual meetings. His paper, “REIT Performance and Market Timing Ability,” was co-authored with Belk College professors Richard Buttimer and Ethan Chiang. “This is a significant accomplishment […]

The latest issue of the UNC Charlotte magazine includes an article about Dr. Jim Oakley’s research on consumer behavior, as well as a recap of the Belk College’s NEXT speaker series event with Daniel Pink. Read the magazine online at UNC Charlotte magazine

Andrea Howard, a 1998 graduate of the Belk College with a major in finance, was recently recognized by the Charlotte Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” program, which celebrates the accomplishments of young professionals in the community. Andrea is senior vice president for real estate investments for Grubb Properties in Charlotte. The Belk College was the […]

The M.B.A. program at UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business has ranked in the top tier of part-time programs in the country, according to the 2012 edition of Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News Media Group. UNC Charlotte tied for 59th place among 295 programs in the annual ranking, which is compiled from responses by […]