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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 […]

N.C. Economy Continues Slow Recovery through 2011, Connaughton Reports Job Growth will be the Major Challenge for State and U.S. After recording only a slight expansion in 2010, the North Carolina economy is expected to grow by nearly 3 percent in 2011, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported March 15 in his quarterly Babson Capital/UNC […]

Cory Tilton, a senior in the Risk Management & Insurance program in the Belk College of Busines and a centerfielder for the Charlotte 49ers, was recently featured in an article on the NCAA’s website, www.ncaa.com. The article focused on a student project Cory is undertaking, to develop the first business continuity plan for UNC Charlotte’s […]

A team of UNC Charlotte students will represent North Carolina in a national investment research challenge in April. M.B.A. students Russell Heydorn, Rakesh Patel, Kevin Ruster and Adam Schorr and M.S. in Economics student Kevin Crimmins qualified by having the top report and oral presentation in the state investment challenge, held Feb. 26. Eleven-university sponsored […]

Thomas Sittema, CEO of CNL Financial Group, has joined the advisory board of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte. Mr. Sittema, who was named to his current position in January, joined CNL Financial Group in 2009 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was managing director of real estate, gaming and lodging […]

Dr. Steven Rogelberg, professor of organizational science and management, has been elected Science and Research Officer and a member of the executive board for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). This position is the highest science officer in the SIOP, a 6,000-member international professional organization focused on the well-being and performance of people […]

The Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte has been ranked among the 20 most active research institutions in real estate during the past decade, according to a recently-published article. The authors of “World Ranking of Real Estate Research: Recent Changes in School Competitiveness and Research Institutions,” published in theJournal of Real Estate Finance and […]

Derrick Smith, a 2000 graduate of the Belk College, received the Outstanding Young Alumnus award from the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association at their recent annual award ceremony. He is a graduate student in real estate at NYU who previously served as a vice president at Natixis Capital Markets in New York. In 2008, he earned […]