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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 […]

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 […]