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The North Carolina economy is expected to grow by 2.6 percent during 2007, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his TIAA-CREF/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina. The growth forecast for 2007 is lower than the growth rate of 2.9 percent experienced during 2006. The forecast, funded by TIAA-CREF and published quarterly by […]

Carroll Gray has joined the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte as an executive-in-residence for the 2007-08 academic year. Gray, who retired as president of the Charlotte Chamber in 2005, currently is president of Design Strategies, a consulting firm with offices in Charlotte and Greenville, S.C. As Executive-in-Residence, Gray will collaborate with Interim Dean […]

Ron Madsen, professor of economics, has beennamed one of this year’s five finalists for UNC Charlotte’s top teaching honor, the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. Madsenis profiled in the Sept. 12 issue of Campus News: newsletter Madsen, who joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 1977, has twice won the Belk College’s teaching award […]

A team of UNC Charlotte M.B.A. students will participate in the National Black M.B.A. Association’s annual case competition in Orlando, Fla., this weekend. Jabbar Jackson, Mike Guerin and Nakiya Cohen have been working with Dr. Linda Swayne, chair of the Department of Marketing, to prepare their case presentation. In the competition, teams are given four […]

Richard Buttimer, professor of finance and real estate development, was quoted in a recent article published by SNL Financial, the premier multisector-focused information and research firm in the financial information marketplace. The article, entitled ‘Will subprime shocks make real estate derivatives a hot property?,” is available at snl.

The UNC Charlotte M.B.A. program is again partnering with the National Black M.B.A. Association and The Princeton Review to offer scholarships for Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) preparation courses. The goal of the scholarship program, which began last fall, is to assist high-potential candidates whose backgrounds are traditionally underrepresented in M.B.A. programs. “For most competitive […]

Tom Stevenson, professor of marketing in the Belk College, has been appointed to a team of experts who will write the new “In Closing” column in The Charlotte Observer. The column, which runs in “Moneywise” section on Sundays, will offer advice on aspects of sales including persuasion, influence, organization, communication and skill-building. The five columnists […]

Sonye Randolph has joined the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte as a research associate. Ms. Randolph earned a Master of Public Affairs from UNC Greensboro and a Bachelor’s in Public Policy Analysis and Economics from UNC Chapel Hill before entering UNC Charlotte’s Public Policy Ph.D. program in the fall of 2007. She has […]

The Belk College Advising Center has issued a reminder that students will not be added to any closed classes, but shares several strategies that will increase a student’s chance of adding a course that is currently closed: 1. Continue to monitor the online Schedule of Classes. Sometimes students will drop a class the closer it […]

UNC Charlotte officially opened the academic year August 14 with the University Convocation. At the ceremony, Belk College faculty members Gary F. Kohut (Management) and Benjamin Russo (Economics) were recognized for 25 years of service to the University. Richard Buttimer (Finance and Business Law) was recognized for promotion to Professor. Staff members who joined the […]