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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 […]

The Belk College of Business sends its sincere condolences to the family of John Montgomery Belk, former mayor of Charlotte andfriend and benefactorof the Belk College of Business, who died August 17. The Belk family and Belk Stores organization have been longtime supporters of UNC Charlotte;the College of Business was named in their honor in […]

The Commercial Real Estate Women of Charlotterecentlyraised $3,000 for a scholarshipfund to benefitstudentsstudying real estate finance and development in the M.B.A. program at UNC Charlotte. CREW Charlotte’s Community Relations Committee organized the Red, Black and White Casino Night on May 17. More than 140 people attended the event, which was held at the historic Palmer […]

The Belk College of Business has implemented a change in its undergraduate Progression Requirement effective Monday, August 13, 2007. *********** The Belk College of Business was at full capacity in almost all 3000-level required core courses for undergraduate majors in Fall 2006. The College is implementing an additional requirement related to the Progression Courses due […]

A study by Craig Depken, who recently joined the Department of Economics, was cited in an August 7 editorial in the Wall Street Journal about ticket scalping. Depken, who came to UNC Charlotte from the University of Texas Arlington and conducted his study there, found that “cities with anti-scalping laws average per-game season ticket prices […]

Belk College graduates Kelley Earnhardt Elledge ’95 and Michelle Luhr Menard ’97received the Charlotte Business Journal‘s Women in Business Achievement Award at a luncheon July 16. Elledge is vice president and general manager of JR Motorsports, a company owned by her brother, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Elledge, who earned a bachelor’s degree in operations […]