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Karina Franco joins Belk College as Director of Undergraduate Advising

   August 7, 2012

Karina Franco has joined the Belk College of Business as director of undergraduate advising.  A native of Mexico, Missouri, she earned a B.J. in Advertising from the University of Missouri and a M.A. in Student Development in Postsecondary Education from the University of Iowa; she plans to complete her Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from N. C. State later this year...

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Paper by Ph.D. student selected as finalist for Best Paper award

   July 26, 2012

A paper by Yiying Cheng, a student in the Ph.D. in business administration program, has been selected by the the Financial Management Association International (FMA) as a semifinalist for one of four best paper awards to be presented at the 2012 FMA Annual Meeting.

The paper, "Land-Use Rights in a Compound Option Model of Real Estate Development", is the first essay in Cheng's...

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Read to serve on June 27 panel with U.S. Housing Secretary

   June 22, 2012

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan will be among the speakers for the discussion “Strengthening Neighborhoods and Making Affordable Housing Possible,” scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, in McKnight Hall in the Cone University Center.

Dustin Read, assistant professor of finance and...

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Five Ventures business competition issues call for entries

   June 21, 2012

Ninth Annual Five Ventures® Business Plan Competition Begins

Charlotte Research Institute Issues the Call for Entries

The Charlotte Research Institute at UNC Charlotte has launched its 2010 Five Ventures® Business Plan Competition with a call for business plan entries.

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Tony Crumbley, Belk College alumnus and Chamber VP, weighs in on the Charlotte economy

Tony Crumbley, Belk College alumnus and Chamber VP, weighs in on the Charlotte economy

   June 21, 2012

Tony Crumbley, a 1972 graduate of the Belk College of Business and vice president for research with the Charlotte Chamber, recently posted an article entitled "Charlotte's Positive Economic Indicators" on the Chamber website.

To read the full article, click here:

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Belk College alumnus named CEO of FairPoint Communications

Belk College alumnus named CEO of FairPoint Communications

   June 21, 2012

David Hauser, M.B.A. '77, has been named chairman and CEO of Charlotte-based FairPoint Communications, the nation's eighth-largest telephone company.

Hauser, who will begin his new role July 1, previously had been chief financial officer at Duke Energy Corp.

At FairPoint, he replaces a fellow Belk College alumnus, Gene Johnson '73, who is retiring.

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MBA students visit Argentina on study tour

MBA students visit Argentina on study tour

   June 21, 2012

A group of 22 Belk College M.B.A. students visited Argentina recently as part of the M.B.A. Program's annual international study tour course. Dr. Jim Nebus, assistant professor of management, was the faculty leader for the tour.

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Finance faculty lead international symposium on risk management and derivatives

   June 21, 2012

The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte and the Wang Yana Institute for Studies in Economics at Xiamen University hosted an International Symposium on Risk Management and Derivatives July 4-6 in Xiamen, China.

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Belk College conference to examine role of ethics in credit crisis

Belk College conference to examine role of ethics in credit crisis

   June 21, 2012

Two of the nation's top experts in business ethics and a retired executive from the Federal Reserve Bank will be the keynote speakers at an upcoming UNC Charlotte conference on "Business Ethics and the Credit Crisis."

Jeff Kane, the UNC Charlotte Trustee who recently retired from the Federal Reserve Bank as head of the Charlotte branch, will give the opening keynote...

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UNC Charlotte Forecast: Modest economic recovery should begin in 3rd quarter for North Carolina

UNC Charlotte Forecast: Modest economic recovery should begin in 3rd quarter for North Carolina

   June 21, 2012

The North Carolina economy declined by 0.3 percent during 2008 and is expected to fall another 1.8 percent in 2009, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly economic forecast for the state.

However, Gross State Product (GSP) should begin to stabilize during second quarter and may signal a technical end to the recession, according to...

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