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Mexican students to participate in "graduation" ceremony

   June 26, 2007

Twenty-eight students from Mexico will participate in a special “graduation” ceremony at UNC Charlotte on Friday, June 29 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM in Atkins Library Room 143.

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Ott appointed interim dean

Ott appointed interim dean

   June 8, 2007

Steven Ott, director of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte, has been appointed the interim dean of the Belk College of Business, starting July 1.

UNC Charlotte Provost Joan Lorden announced the appointment to fill a void left by the departure of Dean Claude Lilly, who stepped down this month to accept the position of dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Sciences at...

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UNC Charlotte economist says GSP will grow through 2007

   June 6, 2007

The North Carolina economy is expected to continue its sixth year of economic expansion in 2007, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his TIAA-CREF/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for the state. Connaughton estimates that real, inflation-adjusted Gross State Product (GSP) is expected to increase by 2.0 percent over the 2006 level.

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Economics Department sweeps 2007 faculty awards

   April 20, 2007

Professors from the Department of Economics have won all three of this year's Belk College faculty awards, marking the first departmental "sweep" in recent memory.

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Belk College alumnus to box for heavyweight title

   October 23, 2006

Calvin Brock, a 1999 graduate of UNC Charlotte, will compete for the title of world heavyweight boxing champion on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Brock, who earned a degree in finance and worked in banking before pursuing boxing full-time, willtake onWladimir Klitschko, the current title holder. The fight will be televised on HBO beginning at 10:00 PM Additional...

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Belk College of Business forms Sports Advisory Council

   October 20, 2006

The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte has formed an advisory council for its new M.B.A. program in Sports Marketing and Management.

Council members will provide guidance and support to Belk College administrators as they prepare to launch the Sports M.B.A., which will enroll its first class in August 2007. The Council will review curriculum, provide internship...

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Wealth-management experts to lead seminar

   October 16, 2006

The Belk College's Department of Finance and Business Law will host "In Search of the Midas Touch: How to Create, Realize and Manage Business Wealth in a Flat World," on Friday, Nov. 3, from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

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UNC Charlotte MBA featured in Princeton Review's Best

   October 15, 2006

UNC Charlotte's M.B.A. program has been featured in The Princeton Review's 2007 edition of its “Best 282 Business Schools.”

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SIFE students to host Career Day for undergraduates

   October 9, 2006

The UNC Charlotte chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will host its annual “Career Day” for undergraduate business students on Monday, Oct. 23.

From 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, business executives from companies throughout the Charlotte region will take over for professors in junior- and senior-level classes in the Belk College of Business. They will discuss topics related to career...

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Rubin appointed director of research

Rubin appointed director of research

   September 15, 2006

Belk College Dean Claude Lilly recently announced that Dr. Beth Rubin,professor of management,has beenappointeddirector of research for the College. Inthis role, Rubin will be responsible for the College's efforts inobtaining externally funded research.

Rubin, who joined the Belk College faculty in 2002,recently heldatwo-year appointmentat the National Science Foundation in Washington,...

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