Jobs are expected to grow by 2 percent in North Carolina and the state economy should expand by 2.2 percent in 2006, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his TIAA-CREF/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina.
The Belk College of Business Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), led by a team of student investors who invest real money in the stock market, saw a 13.6 percent return during the 2005-06 academic year.
The Fund's strategy is to outperform the Standard...
Four professorsfrom the Belk College of Business recently were honored by their faculty colleaguesfor their contributions to their profession and the College, and the College named its outstanding staff member of the year.
The Belk College of Business recently announced the recipients of several awards for faculty research.
The Center for Real Estate at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has received grants to fund two research projects focusing on issues related to growth in the Charlotte region.
The Crosland Foundation is funding a project entitled “Applying Tax Increment Financing (TIF) in the Charlotte Region,” which the Center for Real Estate will conduct jointly with the UNC ...
Charlotte business leaders Dale Boyles, Curt Fochtmann, Michael Smith and Jon Wierda have joined the Business Advisory Council of the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte.
The UNC Charlotte SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team won the organization'sregional league competitionon April 3. This is thethirdconsecutive championship year for the UNC Charlotte chapter, which was formed three years ago.
The UNC Charlotteteamwillattend the SIFE national competition in Kansas CityMay 21-23 to compete against 169 other university teams for the SIFE National...
James R. Kahn, director of the environmental studies program and the John F. Hendon professor of economics at Washington and Lee University, will present an Economics Department seminar on Friday, April 7, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM in Room 009 of the Friday Building.
Gary Kohut, professor of management in the Belk College of Business, has been named a recipient of the "Outstanding Chapter Speaker Award" by the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA). He will be recognized by the association at their annual meeting in May.
Kohut, who joined the Belk College faculty in 1983, is a past recipient of the Bank of America...
UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business will dedicate a new, interactive trading room at a reception on Tuesday, March 28.
The trading room will be used by business and finance students, including participants in the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), which invests real funds from the UNC Charlotte Foundation endowment. The room incorporates state-of-the-art financial technology,...