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Entrepreneur of the Year honorees include Belk College alumnus, advisory board member

Ernst & Young recently hosted its Entrepreneur of the Year program for the Carolinas, and two individuals with ties to the Belk College were honored.

Frank Spencer, president and CEO of Cogdell Spencer Inc., was the winner in the Real Estate and Construction category. Spencer is a member of the advisory board for the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte.

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UNC Charlotte Trustees approve financing plan for football

UNC Charlotte Trustees Approve Financing Plan For Football
Plan Raises Fees, Offers Distinct and Tangible Advantages

UNC Charlotte’s Board of Trustees onDec. 11unanimously approved plans to move forward with a football program in 2013. The proposal calls for the university to borrow $40.5 million to construct a permanent stadium and field house....

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Gene Johnson '73 honored as outstanding alumnus by Beta Alpha Psi

Gene Johnson '73, chairman and CEO of FairPoint Communications and a member of the Belk College's Business Advisory Council, recently wasinducted as an honorary member of the Eta Alpha Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi and was recognized as an "Outstanding Alumnus" by Beta Alpha Psi and the Department of Accounting at their fallbanquet.

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Community Conversation discusses employment, economic trends with industry experts

UNC Charlotte re-launched its successful “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds” speaker series this spring with a panel discussion focused on jobs and the economic recovery, hosted by the Belk College of Business at the Levine Museum of the New South.

The topic of the March 17 conversation was “Charlotte's Changing Workforce: Trends and Outlooks for Jobs and...

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Finance Ph.D. student earns award for scholarship

Finance Ph.D. student earns award for scholarship

Lindsay Baran,a student in the Finance Ph.D. program in the Belk College of Business, has beenrecognized as a Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar.

Philanthropic Educational Organizationis a national organizationdedicated to the advancement and education of women. Theorganization conducts a Scholars Award competition for female doctoral students who are at the dissertation...

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Reminder: UNC Charlotte phasing out "@email.uncc.edu" email addresses

Last year, the default email domain for UNC Charlotte faculty and staffwas changed from @email.uncc.edu to @uncc.edu.

On July 1, 2008, the @email.uncc.edu domain will be deactivated, and any email sent to an @email.uncc.edu address will be returned to the sender as undeliverable.

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Connaughton: N.C. economy shows strong growth in 2006; expansion expected through 2007

UNC Charlotte economist presents state economic forecast

The North Carolina economy is expected to grow by 3.5 percent during 2006, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his TIAA-CREF/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina. The growth forecast for 2006 is slightly lower than the growth rate of 4.1 percent experienced during 2005 but considerably higher than the 1.5 percent rate projected in Connaughton’s September...

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Belk College announces faculty research awards

The Belk College of Business has awarded the following faculty research grants:

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Belk College junior awarded prestigious international scholarship

Belk College junior awarded prestigious international scholarship

Belk College junior Lilia Shaforostov, along with three other UNC Charlotte undergraduate students, has received a prestigious Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad during the 2010-11 academic year.

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Belk College announces faculty research awards

The Belk College of Business has awarded the following faculty research grants:

Hwan Lin (Economics) received the BarclaysAmerican Summer Research Grant.

Ellen Sewell, Ted Amato and Carol Swartz (Economics) received theJohnson Awards for Teaching Research and Development.

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