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Belk College graduate sees MBA as key to family’s future
Anthony Francis’s journey is a testament to the power of education and perseverance. A teacher, father, and soon-to-be Bank of America strategist, Francis sees his MBA from the Belk College of Business not just as a personal achievement, but as an investment in his family’s future.
Under Construction: Floor Closures
The first and second floors of the Friday building will be closed from May 11 to August 11, 2025. Students who need access to the Niblock Student Center will only be able to enter the Friday building from the Fretwell side to use the elevators to get to the third floor. Faculty and staff working […]
Building a Legacy: Bryan Lopez Villanueva’s Journey from First-Gen Student to Business Leader
By Bryson FosterPhoto by Amy Hart Bryan Lopez Villanueva is using lessons learned as a first-generation college student at UNC Charlotte to pave a way into the business world. “I’ve met so many people here who are passionate about helping students in a way I have never seen. This has been instrumental for my future,” […]
C-Suite Speaker Verl Purdy seeks solutions with data, determination
As a boy growing up in rural West Virginia, Verl Purdy ’73 MBA walked a mile from his family’s farm to a one-room schoolhouse with a coal fire for warmth and water fetched in buckets. The path from those hardscrabble times in a mountain hollow to his life today has been a journey of discovery […]
Research offers new findings in effort to improve availability of kidneys for transplantation
UNC Charlotte microeconomist Glenn Dutcher and colleagues investigate why clinicians at transplant centers decide whether to accept or decline kidneys offered for organ tramsplants.
Historic flooding highlights need for risk management, new ideas on insurance
As Marshall Presbyterian Church recovers from Hurricane Helene, UNC Charlotte risk management experts weigh in on new ideas for risk management and insurance.
Lessons in risk
Belk College of Business undergraduate students in Dr. Faith Neale’s catastrophic risk class presented their research in Munich, Germany.
CO-LAB inspires innovation
CO-LAB, a collaborative space where entrepreneurs and innovators can access University expertise for real-world challenges, is now open.
Uncertainty adds complexity to economic outlook, Belk College analysis finds
UNC Charlotte’s North Carolina Economic Forecast offers practical, trusted analysis
Red Ventures CEO encourages students to shape their own stories
Red Ventures co-founder and CEO Ric Elias called himself “the accidental CEO” as he talked with UNC Charlotte students at the Belk College of Business C-Suite Speaker Series on Feb. 11, 2025.