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The Belk College extends sincere gratitude to alumni JohnOwens ’90 from Ameritrust, Michelle Menard ’97 from Choice Translating and Brian Hamlett ’04 from mPower Consulting for speaking to the Introduction to Entrepreneurship class this month. “There’s no better inspiration for a student than learning from a successful business owner who started out just like them,” […]

Pat Mynatt, lecturer in accounting, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Thomas C. Turner Distinguished Teaching Lectureship by the Department of Accounting. Dr. Mynatt earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently teaches courses in financial and managerial accounting and also serves as the faculty advisor for […]

Wei Tsay, an International Business major with a minor in Economics, from Lexington, NC, was selected to speak at UNC Charlotte’s recent Commencement ceremony. He is pictured here with Chancellor Phil Dubois. While a student in the Belk College of Business Tsay was active in a number of student organizations, most notably serving as president […]

The Leon Levine Foundation is funding the largest individual gift commitment in UNC Charlotte’s history, establishing a major new merit scholarship program – the Levine Scholars Program – that will enable the school to recruit exceptional student-leaders from around the United States. “The Levine Scholars Program will prove to be transformational for UNC Charlotte,” said […]

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 stage. The awardcarries a scholarship […]

A team of UNC Charlotte accounting students has placed in the top ten in a national tax competition. Katie Condit, Mark Ramirez, Ashley Saddock and Irka Templeton – all students in the Master of Accountancy program in the Belk College of Business – participated last month in the Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition, sponsored by […]

The Belk College of Business has awarded the following faculty research grants: Alice Tseng (Economics) received the BarclaysAmerican Summer Research Grant. Tony Stylianou (BISOM) received the Johnson Award for Teaching Research and Development. Kelly Zellars (Management) and Dough Pugh (Management) each received a Childress Klein Research Fellowship. Kevin Zhou (Marketing) received the Wachovia Fund Fellowship. […]

John Connaughton, professor of economics in the Belk College of Business and director of the UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina, has been elected president of the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) for 2009-10. Founded in 1962, the Southern Regional Science Association provides intellectual leadership in the study of social, economic, political and behavioral […]

Lloyd Blenman, professor of finance in the Belk College of Business, has been elected president of the Midwest Finance Association, the second oldest academic finance association in North America. Blenman, who joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 1999, holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. His work has been published in Journal of Money, Credit […]

Craig A. Depken II, associate professor of economics in the Belk College of Business, recently waselected vice president of the North American Association of Sports Economics for 2009-2010. The NAASE promotes and facilitates research and teaching in the economics of sports. Dr. Depkenjoined the Belk Collegein2007.Prior to coming to UNCCharlotte, he was an associate professor […]