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UNC System President Erskine Bowles joined UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees Chair Ruth Shaw and Chancellor Philip L. Dubois at today’s groundbreaking ceremonyfor the University’s new 12-story Center City Building at the corner of Ninth and Brevard Streets. The $50.4 million building is the only University of North Carolina classroom building conceived and designed specifically […]

Katherine Southard, a student in the M.B.A. program in the Belk College of Business, recently was crowned Miss North Carolina 2009. As winner of the pageant, Southard receives a $12,000 scholarship and the chance to compete for the Miss America crown next January in Las Vegas. Southard earned undergraduate degrees in business and dance from […]

The Belk College of Business and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond hosted a panel discussion, “Moving Forward in the New Economy,” on Sept. 23. Panelists included John Connaughton, professor of economics in the Belk College;Judson Russell, assistant professor of finance, and Joan Garton, assistant vice president for supervision and regulation at the Federal Reserve […]

Professors in the Belk College of Business are frequently called on by members of the media to provide expertise on a variety of business topics. Tony Plath, associate professor of finance, is a highly-regarded expert on the banking industry. He has been in high demand this summer, in light of the volatility in the industry […]

U.S. News and World Report has named UNC Charlotte one of the top ten “up and coming national universities” in its annual Best College issue. According to Robert Morse at U.S. News, the magazine asked top academics as part of the regular U.S. News peer assessment survey to name the schools that they think are […]

Supporters and friends of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte will gather at the Duke Mansion on Monday, Nov. 17 to conclude the Center’s “Developing Talent, Building the Future” fundraising campaign. The campaign celebration, which begins at 6 p.m., will recognize contributors and volunteers to the $4 million fundraising effort. Campaign co-chairs Todd […]

CoreNet Global, Carolinas Chapter has donated proceeds from a recent golf tournament to the Belk College and the Center for Real Estate. The $2,000 gift will fund scholarships for students studying corporate real estate at UNC Charlotte. “The Center for Real Estate and CoreNet Global both have a shared mission of education leaders in the […]

Dr. John Connaughton, professor of economics in the Belk College and director of the UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for North Carolina, was a keynote speaker at the North Carolina Economic Forecast Forum, held Jan. 4 in Raleigh. More than 1,000 business executives and state leaders were in attendance. Dr. Connaughton shared his outlook for the […]

Susan Harden, a 1994 graduate of the M.S. in Economics program in the Belk College of Business, is the recipient of the 2009 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award. Harden, coordinator for UNC Charlotte’s Crossroads Charlotte initiative, recently received the award from Campus Compact during a special ceremony held on campus. To read more, […]

The new UNC Charlotte chapter of Net Impact, “a global network of leaders who are changing the world through business,” will hold its first program this Thursday, May 14 at UNC Charlotte Uptown (220 N. Tryon Street, 3rd Floor). Networking will begin at 5:30 PM; the program will begin at 6:00 PM. The program is […]