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Effective immediately, the classrooms in the Friday Building have been given new numbers, to bring the building in compliance with the University standard. Please reference the chart below for the updated numbering scheme and to locate your classroom for Spring 2012 classes beginning Monday, January 9. There are also detailed maps on each floor of […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dec. 6, 2011 — Despite slow job growth, declines in consumer confidence and the impact of excess reserves on the banking system, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly forecast that the North Carolina economy will continue a pace of slow recovery through 2012. For 2011, Connaughton estimates that […]

A team of undergraduate students from the Belk College of Business won the 2011 “Insurance Jeopardy” competition held recently at Appalachian State University. Team members from the Belk College’s undergraduate program in risk management and insurance were James Howe, Ben Huffman, Charles Lindsay and Rayshawn Watson. They defeated squads from App State and East Carolina […]

UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton will present his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy at a luncheon and press conference Tuesday, Dec. 6 at UNC Charlotte Center City (320 E. 9th Street). Connaughton’s presentation begins at noon in the Lecture Hall on the 2nd floor. This is the first Forecast event to be held […]

Building on its reputation as one of the most productive universities in the area of real estate research and its strong relationships with the real estate industry, the Belk College of Business at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is launching an interdisciplinary Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) degree. The MSRE was […]

UNC Charlotte’s M.B.A. program is featured in The Princeton Review’s 2012 edition of “The Best 294 Business Schools.” “We recommend UNC Charlotte to readers of our book and users of our site, www.PrincetonReview.com, as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an M.B.A.,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review senior VP-publisher. “We chose […]

Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, will speak to more than 500 undergraduate students from the Belk College of Business on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Mr. Cathy’s presentation during the 9:30 – 10:45 AM class period will take place in McKnight Hall in the Cone Center. He plans to use his “leadership toolkit” […]

Undergraduate students in the Belk College had the opportunity to hear from three distinguished business leaders this fall as part of the college’s VIP speaker series. N.C. Treasurer Janet Cowell spoke to four undergraduate classes in September on the role of the Treasurer’s Office, the economic outlook for North Carolina and the impact of the […]

John Allison, retired chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, will speak to undergraduate students in the Belk College on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM in McKnight Hall in the Cone Center. The presentation is free and open to the university community. Mr. Allison began his service with BB&T in 1971 and […]

Dr. Denis Arnold, associate professor of management and Surtman Distinguished Scholar in business ethics in the Belk College, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the multidisciplinary journal Business Ethics Quarterly. The journal is a not-for-profit publication of the Society for Business Ethics. Its mission is to publish the highest-quality, original theoretical contributions on subjects ranging from […]