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Ott to lead community panel discussion on infrastructure and growth

   June 21, 2012
UNC Charlotte Community Conversation to Discuss Infrastructure with National and Regional Experts The UNC Charlotte “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds” speaker series continues Wednesday, May 20, at 6:00 PM at the Levine Museum...

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Finance faculty lead international symposium on risk management and derivatives

   June 21, 2012
The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte and the Wang Yana Institute for Studies in Economics at Xiamen University hosted an International Symposium on Risk Management and Derivatives July 4-6 in Xiamen, China. Dr. Steven Ott, director of the Center...

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MBA program plans spring break tour of Chile

   June 21, 2012
The UNC Charlotte M.B.A. program is collaborating with Vertical S.A., a Chilean education and leadership-development company, to offer a spring break tour of Chile for M.B.A. students in 2007. The study tour will take place March 2 - 11, 2007 and will...

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Alumni Advisory Council establishes Belk College Alumni Scholarship

   June 21, 2012
Members of the Belk College’s Alumni Advisory Council recently established a scholarship fund to benefit business students based on academic merit, demonstrated leadership, and financial need. The Council, chaired by Jeff Stewart ’93, has spent the...

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UNC Charlotte economist expects state’s economy to grow in 2008, despite lags at national level

   June 21, 2012
The North Carolina economy is expected to continue its seventh year of economic expansion in 2008, according to UNC Charlotte economist John E. Connaughton, who released his quarterly forecast for the state today. Connaughton is optimistic for the state...

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Fox promoted to Director of Global Programs

   June 21, 2012
Cindy Fox has been promoted to director of global business programs for the Belk College of Business.Fox earned an M.B.A. from UNC Charlotte and hasworked in the Belk College for more than 15 years, first as a lecturer in theDepartment of Marketing and...

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UNC Charlotte named an

   June 21, 2012
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...

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Charlotte named among top cities to start a small business

   June 21, 2012
The Bizjournals chain of newspapers has named Charlotte the #2 city for small-business vitality among the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas. Bizjournals used a six-part formula to analyze the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas, searching for...

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Ott re-appointed as NAIOP Distinguished Fellow

   June 21, 2012
Dr. Steven Ott, the John Crosland Sr. Distinguished Professor of Real Estate in the Belk College of Business and director of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte, has been reappointed as a Distinguished Fellow of NAIOP, the national commercial...

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MBA student awarded Zonta Scholarship

   June 21, 2012
Belk College M.B.A. student Debi Wessinger has been awarded the Zonta Club Fellowshipat UNC Charlotte. The fellowship is awarded to a non-traditional prospective graduate or undergraduate student, withpreference given to a student returning to formal...

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