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Charlotte Business Journal seeks nominations for Diversity in Business Awards

   March 2, 2006
The Charlotte Business Journal and the Diversity Council of the Carolinas are seeking nominations for the 2006 Diversity in Business awards event. The award honors individuals who are catalysts in advancing the cause of diversity in business. Diversity...

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BAC member Cynthia Carlson named finalist for BusinessWoman of the Year

Award to be presented March 15
   February 27, 2006
Belk College Business Advisory Council (BAC) member Cynthia Carlson has been named a finalist for the Charlotte BusinessWoman of the Year award. Presented annually by Wachovia and Queens University of Charlotte, the award recognizes Charlotte's most...

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BAC member Tim Flanagan featured in Charlotte Observer

   February 23, 2006
Belk College Business Advisory Council (BAC) member Tim Flanagan Jr. was recently featured in the Charlotte Observer's "Entrepreneur: How I Got My Start" column. Flanagan is president and CEO of Hinrichs Flanagan Financial, a financial services firm...

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UNC Charlotte, University of Cambridge to host real estate symposium

   February 20, 2006
The Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte and the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge (UK) will host a symposium on property derivatives and risk management, June 12 to 14, 2006 at Madingley Hall at the University of Cambridge....

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TIAA-CREF to offer fellowship for Belk College Ph.D. program

   February 17, 2006
Financial services organization TIAA-CREF hascreated a fund at UNC Charlotte tosupport thenew Ph.D. program in business administration in the Belk College of Business. Thefund will support a doctoral fellowship program that will providerecipients with a...

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State Treasurer Richard Moore to speak to students Feb. 22

   February 15, 2006
To read a follow-up article about this event that appeared in the University Times,click here. Richard Moore, treasurer of the State of North Carolina, will speak to undergraduate business students Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM in the...

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Economists participate in Emerging Issues Forum

   February 10, 2006
Two members of the Belk College faculty recently participated in the 2006 Emerging Issues Forum, "Financing the Future," at NC State University. John Connaughton, TIAA-CREF professor of economics, was a member ofthe "Options for theFuture"panel...

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Motorsports add $5.9 billion to N.C. economy, Belk College professors report

Industry supports 27,000+ jobs statewide
   February 9, 2006
Belk College economics professors John Connaughton and Ron Madsen recently completed a study for the North Carolina Motorsports Research Project to assess the economic impact and occupational makeup of the North Carolina motorsports industry. Download...

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Belk College to offer summer study in Paris

   February 1, 2006
The Belk College and UNC Charlotte's Office of Education Abroad will offer a summer course in Paris, France, from May 14 to June 4, 2006. Through visits to businesses, guest speakers, cases and articles, students will explore how American and European...

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Belk College to offer Ph.D. in business administration

UNC Charlotte now one of only three N.C. universities to offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral...
   January 17, 2006
The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte will begin offering a Ph.D. in business administration in the fall of 2006. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved the program on January 13, making UNC Charlotte one of only three...

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