General News

The Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology (CMD-IT) is honoring Manuel Pérez Quiñones, associate dean for the College of Computing and Informatics, with the 2017 Richard Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science and Diversity in Computing.

This award is bestowed annually to an individual who demonstrates significant leadership, commitment and contributions to diversifying computing.

Star of TLC’s “My Big Fat Fabulous Life” and body-positive activist Whitney Way Thore will spend March 30 leading an afternoon fitness class, and in the evening, she will continue the conversation about body image.

Thore will host her “Werk With Whitney” dance class at 12:30 p.m. in the Belk Gym. Special guests include KISS 95.1, UNC Charlotte Panhellenic Association, the Epsilon Phi Chapter of the Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority, the Iota Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Chi Upsilon Sigma Sorority.

UNC Charlotte will hold its 12th annual campus recognition of International Women’s Day from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, in the Student Union, Room 340.

The Council on University Community is accepting proposals for the Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund, which supports initiatives that promote the daily value of diversity in the intellectual life of the campus. Faculty, staff or students are eligible to apply for awards of up to $5,000.

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) will present “Revolutionizing the Dream,” celebrating the life, work and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

“We are excited to have Congresswoman Adams address our campus community for this year’s MLK celebration,” said Kim Turner, director of the UNC Charlotte Multicultural Resource Center. “She has dedicated her life to public service, helping shape local communities as well as influencing policy on the national level.”

The lack of women in the information technology workforce directly affects the nation’s economic future — only 26 percent of IT professionals are women. This lack of gender diversity is a key factor to the growing shortage of tech talent; future U.S. graduates with bachelor’s degrees in computing can fill only 40 percent of the country’s projected tech jobs.

UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) Women in Computing Initiative aims to tackle this national challenge.

Thomas Schmidt, assistant professor of art, and Janet Williams, associate professor of art, discuss “Digital Dialogues,” two multimedia installations on display at the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City.

James (Jesh) Humphrey IV has been appointed vice chancellor for legal affairs and general counsel, effective July 1.

Humphrey has been a member of the Office of Legal Affairs staff for almost 10 years, as assistant, associate, senior associate and deputy general counsel. For a short period in 2011, he served as chief legal counsel for the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics and assistant vice president for legal affairs at UNC General Administration.

Peter Franz, the University’s landscape architect, talks about the experience Blue Line Extension riders can expect when light rail arrives on campus.

Return to Inside UNC Charlotte on Friday, July 1, to watch a webcast featuring Thomas Schmidt, assistant professor of art, and Janet Williams, associate professor of art, as they discuss “Digital Dialogues,” two multimedia installations on display at the Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City. This Inside UNC Charlotte webcast will be available starting at 9 a.m., July 1.