General News

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.

UNC Charlotte has a robust global network of alliances that enhance diversity and increase study and research opportunities for students and faculty members.

One currently in the spotlight is South Africa, where “sawubona” means “hello” in Zulu. UNC Charlotte has received more than a warm hello from South Africa.

UNC President Margaret Spellings has offered the following statement on the 2016-17 state budget negotiated by the NC General Assembly’s Budget Conference Committee:

Technology can be a force to improve various aspects of a community, and UNC Charlotte is issuing a public challenge for developers to create applications or games to advance a social good.

The UNC Charlotte Data Science Initiative, through its Partnership for Social Good, is sponsoring a virtual hackathon to address economic mobility in the Queen City. Participants will compete for $10,000 in prizes, and their challenge is to create a mobile platform-based application or game that addresses this problem:

State employees will get a combination of across-the-board and merit raises via the budget compromise announced late Monday night. The budget compromise will be sent to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature this week, after being voted on by the N.C. House and Senate.

The budget includes a 1.5 percent raise and a one-time bonus equal to 0.5 percent of their annual salary for all employees. UNC campuses also will receive funding to award additional one-time bonuses to EHRA employees based upon performance.

Summer coincides with the annual end-of-the-year purchasing spree by some campus departments and units, and it is a time for offices to purge, replace, repurpose or recycle equipment. While most items make their way into the trash or recycle bins, University employees should exercise caution, as certain items require special handling.

Urban Education Professor Chance Lewis delivered the keynote address at an event this month that recognized recent minority male student graduates from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS).

The Beta Nu Lambda Education Foundation planned the inaugural Baccalaureate Service in partnership with CMS.

The city of Charlotte recently commissioned aerial photographs that document the progress of the 9.3 mile LYNX Blue Line Extension.

University City Partners selected 12 images for the article “Take a visual helicopter tour of our LYNX line to Uptown.”