General News

The renovation project for Holshouser Residence Hall, which reopened in 2015, has received a 2016 Star Award from the Construction Professionals Network (CPN) of North Carolina.

The honor, presented at CPN’s 17th annual conference in May, recognizes and promotes professionalism and excellence in “star quality” projects. The University received the award for projects that totaled between $10 million and $25 million.

Tyler Sytsma recently joined UNC Charlotte as the University sustainability coordinator. A member of the Facilities Management Department, Sytsma will handle various projects that involve offices/departments across campus.

Lee Perkins has been a full-time UNC Charlotte employee for 10 years, but his association with the University began as a student.

The Asheville native enrolled as a prospective engineering major but later completed a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from the Belk College of Business.

And today, he works for the college as a technical support analyst after beginning in the Office of Classroom Support.

A network of people from varied walks of life will gather in Charlotte and other U.S. and U.K. cities Wednesday, June 8, through Friday, June 10, to delve into transportation, connections with the natural world, the value of human well-being and security and social and physical mobility.

These topics and more comprise the fourth annual conference of the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS). With a theme of “Communities and Connections,” the conference is open to the public at no charge, but registrations are requested.

Universities are more integrated, more interdependent and more diverse than ever, while internal audit is tasked with doing more with less. All of these factors create significant challenges for traditional internal audit operating models. Meeting management’s expectations in this dynamic environment requires a new mindset. The need to respond to the latest headlines, attacks and case studies necessitates a more nimble approach that permeates everything from planning to execution to reporting.

Students in the School of Architecture’s AIAS “Freedom by Design” chapter recently completed the first of a two-phase project at the Cabarrus Bilingual Preschool, run by Families First in Cabarrus County, a nonprofit organization that serves low-income families through bilingual (Spanish and English) programs for children and parents.

The finished phase of the project includes a privacy fence weave of colorful nylon strips woven through the existing chain link fence, a series of interactive wooden panels attached to the fence and a large gardening area.

Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, will compete in the 20th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, which will take place in Leipzig, Germany, July 4-16. This competition is held in the categories of voice, organ and cello/Baroque cello and consists of four competitive rounds in each category. Participants were chosen in a juried pre-selection process this spring.

The Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City will present “Digital Dialogues,” two multimedia installations that incorporate full-scale digital fabrication with a touch of the hand and a topographic perspective.  Newly formed collaborative teams of College of Arts + Architecture professors and students have expanded the creative process, removing the control of the solely autonomous artist. 

The UNC Charlotte community is mourning the death of Charles C. “Cliff” Cameron, 96, a longtime and dedicated supporter of the University.  

Cameron’s service to the University began in 1967, when he became a member of the board of directors of the UNC Charlotte Foundation.

“It is impossible to measure the impact that Cliff Cameron made on UNC Charlotte and the whole University City region,” said Chancellor Philip L. Dubois.

The automotive team in the Facilities Management Department recently received honorable mention as one of the top motor fleets in the Americas by 100 Best Fleets in the Americas.

The organization, founded by Tom Johnson, is part of the 100 Best Fleets Program. He noted, “To me, you are unsung heroes … Your efforts are having an immediate and impressive effect on the economy. To put it in perspective, there are over 38,000 public fleets in North America alone and thousands more in South America.”