General News

Rear Admiral Christina Alvarado, Deputy Commander of Navy Medicine East, talks about the U.S. Navy’s outreach program among large cities and how UNC Charlotte has a number of robust programs to serve veterans.

David Vacchi, associate director of veteran student services, discusses how UNC Charlotte is perfectly positioned to serve student veterans.

Department of Dance students will perform a Fall Dance Concert Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 19-22, in the Belk Theater of the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The five works on the program, choreographed by UNC Charlotte dance faculty, will reflect the rich diversity in contemporary dance with a wide range of styles.

The Charlotte 49ers football program is asking fans to celebrate the life of the late Phil Ratliff, the 49ers offensive line coach who died in August, by committing random acts of kindness on Ratliff’s birthday, Thursday, Nov. 12.

Ratliff was known for reaching out and connecting with people, for his love of life and his love of others.

Veterans Day is a U.S. federal holiday observed annually to honor individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The Veterans Student Services Office, the Student Veterans of America and the Office of Student Involvement are cosponsoring events during the week of Nov. 9-13 to honor veterans.

Assistant Director of Student Activities for Student Involvement Cassidy Sansone said, “We are thankful for our UNC Charlotte veterans’ service and sacrifice, and we thought it was important to recognize and thank our veterans.”

Charlotte Radiology’s Mobile Breast Center will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the loading dock area behind the Barnhardt Student Activity Center, to conduct digital screening mammograms.

Details on scheduling, billing and eligibility are on the website for the Advisory Committee to the Chancellor for Employee Health and Wellness.

College of Education doctoral student and adjunct instructor Jenny Root has been recognized as an emerging researcher and leader in teaching students with disabilities. She was named the 2015 Alice Hayden Emerging Leader by TASH, an international group that advocates for people with disabilities. Each year, TASH presents the award to a doctoral student who demonstrates potential for leadership in teaching, scholarship and service on behalf of people with significant disabilities. 

The University’s 49er Finish Program recently was named a 2015 Model of Excellence in the winter edition of University Business magazine.

“UNC Charlotte created a concierge service that caters to a tough demographic: students who dropped out during their senior year,” said University Business senior editor Tim Goral. “The program’s communications are tailored to individual former students, finding unique solutions for a pervasive problem, one person at a time.”

UNC Charlotte is one of the 125 four-year institutions to make the Military Times “Best for Vets: Colleges 2016” rankings.

An annual survey in its six year, the Military Times rankings provide the most comprehensive school-by-school assessment of veteran and military student services and rates of academic achievement.

Shannon Sullivan’s Personally Speaking presentation on the book “Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism” will be streamed live on Inside UNC Charlotte starting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Sullivan is a professor of philosophy and health psychology; she dentifies “white middle-class goodness” as attitudes common among well-meaning white liberals, each serving to establish a lack of racism: