General News

For the second year, UNC Charlotte’s Graduate School is seeking military veterans to apply for graduate assistantships designated exclusively for veteran students. Three two-year assistantships are being offered for veteran students starting graduate studies in fall 2016. Each assistantship is valued at $36,000 to $45,000 and includes full tuition, health insurance and an assistantship stipend.

The Advisory Committee to the Chancellor for Employee Health and Wellness is sponsoring the webinar “Emotional Eating: The Connection Between Mood and Food” from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18. Register online to be able to view this offering.

Gary Kohut, director of the MBA program in the Belk College of Business, will be a guest on the Nov. 6 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. Starting at noon, he will discuss what makes UNC Charlotte’s MBA the choice for Charlotte professionals.

The Department of Music Faculty and Friends Concert Series will honor composer Walter Hartley on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Hartley, whose daughter Carol Hartley is a business services coordinator in the Department of Languages and Culture Studies, has composed nearly 300 works and is most revered for his music for saxophones, brass instruments and wind ensembles. The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. in Rowe Recital Hall.

Employees can kick off the season with four free admission tickets to games as the Charlotte 49ers open the Mark Price era of men’s basketball. Games included in this deal are the men’s exhibition match at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9, and the Opening Day Doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 13, when the women face Ball State at 5:30 p.m. and the men take on Elon at 8:30 p.m. The first 2,500 fans in attendance on Opening Day will receive a commemorative Mark Price jersey T-shirt. 

As part of this year’s Homecoming festivities, the Staff Council teamed with the Student Government Association to sponsor a Homecoming Office Decorating Contest. Natalie Cornell, UNC Charlotte alumna Class of 2014 and a staff member in the Events and Special Projects Department of the Division for University Advancement, was named the winner.

My UNC Charlotte (my.charlotte.edu) successfully launched in early October and will replace 49er Express. On Nov. 12, at approximately 5:30 a.m., 49er Express will fully retire, and My UNC Charlotte will serve as the main portal. The original retire date, Nov. 16, was moved up as some functionalities are ending sooner than anticipated.

Social media has altered fundraising, and the UNC Charlotte Division of University Advancement is assisting members of the Niner Nation to take advantage of the trend to solicit small gifts for various campus ventures.

Crowdfund UNC Charlotte provides an online platform to students, faculty and staff to generate funding for ideas significant to them.

Four talks comprise the series “Food Production, Marketing and Consumption in the United States – Colonial Era to Present.” The first presentation, scheduled for 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Denny Building, Room 220, will feature Baldemar Velasquez, founder and president of the Ohio-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee.

Velasquez, a recipient of a “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation, earned a bachelor’s degree from Bluffton College; he has dedicated his life to improving the working and living conditions for migrant laborers and their families.

Ellen McIntyre, dean of the College of Education, and Munro Richardson, executive director of Read Charlotte, will be guests on the Oct. 30 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. Starting at noon, they will discuss the multimillion dollar Read Charlotte Initiative and the strategy for reshaping the landscape of early literacy across the city. The initiative’s goal is to double Charlotte -Mecklenburg Schools third-graders’ reading proficiency by 2025.