General News

Aayla Alexander, a graduate student in social work, is the 2016 recipient of the Presidents’ Award from the National Association of Social Workers North Carolina chapter (NASW-NC).

According to the association, Alexander was selected for exhibiting a “dedication to the social work profession through her academic excellence, community involvement and professional experience,” and the award honors her “exceptional leadership skills and professional potential.”

Registration is open for the 49er Gold Rush 5K, presented by Novant Health and the UNC Charlotte Recreational Services Department. This event is set for 9 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 6, at Irwin Belk Track and Field Complex.

Race day check-in, packet pickup and registration will be 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the track level. Net proceeds from the 5K will benefit UNC Charlotte student development scholarships; direct donations will be accepted for Girls on the Run, a Charlotte-based nonprofit that uses running to inspire young girls.

Edd Hauser, director of the Center for Transportation Policy Studies and the Center for Disaster Studies, recently received the academic Lifetime Achievement in Transportation Research and Education Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC).

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) teachers will share bright, new ideas for teaching and learning about energy at a Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) event scheduled for 5:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Discovery Place in Uptown Charlotte.

A new UNC Charlotte College of Education partnership under way in Union County is allowing a group of teachers to earn a master’s degree in education through a new model that brings that graduate classroom to them.

The pilot program offers 16 teachers in high priority middle and high schools the opportunity to earn a Master of Education at a significantly reduced rate, while collaborating with College of Education professors on site near their home schools.

UNC Charlotte’s Sport Clubs program was the overall winner of the inaugural First in Flight Fight Against Hunger, a statewide canned food drive competition.

For this food drive, 898 student-athletes from campus collected 2,200 pounds of canned food. Approximately 7,150 pounds of canned food were collected by the 11 collegiate sport clubs programs that participated.

Hamid Dabashi from Columbia University will address “Can Non-Europeans Think?” at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, in Fretwell Building, Room 114.

Dabashi, the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, will bring together historical and theoretical reflections on current affairs and the role of philosophy to argue that, in order to grapple with the problems of humanity today, individuals must eliminate the ethnographic gaze that infects philosophy and casts Arab and other non-Western thinkers as subordinates.

Sebastian Cobarrubias, an assistant professor in the Department of Global, International and Area Studies, will discuss international migration as the first talk in the 2016 Great Decisions Lecture Series sponsored by the Office of International Programs. The presentation will be at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27, at UNC Charlotte Center City, Room 204.

Based on adverse weather conditions in the Charlotte region, the University has moved to Operational Status 3 (OS3), effective immediately. On Jan. 22, classes are cancelled and University offices are closed.

Based on the likelihood of adverse weather, the University will move to Operational Status 2 at midnight tonight. On Jan. 22, classes will be cancelled. University offices will be open, with limited operation.