General News

UNC Charlotte student Matt Tifft will make his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Kentucky Speedway driving the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry. The car will be bedecked in UNC Charlotte logos and colors.

The 19-year-old business management major from Hinckley, Ohio, currently runs a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He also competes in a limited amount of ARCA Series events throughout the year.

In this special edition of “The Live Wire,” Jeanne Madorin, executive director of human resources, and Keith Wassum, associate vice chancellor for business services, will discuss the impact that the Friday, Oct. 2, home football game will have on campus.

Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer at Bank of American and a member of the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees, is No. 6 on the list of American Banker’s 25 “Most Powerful Women in Banking,” according to an article in the Charlotte Business Journal.

Bessant reports directly to Bank of America chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan, as noted in the CBJ story.

Appointed a University trustee by Gov. Pat McCrory, Bessant is in her first term on the board.

Click here to watch a rebroadcast of Carl Bernstein and P.J. O’Rourke, who spoke at an invitation-only event at UNC Charlotte Center City as part of the University’s Chancellor’s Speaker Series, sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

The 108th North Carolina Nurses Association Convention is set for Wednesday, Sept. 30, through Friday, Oct. 2, in Concord, and the UNC Charlotte​ School of Nursing and Office of Distance Education​ are platinum cosponsors of ​the ​exhibit hall and mobile app for attendees at this year’s event.

​Sponsorship will help UNC Charlotte’s nursing programs stand out in the crowd​ and attract potential students.  

Childress Klein is donating $2.5 million to UNC Charlotte’s Center for Real Estate, which is being named the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate. The gift will fund a new endowed professorship, master’s student professional training programs and faculty fellowships related to research on real estate and urban economics topics. With an expected match from the State of North Carolina for the professorship, the total impact of the gift will be $3.2 million.

UNC Charlotte and its Center for the Study of the New South, as part of a partnership with the Levine Museum of the New South, will host the Oct. 6 panel discussion “La Vida Latina: 21st Century Life in Charlotte.” The event will explore Charlotte’s Latina population and the opportunities and challenges Latinas encounter living in the Queen City and the Mid-South.

UNC Charlotte’s retention rates for first-year students have steadily increased during the past five years, and now University leaders look to build upon that success through a special grant from EDUCAUSE.

The University is one of 24 recipients of a three-year, $225,000 Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (IPASS) grant funded by the Gates Foundation and the Helmsley Charitable Trust. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association comprised of IT leaders and professionals who are committed to advancing higher education.

Following a significant gift commitment from alumni and longtime UNC Charlotte supporters Nancy and David Hauser, a striking new campus facility for football tailgating and other events makes its debut this fall.

Construction on the Hauser Alumni Pavilion was completed in early September. The 8,000-square-foot brick-and-steel structure has enough space to accommodate 700 people.

The Hauser Alumni Pavilion will be dedicated officially on Saturday, Sept. 26, prior to the Charlotte 49ers football game against the Florida Atlantic Owls at Jerry Richardson Stadium.

Malin Pereira, executive director of the Honors College and Giving Green co-chair, and Zachary Tarlton, Giving Green champion, will be the guests on the Sept.24 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. Starting at 2 p.m., they will discuss the 2015 Giving Green Campaign and how faculty, staff alumni and students work to strengthen the community in many ways, including giving of their time and talents to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and causes.