General News

Efforts to remove Belk Tower are still under way. Inclement weather postponed D.H. Griffin Companies’ schedule to dismantle the structure during winter break.

In October 2015, the decision was announced to remove the Belk Tower due to significant structural issues and repairs and renovations estimated at approximately $1 million.  The UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees agreed unanimously to establish an immediate pedestrian safety zone around the tower, which will remain until the structure is dismantled within the next week.

The UNC Charlotte School of Architecture chapter of “Freedom by Design” earned two awards at the 2015 AIAS FORUM, the national conference of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), held Dec. 29-Jan. 2 in San Francisco. The UNC Charlotte team was recognized as the 2014-15 Chapter of the Year and received the 2014-15 Project of the Year award.

UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip L. Dubois says the $2 billion Connect NC bond package is vitally important to the continued growth of the University and the long-term economic vitality of North Carolina. The bond measure is on the March 15 ballot statewide.

State leaders officially started a formal effort to rally support for the initiative today. Gov. Pat McCrory, Speaker of the N.C. House Tim Moore and Senate Democrat Leader Dan Blue Jr. headlined the Connect NC Bond Campaign Kickoff in the Duke Energy Room of the Jim Hunt Library at N.C. State University Centennial Campus.

Ed Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster for BET, will be the keynote speaker for the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

Rabbi Reuben Zellman will lead an open conversation about the challenges he faced as the first openly transgender rabbinical student and how his experiences have served his mission of LGBTQ acceptance and inclusion at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, in the Rowe Arts Building Auditorium.

The Music Department is hosting this free event, which is open to the campus community. Zellman is participating in a residency at UNC Charlotte Jan. 11-15 to educate the campus and community on gender identity, sexuality, Judaism and Jewish music.

Acclaimed experimental filmmaker Peter Hutton will speak at the opening reception for the film installation of his “New York Portraits: Chapter I, Chapter II and Chapter III” at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, in the Storrs Gallery.

The Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City will present artwork by Julianne Swartz and Laura McCarthy from Friday, Jan. 22, through Friday, March 4. These interdisciplinary artists are considered masters at facilitating the intimacy of the moment – dismantling the chaos of the outside world and encouraging presence from their audiences.

2015 was a big year for UNC Charlotte – this holiday video recaps the year’s top 15 highlights.

Michael Lizotte, University sustainability officer, was appointed a technical advisor by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

A nonprofit membership organization, AASHE empowers higher education faculty, administrators, staff and students to be effective change agents and drivers of sustainability innovation. AASHE enables its more than 900 members to translate information into action by offering essential resources and professional development to a diverse, engaged community of sustainability leaders.

Lee Rose, former Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball coach who has devoted more than 50 years to the sport, has been nominated for enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The list of candidates for the 2016 class was released by the Basketball Hall of Fame, and included Rose, who guided the 49ers to the 1976 NIT Finals and the 1977 NCAA Final Four.

Rose’s impact on the sport spanned every level across six decades, including experience at the high school, NAIA, NCAA Div. I, II and III, NBDL, NBA and International levels.