General News

Mohamed Shehab, an associate professor in the Department of Software and Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, is the fourth finalist for the 2015 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence being featured on Inside UNC Charlotte. The recipient will be named during a special awards ceremony on Friday, Sept. 18.

UNC Charlotte’s undergraduate business programs rank in the top 24 percent nationally, according to the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges.

UNC Charlotte’s undergraduate business programs are ranked No. 114 out of 478 schools, in a tie with 16 other business schools nationwide.

Across the state, UNC Charlotte ranks No. 4 out of 19 North Carolina schools  with accredited undergraduate business programs included in the ranking.

A professor of biology, Stanley Schneider is the third finalist for the 2015 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence to be featured on Inside UNC Charlotte.

The 22nd annual Fore P.J. Golf Tournament, which benefits the P.J. Briggs Scholarship awarded by the Recreational Services Department, will be Friday, Oct. 2, at the Tradition Golf Club.

The tournament, which is a two-person team, captain’s choice format, has a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The cost is $100 before Sunday, Sept. 27, and $110 afterward. The fee includes lunch and a rib cookout following the event.

In the past fiscal year, UNC Charlotte’s energy consumption has decreased by about 5 percent, resulting in a 1 percent reduction in total utility costs. Yet, gross square footage on campus increased by 4 percent during the same time frame.

Tony Schallert, energy manager in facilities management, noted the reductions are a result of the University’s performance contract that replaced inefficient lighting in older buildings and the more proficient energy-saving initiatives employed in new construction.

The Charlotte 49ers, who are making their debut in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) this fall as a member of Conference USA, have scheduled a home-and-home series with UNC Chapel Hill in 2024 and 2025.

Charlotte will play at UNC Chapel Hill, Sept. 7, 2024, and the Tar Heels will return the trip to Charlotte’s Richardson Stadium, Sept. 6, 2025.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of UNC Charlotte’s International Festival, which will continue a campus tradition of celebrating the region’s vibrant and culturally diverse landscape. New for 2015 are Festival Fun Days, in recognition of the festival’s four decades, the Office of International Programs (OIP) is introducing the fun days to further engage the campus community during the four weeks leading up to the Oct. 17 festival.

Joyce Dalsheim, an assistant professor in the Department of Global, International and Area Studies, is the first recipient of the J. Murrey Atkins Library Faculty Engagement Award.

She will be honored at a reception on Thursday, Sept. 17, in the library’s Halton Reading Room; the event starts at 3:30 p.m.

Meika Berlan, one of this year’s Graduate Life Fellows (GLF), believes her involvement in the program allows her to give back to UNC Charlotte.

“I chose to become a GLF so I could contribute to the university in a meaningful way,” said Berlan who is pursuing a Ph.D in Public Policy. She is among this year’s Graduate Life Fellows, a program in its eighth year on campus.  

The North Carolina economy continues to grow but is facing more unpredictability in 2015, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported Sept. 9 in the Babson Capital Management/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast.