General News

UNC Charlotte will host a regional input session on Monday, June 1, to enable the campus community and the public to provide feedback into the search process for the next UNC system president.

The UNC Board of Governors has started a search for UNC President Tom Ross’ successor; Ross will step down in January 2016.

Robin Gary Cummings, M.D., deputy secretary for health services and state Medicaid director for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, was elected chancellor of UNC Pembroke by the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina.

Social work professor Lori Thomas recently was recognized as one of the top young alumni of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).

Thomas is a member of VCU’s 2015 “10 Under 10” class. The honor recognizes alumni who received their first VCU degree in the last 10 years and who have achieved professional success, made important contributions to their community and supported the university.

The recognition is humbling, said Thomas, but “I know my work isn’t close to done. The award has energized me to continue my scholarship and community work in homelessness.”

The annual audit planning process takes into account a number of factors to determine which campus units will be visited.

Julie Earls, an internal auditor in the Internal Audit Department, stated, “Our internal audit professional standards require UNC Charlotte’s chief audit officer to establish a risk-based audit plan that considers the University’s goals. In other words, what could keep the University from achieving its objectives?”

The audit plan is a direct result of a risk assessment, she added.

The conversation “I am a Man! Black, Male and Gay” will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 21, at UNC Charlotte Center City. It is the final installment of the year-long series of candid community discussions on the relevance of the American black male in the 21st century.

The UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens will offer the plant exploration class for children “Seeds and Sprouts” from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Sunday, May 24, at the McMillan Greenhouse.

Children will learn about how seeds “know” when to sprout and what happens when they do. This workshop is for children age 4 to 8. The cost is $5, and space is limited to 12 participants.

Adults must accompany children to the program, and participation is welcome. Email Paula Gross (pmgross@uncc.edu) to attend.

Ted Amato, director of the Belk Scholars and Business Honors Programs in the Belk College of Business, and Craig Depken II, program dDirector for the Master of Science in Economics program, will be guests on the May 21 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. They will discuss the college’s  Belk Scholars Program in Business Analytics.

 “The Live Wire” can be viewed on desktop computers or mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.

College of Education professor Spencer Salas is in India working with the U.S. State Department to train people to teach English in the capital New Delhi.

For three weeks, Salas will wind his way through Delhi’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods, working with secondary school instructors to improve the way they teach English.

In recognition of National Police Week, the UNC Charlotte Staff Council recently delivered coffee and donuts to the University’s Police and Public Safety Department.

Members of the council’s executive team, chair Jim Kay, vice chair Penny Stevens and communications officer Jessica Barton, dropped by the PPS Department to express appreciation to the officers for “all they do for our campus community.”

UNC Charlotte is one of the cosponsors for a conference that will draw hundreds of computer coders, developers and students on Thursday, May 28, at the Harvey Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture.

Billed as part watch party and part development workshop, the May 28 event coincides with the annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco. The Queen City event will be from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.