General News

The Student Union and the Office of Student Activities are teaming up to provide a variety of stress-relieving activities to encourage student success throughout final exams from Thursday, April 30, through Wednesday, May 6.

Students can enjoy activities such as Donut Stress, Game Day, Spa Day, Puppy Therapy, Coffee Break, a Zumba Glow Party and a Disney movie marathon.

The events scheduled are:

Thursday, April 30

8 to 10 a.m., Donut Stress, Student Union Rotunda

Gail Keene, financial and administrative operations manager in research and economic development; Celina Oliver, senior assistant director of financial aid; Zach Rutledge, associate director of events and programming for student activity center and venue management; and Kathy Hurst, learning and development specialist in human resources, will be the guests on the April 23 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast at 2 PM.

The sixth annual Study Abroad Student Photo Exhibit will be displayed Monday, April 27, through Sunday, May 10, in the Student Union. An opening reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 29.

The exhibit features photography taken by UNC Charlotte students while they were abroad; photos were submitted in four categories: self-portrait, defining moment, landscape and portrait.

For more information, visit the Student Union Gallery and the Office of Education Abroad.

Gov. Pat McCrory visited UNC Charlotte Monday morning to convene a roundtable discussion with campus officials and business leaders regarding his Innovation to Jobs initiative. Following the forum held in the Student Union, McCrory and several others toured the Burson science building, one of the more overcrowded and outdated classroom and lab buildings on campus.

The Africana Studies Department, the Department of History and the Latin American Studies program will co-host the international conference “Locating and Connecting Latin America and the African Diaspora” on Thursday and Friday, April 30-May 1. The conference is free and open to the public; all activities will take place in the UNC Charlotte Student Union

The Charlotte 49ers football team played its third annual Green-White Spring Game Saturday evening — the first game held under the lights installed at Richardson Stadium earlier this year. 

“The lights were pretty cool,” said 49ers head coach Brad Lambert about the lights, which were turned as part of a halftime ceremony.   “That was a good time to do it as well because I didn’t want guys to slow down from the half. It was pretty cool for them.  It’s about as close you can get to a game for the guys and then we were under the lights.”

Congressman Richard Hudson, UNC Charlotte alumnus (Class of 1996) and former student body president, met with members of the EPIC Advisory Board April 17 to talk about energy issues and his work on the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. He also had the opportunity to gather members’ input and feedback on issues and challenges in the energy sector.

Richard Jackson is a leading voice in the movement to build places with an emphasis on public health. This national expert recently addressed an audience of more than 200 attendees at UNC Charlotte Center City,

The 15th annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) was held recently in the J. Murrey Atkins Library.  This student-run conference showcased current student research taking place at UNC Charlotte.  First-place winners received $800 each.

This year’s top paper and poster presentations were:

Physical Science Category
Paper

UNC Charlotte recently celebrated the re-opening of the Cone Plaza with music, food, prizes, giveaways and more.