General News

Akin Ogundiran, chair of the Department of Africana Studies, will be a presenter for “The Arts in Global Africa” being held at the Mint Museum Randolph on Saturday, Nov. 15.

This symposium, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., will feature talks by leading scholars in African art. In addition to Ogundiran, presenters will be Herbert Cole, professor emeritus, University of California at Santa Barbara; Henry Drewal from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cecile Fromont, University of Chicago; and Victoria Rovine of UNC-Chapel Hill.

A film about building bridges of understanding in communities “My So-Called Enemy” will be screened at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the Student Union Movie Theater.

Spanning seven years, “My So-Called Enemy” follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding after participating in a women’s leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. This film documents how the young women’s transformative experience of knowing their “enemies” as human beings in the United States meets with the realities of their lives in the Middle East.

The UNC Charlotte Alumni Association and Jim Woodward, chancellor emeritus, are hosting “Wayfaring Strangers: A Musical Luncheon with Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr” at noon, Friday, Nov. 14, at Byron’s South End.

Tickets are $30 for the luncheon, and there are packages that include copies of “Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia.” Authors Ritchie and Orr guide the reader on a musical voyage across oceans to capture the stories of the people, the times and the music that many Scots-Irish immigrants brought to the United States.

UNC Charlotte senior Jameka Parker has been recognized for outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities committed to community engagement. Parker is a recipient of the Community Impact Student Award, which honors one student leader at each member school.

Parker, from Fayetteville, is one of 18 students across the state to receive the 2014 award, joining more than 200 college students honored by the organization since the award was first presented in 2006.

As part of “Forty IX’ers: Know Your Title IX” series, the University will host the panel discussion “The SpeficIX: How to Get Help” at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10, in the Student Union, Room 340ABC.

The “Forty IX’ers: Know Your Title IX” series is sponsored by the UNC Charlotte Title IX Office, Center for Wellness Promotion and the Dean of Students Office, in conjunction with the Feminist Union. Its purpose is to address issues of sexual assault, stalking and relationship violence.

The Department of Music Faculty and Friends Concert Series will feature the Madison Park String Quartet in a performance at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, in Rowe Recital Hall. Led by Associate Professor of Cello Mira Frisch, the quartet includes Charlotte Symphony violinists Jenny Topilow and Kari Giles and violist Kirsten Swanson, an adjunct professor at UNC Charlotte.

The Advisory Committee to the Chancellor for Employee Health and Wellness (ACCEHW) is coordinating walking groups for faculty and staff members for the remainder of the fall semester.

The groups will meet at noon, Tuesdays; 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays; and 9 a.m., Thursdays; under the clock tower at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center. 

According to organizers, the walks are designed to be an hour, but participants can return to work at any time. The routes will vary based upon the participants each day.

Beau Dooley, a native of Southwest Louisiana, joined the University as director of the Center for Wellness Promotion earlier this semester.

An alcohol-free tailgate for the Charlotte 49ers Nov. 8 football game against Coastal Carolina has been scheduled. The “Straighten Up” sober tailgate will be held at the tent in the Black parking lot from 7:30 a.m. until game time. The event is sponsored by the Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC); Center for Wellness and Promotion and Foundations Recovery Network.

The tailgate, which is open to anyone who attends the game, will feature: