General News

Meet Amy Hisler, UNC Charlotte’s controller. Learn about her role, her favorite areas of campus and her advice for students. 

Describe your job and what you do at UNC Charlotte. 

UNC Charlotte’s Master of Education in Learning, Design and Technology (LDT) ranked 10th in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s Educational/Instructional Media Design category. The online M.Ed. program in the Cato College of Education, as well as its companion online graduate certificate and blended Ed.D. programs, offers concentrations in training and development, online teaching and learning and school specialist roles.

Joël Gallegos, assistant provost for international programs for UNC Charlotte’s Office of International Programs (OIP), has been appointed honorary consul of France for the Charlotte region.

Nine UNC Charlotte music students will join the cast of Carlisle Floyd’s opera, “Susannah,” in a production presented through a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College’s Opera Theatre program. Performances will be Friday, April 1, through Sunday, April 3, in the Halton Theater on the main campus of Central Piedmont.

UNC Charlotte has been recognized for some of the best graduate programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

The Charlotte 49ers football program will hold its spring game at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 2. Head coach Will Healy will wrap up the team’s spring practice season with the annual Green-White scrimmage at Richardson Stadium. Doors will open at 1 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public. Parking is on a first-come, first-served basis, and the CRI Deck will be unavailable. Aside from certain reserved locations, seating is general admission. 

Insights shared by Secretary Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jeb Bush at annual Chancellor’s Speaker Series.

The current Theatre Charlotte production, “Love, Loss & What I Wore,” features eight artworks by stage tech/design students and faculty from the Department of Theatre and Performing Arts Services. The play by Delia and Nora Ephron runs through April 10 in various locations in Charlotte.

The EPIC atrium is now the Robert E. Johnson Atrium in recognition and honor of Bob Johnson, dean emeritus of The William States Lee College of Engineering. The naming took place during a special ceremony in the Albert & Freeman Energy Production and Infrastructure Center on Thursday, March 17.

To provide a comprehensive and engaging experience for UNC Charlotte’s existing corporate partners and to attract new collaborators, Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber has announced the creation of the Office of Corporate Engagement.