Student Affairs

UNC Charlotte is leading nationally in proactively educating students about sexual assaults and providing them resources for reporting and receiving support and assistance. Recent media coverage has noted an increase in reports of sexual assaults based on federal data. While significant, this increase in reports strongly suggests that the University’s education efforts are working.

UNC Charlotte is working with the management of Arcadia Student Living, a private, non-University apartment complex, to assist the roughly 90 student residents who were asked to relocate in order for engineers to evaluate structural issues in a building.

The University’s Housing and Residence Life Office has prepared six available spaces on campus for Arcadia residents who need temporary housing due to the structural issues that are displacing them involuntarily.

Students who participate in study abroad trips through the University could submit their photographs from overseas for the annual “Study Abroad Photo Exhibit.”

Winners and honorable mentions in this competition will be displayed Sunday, May 1, through Saturday, May 14, in the Student Union Art Gallery. An opening reception for the display will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 4.

“Publicly Identified: Coming Out Activist in the Queen City,” curated by Joshua Burford, assistant director for sexual and gender diversity for the Multicultural Resource Center, received the second place honorable mention in the 2016 Allan Bérubé Prize.

Presented annually, the Bérubé Prize recognizes outstanding work in public or community-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer history. Work from the previous two years is eligible for the honor.

The student group Voices of Eden Gospel Choir recently completed its spring semester tour with concerts in Winston-Salem and Greenville, N.C., and Richmond, Norfolk and Suffolk, Va. The group will be featured in concert at Mission Gathering Charlotte at 10 a.m., Sunday, April 10.

In Richmond, the choir sang at a nursing home and visited with residents; the performance was part of its established tradition to uplift the campus and community through sharing its gift of music.

Offering odes to strong women who inspired them was a common thread by speakers at the recent International Women’s Day program held in the Student Union Multipurpose Room.

An annual event, International Women’s Day “acknowledges that our campus community is filled with local women who embody the richness of internationalism, and we would like to recognize these individuals for their contributions to UNC Charlotte and the world,” said Roslyn Lewis, communications coordinator in the Office of International Programs.

The Counseling Center will sponsor talks at 6:30 p.m., Wednesdays, April 13 and 27, in the Student Union Movie Theatre.

Each event will feature two speakers with aspects of resiliency as a focus of the talks; these events are free to students, faculty, staff and the public. For students, these workshops are Wellness Passport events.

Women and men can be affected by sexual and/or intimate partner violence. To provide a safe, supportive space for individuals who have experienced such violence, as well as a learning opportunity to educate others how to help

Challenging students to experience all that college affords them is one motivation for Kimberly Turner as director of the University’s Multicultural Resource Center.

“Student development – watching young people grow and mature during their undergraduate years is amazing,” said Turner. “Particularly, if they are connected to campus in a way that enables them to take advantage of all that the campus offers.”

Maintaining a focus on exercise and healthy living can be a challenge for employees. At the end of the workday, when others may be headed home, payroll specialist Tahnett Mack can be found at the Belk Gym.

Since joining the newly renovated facility in February, Mack said she’s lost 20 pounds. “I enjoy using the equipment to target different body parts. I also love the instructors for the fitness class, and the staff members are friendly and helpful when I require assistance with the use of a machine I may not be familiar with using.”