Student Affairs

UNC Charlotte students, faculty and staff again will have the chance to team with the American Red Cross in a campus-wide effort to save lives. This year’s 49ers4Life blood drive, set for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center, has a collection goal of 1,000 pints.

Ed Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster for BET, will be the keynote speaker for the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

A formal event to mark the re-opening of the Belk Gym is scheduled for 3 p.m., Jan. 11, on the facility’s front patio.

For the third time since 2011, the housekeeping staff of the Housing and Residence Life Department is re-certified to Cleaning Industry Management Standards (CIMS) and CIMS-Green Buildings with honors by the International Sanitary Supply Association, a leading worldwide organization.

CIMS standards assess an entire organization and focus on its management systems and processes used to deliver services to clients, according to the ISSA website.

Participants in the Sports Clubs program conducted a food drive to benefit the Niner Student Pantry; volunteers recently delivered 2,200 pounds of canned food to the organization.

The University’s Sport Clubs program provides students, faculty and staff with the opportunity to participate in a variety of competitive, instructional and recreational sports. A sport club is a registered student organization formed by individuals with a common interest in a particular sport or recreational activity. They are student-initiated and student-managed.

The Center for Wellness Promotion will partner with the Mecklenburg County Health Department on World AIDS Day to provide free HIV testing, educational information and giveaways. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, in the Student Union Rotunda. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome at this Wellness Passport event.

David Vacchi, associate director of veteran student services, discusses how UNC Charlotte is perfectly positioned to serve student veterans.

The newly renovated Belk Gym will reopen Monday, Nov. 16, for limited fitness and recreational use. Final move-in efforts will continue; however, students and visitors to the facility will notice a number of improvements, including air conditioning for the gymnasiums and workout facilities and upgrades that feature a new fitness center and cycling studio.

Academic classes, sport clubs activities and intramural sports will resume in Belk Gym in January. Renovations will continue through spring on the pool.

Veterans Day is a U.S. federal holiday observed annually to honor individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The Veterans Student Services Office, the Student Veterans of America and the Office of Student Involvement are cosponsoring events during the week of Nov. 9-13 to honor veterans.

Assistant Director of Student Activities for Student Involvement Cassidy Sansone said, “We are thankful for our UNC Charlotte veterans’ service and sacrifice, and we thought it was important to recognize and thank our veterans.”

John Quiñones, anchor of ABC’s “What Would You Do?,” one of TV’s highest-rated newsmagazines, will speak at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, in Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

His presentation is for the Forty-niner Forum Speaker Series, sponsored by the Center for Leadership Development; it is free to all students, faculty and staff with a UNC Charlotte ID. This event is open to the general public, too.