Student Life

The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) is revamping its Safe Zone Program, comprised of training related to LGBTQ programming.
Starting this semester, the Safe Zone training will be a four-hour offering, instead of an entire workday. The updated training program will focus on the basics of the LGBT community and the active engagement that allies offer as program participants. Safe Zone training is open to all members of the campus community and will be offered at least twice a semester.

Civil rights activist, pastor and professor Bob Zellner will discuss his memories of and role in the South’s civil rights movement at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Student Union Movie Theater
Zellner grew up in Southampton, Ala., but he has an unlikely background of a civil rights legend. His father and grandfather were both members of the Ku Klux Klan. Zellner chose to become actively involved in civil rights, and his defiant actions led to his being arrested 18 times in seven different states during the course of his involvement with the movement.

As part of the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Jeremiah Dew will perform his one-man show “One Voice: A Black History Narrative” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17,in the Student Union Multipurpose Room.

UNC Charlotte will commemorate the life, work and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a three-day celebration that includes a keynote address by award-winning writer Omar Tyree, a day of service and a film screening.
The 2013 celebration theme is “A Dream Attained, Deferred or Abandoned? An Examination of the 50 Years Since the March on Washington.” Tyree will speak about this topic at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

Seniors from the Lee College of Engineering will present their year-long senior projects at the college’s Senior Design Exposition scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in the food court of Halton Arena in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.

Yujie Lin, a doctoral student in computing and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, will defend “Exploratory Visualization of Graphs Based on Community Structure” at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in Woodward Hall, Room 338. Jing Yang is the dissertation advisor.

David Askay, a Ph.D. student in organizational science, has received one of the most prestigious national research awards presented to students doing communication studies research.
 The National Communication Association (NCA) presents the Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award for the top-ranked student-authored paper from all NCA units that competitively rank papers for programming at the NCA annual convention.

The exhibit “Four Directions: A Journey Through Native American Art” is on display through Friday, Nov. 30, in the Student Union Art Gallery. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The exhibit’s theme centers on the relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American art forms. Native American artists from Southwest, Plains and Eastern tribes contributed work to the show. UNC Charlotte student artists also are featured.

UNC Charlotte’s 11th annual Multicultural Leadership Conference is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Cone University Center.
The conference attracts nearly 250 students from the Southeast to explore diversity and leadership. Workshops are led by graduate students, staff members, faculty and advisors from UNC Charlotte and visiting universities. Registration is $20 for UNC Charlotte students and $75 for non-UNC Charlotte students open now through the date of the conference.