Student Life

The UNC Charlotte Rocketry team finished second overall and first in the payload portion of the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition. This is the third consecutive year a UNC Charlotte team has been the overall runners-up in this national event.Although the program was delayed and the annual launch finale event in Huntsville, Alabama, canceled, 54 teams competed remotely in the design, building and testing portions of the competition.

Art students Malik J. Norman and Ajané Williams are among the 11 artists featured in an exhibition at Gallery C3, located in Charlotte’s South End district.Curated by Janelle Dunlap, the show “H20/20, Elemental Retribution” includes work by professional artists from Charlotte; Chicago; Columbia, South Carolina; and Pasadena, California.

Year One Launch, a new programming series featuring more than 90 virtual events between Aug. 3 and Sept. 3, will connect incoming students to the University prior to their first day of class.

Tom Reynolds will generously match dollar-for-dollar all gifts made to the UNC Charlotte Student Emergency Fund up to $5,000 through June 30, 2020.

UNC Charlotte students say the University’s Student Emergency Fund eased financial worries triggered by COVID-19.

UNC Charlotte students gathered on Saturday, June 6, for the first time since leaving campus in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic to lead and participate in the March to End Injustice.

Geography major Kenley Triplett ’20 is this year’s UNC Charlotte Student Employee of the Year. She was recognized for her work with the Cone University Center and the Popp Martin Student Union, where she had been employed since fall 2017.Initially, Triplett began as an information desk attendant in the Popp Martin Student Union; she was one of approximately 20 student employees who staff the Union Information Desk from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily. The Information Desk interacts with an average of 12,000 visitors during the week. 

To observe Memorial Day, Chris Brasel ’18 visits Veterans Park on campus to honor the memories of family members and friends who died serving our country.

UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business has awarded doctorates to the first graduates of its Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program.

With summer courses entirely online for the first time, students are taking advantage for a variety of reasons.