The North Carolina Humanities Council (NCHC) will move its administrative offices to Charlotte in early 2015, to take advantage of what its leaders believe are new and exciting opportunities for organizational development and collaborations in the state’s largest city.
Commencement ceremonies celebrate the completion of one’s educational journey – no matter how long it may take. This is especially true for one UNC Charlotte graduate at fall commencement Saturday, Dec. 13.
The UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture will receive a $10,000 National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Challenge America grant to support programming by the Projective Eye Gallery for the “KEEPING WATCH on WATER: City of Creeks” project. The NEA received 347 eligible Challenge America applications and will award 163 grants for a total of $1.63 million.
Full-time employees can take three classes per year, tuition free. Employees who have earned a bachelor’s degree can apply easily for admission as a graduate certificate or post-baccalaureate (non-degree) student without standardized tests, transcripts or recommendation requirements.
Students from the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance will perform Martha Graham's “Steps in the Street” (1936) for a program with the Martha Graham Dance Company being presented by the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Knight Theater.
Charlotte Area Transit Systems (CATS) and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department will host a community meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Oasis Shriners Center, 604 Doug Mayes Place, off of J.W. Clay Boulevard.
Barnes & Noble at UNC Charlotte, the campus bookstore located in the Student Union, will hold a Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day on Monday, Dec. 15. Employees will receive a 30 percent discount on selected merchandise (an additional 10 percent beyond the normal 20 percent that faculty and staff receive).
After a successful groundbreaking ceremony that included the announcement of a $2 million gift to the UNC Charlotte’s new marching band, the University has officially begun construction on the Vickie and Gene Johnson Marching Band Center.
South Village Crossing, the new 56,146-square-foot dining and gathering facility nestled between Moore and Scott residence halls, is scheduled to serve its first meals Tuesday, Jan. 6.
A UNC Charlotte team recently finished second in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl Tournament and will advance to the National Ethics Bowl Tournament.
The Ethics Bowl is a student competition in which participants must work toward identifying and advocating the best ethical resolution to real-life dilemmas in a timed panel discussion.
