The Department of Music Faculty and Friends Concert Series will feature the Madison Park String Quartet in a performance at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, in Rowe Recital Hall. Led by Associate Professor of Cello Mira Frisch, the quartet includes Charlotte Symphony violinists Jenny Topilow and Kari Giles and violist Kirsten Swanson, an adjunct professor at UNC Charlotte.
The Advisory Committee to the Chancellor for Employee Health and Wellness (ACCEHW) is coordinating walking groups for faculty and staff members for the remainder of the fall semester.
The groups will meet at noon, Tuesdays; 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays; and 9 a.m., Thursdays; under the clock tower at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.
An alcohol-free tailgate for the Charlotte 49ers Nov. 8 football game against Coastal Carolina has been scheduled. The "Straighten Up" sober tailgate will be held at the tent in the Black parking lot from 7:30 a.m. until game time.
Former Lee College of Engineering professor Helene Hilger was recognized by the Water Environment Federation with its Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal at its 87th annual WEF Technical Exhibition and Conference in New Orleans.
UNC Charlotte has earned the inaugural Smart Fleet Champion Award from the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center and the N.C. Department of Transportation.
Christie Amato from the UNC Charotte Executive Association and Alexandra Yaconetti of the Graduate Business Association, will be the guests on the Nov. 13 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.
Stephen Billings, associate professor of economics and the co-director of the Center for Real Estate in the Belk College of Business, and Alyson Metcalfe, director of the Master of Science in Real Estate program and Liz Ward, a program alumna, will be guests on the Dec.4 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.
Mira Frisch, associate professor of cello and director of String Chamber Music, will be the guest on the Nov. 6 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. She will discuss the upcoming Faculty & Friends Concert, featuring the Madison Park String Quartet.
Rob Bates, a senior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program, has entered the competition for the official poster of the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championship being held in Greensboro.
Jacob Goldenberg, co-author of “Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results,” will discuss how individuals can learn and apply techniques for innovation and creativity – using the resources they have around them on Monday, Nov. 17, as part of the NEXT Speaker Series sponsored by the University’s Belk College of Business.
