The University Botanical Gardens’ annual Valentine’s Day Orchid Sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Feb. 12-13, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at the McMillan Greenhouse.
John Denti, orchid curator at the McMillan Greenhouse, will present the lunch and learn “Orchid Growing 101” at 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11, at McMillan Greenhouse.
Denti will demystify the care of these tropical plants by “breaking it down” to the most important factors for growing healthy orchids.
A medical professional and Serving in Mission (SIM) missionaries who were central in the U.S. response to the Ebola virus crisis in West Africa will speak at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 16, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Heather Brown, executive director of the Women + Girls Research Alliance, was named co-editor of the Journal of Research and Practice for Literacy, Secondary and Basic Education. The scholarly work, housed in the Commission on Adult Basic Education at Rutgers University, is a major voice that links research to practice in adult literacy and basic education for more than 35 years.
Joyce Dalsheim, assistant professor in the Department of Global, International and Area Studies, will discuss sectarianism in the Middle East as the fifth speaker in the 2015 Great Decisions lecture series. This free, public presentation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Devin Collins, assistant director business and entrepreneurial development, Charlotte Research Institute, was named by the Charlotte Business Journal to its 22nd consecutive list of the region’s “Forty Under 40.”
According to the publication, the 40 individuals named are “making major strides in their careers and having a positive impact on their communities.”
UNC Charlotte full-time faculty members are encouraged to participate in a survey of faculty job satisfaction as part of the national research program Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), which has operated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education since 2003.
The Charlotte 49ers have announced their 12-game 2015 football schedule. It will mark the 49ers first season as an FBS program competing in Conference USA.
The 2015 Charlotte Venture Challenge business innovation competition, is accepting applications from early-stage entrepreneurial companies through noon, Tuesday, March 3.
