Sean McCloud, a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Religious Studies Department, will be a guest on WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks” on Monday, Feb. 11. The program will focus on superstitions and why individuals believe in them. The show airs live at 9 a.m.
Participants for the University’s annual Gold Rush Homecoming 5K totaled 724 students, faculty/staff, alumni and area community members, setting a record for attendance.
The Recreational Services Department, which sponsors the race, raised nearly $5,000 in race proceeds for student development scholarships, and participants donated $600 for the American Red Cross.
The Mu Tau Beta counseling honor society in the College of Education is sponsoring a toiletries drive to benefit the Relatives Crisis Center, which provides a safe location for youth age 7 to 17 who are homeless, who have run away from home or who are going through a difficult family situation.
The UNC Charlotte Staff Council is coordinating the University’s participation in the annual “Have a Heart Campaign,” the UNC Staff Assembly’s statewide challenge to benefit local food banks and charities.
Chancellor Philip L. Dubois answered student questions on a variety of topics during a lunchtime forum in the Student Union on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Questions ranged from football to tuition to amplified noise policies. Attendees also asked about issues related to commuter students, on-campus residential living, class schedules, alumni relations and weekend activities.
The Energy Production and Infrastructure Center will host a free screening of the documentary “Switch” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19.
A 98-minute documentary, “Switch” focuses on the impending and fundamental changes coming to global energy supplies and technologies.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers will share new curriculum they created about African American literature related to civil rights from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Gantt Center for African American Art + Culture in uptown Charlotte.
Carolina HealthCare System’s Levine Cancer Institute and UNC Charlotte will enter into a joint project to advance translational and clinical research in the field of pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly forms of cancer.
After placing the last beam in a structural frame, early American settlers held a “topping” out event to mark the significance to this stage in the construction process. That tradition continues, even at UNC Charlotte, when Lithko Contracting and the Facilities Management Department recently celebrated the “topping” of the South Village parking deck.
Nigerian master woodcarver, structure designer, folklorist and environmental activist Kasali Akangbe will serve as the 2013 Africana Artist-in-Residence at UNC Charlotte.
