Nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit, Ventureprise award and new pass/no credit procedure

Monday, January 25, 2021

Nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit

Charlotte is earning a reputation as a magnet for talent in technology, finance, health care, manufacturing and more. UNC Charlotte provides emerging entrepreneurs — like Abi Olukeye, who is working to close the STEM gender gap — access to resources essential for converting their ideas to commercial realities.


BREAKING NEWS

  • A new procedure for undergraduate pass/no credit grading allows students to review course grades before making election.
  • The University’s wastewater testing has detected the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in its routine sampling in four residence halls.

YOUR DAILY NEED TO KNOW: FACULTY & STAFF


​YOUR DAILY NEED TO KNOW: STUDENTS

  • Applications are now open for UREC's P.J. Briggs Scholarship; apply by Feb. 15.
  • All new and continuing undergraduate students may login now to the NinerScholars Portal to be matched with and apply for scholarships. Most scholarships require references and letters of recommendation. Applications are due by Feb. 15.

​OUR POINTS OF PRIDE

Ventureprise, UNC Charlotte’s innovation and entrepreneurship center, has been named one of 10 nationally recognized recipients of the U.S. Small Business Administration and National Science and Technology Council’s Lab-to-Market (L2M) Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition.

Ventureprise receives national recognition for inclusive research and development innovation programs: Ventureprise, UNC Charlotte’s innovation and entrepreneurship center, has been named one of 10 nationally recognized recipients of the U.S. Small Business Administration and National Science and Technology Council’s Lab-to-Market (L2M) Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition.

Tessa Nguyen receives the Diversity Leadership Scholarship: Tessa Nguyen RD, LDN, a master’s student in the Cato College of Education’s Urban Education program, is the 2020-21 recipient of the Diversity Leadership Scholarship presented by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation.


MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

  • Stocking the shelves at the Jamil Niner Food Pantry has become a little easier thanks to a $100,000 donation from Harris Teeter.
  • Criminal justice professor Shannon Reid explains that the extremist groups are organizing like traditional street gangs, but may be more difficult to track.
  • Ely Portillo of the Urban Institute ponders the future environments of Charlotte businesses in a story for Charlotte Magazine.

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