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Center for Real Estate announces $4 million campaign goal

More than $3 million committed to date
   June 20, 2012

UNC Charlotte announced today that its Center for Real Estate has launched a $4 million fundraising campaign, “Developing Talent, Building the Future.”

Campaign co-chairs Fred Klein, senior managing partner at Childress Klein Properties, and Todd Mansfield, chairman and CEO of Crosland LLC, made the announcement during a celebration at the Harris Alumni Center attended by members of the...

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Belk College hosts national "open house" for prospective doctoral students Oct. 22

   June 20, 2012

The Belk College of Business and the DocNet Consortium of Business Doctoral Programs will host an information session for prospective doctoral students in business Friday, Oct. 22 from 4 to 7:00 PM

Twenty-five of the nation’s top business schools will be in attendance. Participants will gain insights into a career in business academia and hear from business school faculty and...

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Connaughton remains guardedly optimistic about N.C. economy

Connaughton remains guardedly optimistic about N.C. economy

   June 20, 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sept. 15, 2010 – The North Carolina economy is expected to increase by 0.8 percent over the 2009 level, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton announced today in his quarterly report on the health of the state economy. This modest increase follows a decline of 2.7 percent in 2009.

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Belk College alumni honored as CFOs of the Year

   June 20, 2012

Belk College graduates Anne Bradley and David Hauser were winners in their respective categories in the Charlotte Business Journal's first CFO of the Year Award andwere recognized at a July 28luncheon.

Anneis a 1995 graduate with a B.S. in accounting. She owns and operates her own firm, Anne L. Bradley CPA, which offers outsourced CFO duties to...

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Stanton joins Belk College development team

   June 20, 2012

Nikki Stanton has joined the Belk College of Business as assistant director of development. Shewill beworking primarily with donors who give between $1,000 and $25,000 annually. Nikki joinsUNC Charlottefrom the development team at Johnson C. Smith University and is a native of Boston. She holds a B.A. in Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations from Clark Atlanta University...

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UNC Charlotte Sports MBA team to participate in national case competition

   June 20, 2012

A team of students from UNC Charlotte will travel to Arizona later this month to participate in a case-study competition held in conjunction with a conference of the sports industry’s top business leaders.

The UNC Charlotte team is comprised of Lindsay Jefferson (Clarksburg, W.Va.), Larisa Mackey (Fairfax, Va.), Owen Mullin (Amherst,...

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Belk College alumni, advisors take the lead in UNC Charlotte capital campaign for football

   June 20, 2012

Influential community leaders Mac Everett, Johnny Harris and Gene Johnson will lead the Charlotte 49ers Football Fundraising Capital Campaign, the university announced at a press conference on February 10.

The powerful team also includes a trio of UNC Charlotte alumni who are chief financial officers at threeFortune 500corporations.

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Belk College sponsors award at NC Motorsports Association Banquet

   June 20, 2012

The Belk College sponsored the Economic Developers Award at tonight's first annual North Carolina Motorsports Association Awards Banquet, an event thathonored individuals, businesses and organizations that have significantly contributed to-- and have positively impacted -- the motorsports industry in the state of North Carolina.

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Five Ventures business competition seeks business plan proposals

   June 20, 2012

The Charlotte Research Institute is issuing a call for faculty, staff and students at colleges and universities in the region and early-stage and start-up companies to compete in UNC Charlotte’s Five Ventures™, an annual business competition and conference.

The conference is also sponsored by UNC Charlotte’s Office of Technology Transfer and the Belk College of Business.

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N.C. Economy Continues Slow but Steady Recovery

   June 5, 2012

The North Carolina economy continues a slow recovery from the 2008-09 recession, stumbling a bit in 2011 but with signs pointing to modest but steady gains in 2012 and 2013, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly economic forecast for the state.

Connaughton cites several areas of...

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