News

Belk College adopts new progression requirements for undergraduates

   August 12, 2007
The Belk College of Business has implemented a change in its undergraduate Progression Requirement effective Monday, August 13, 2007. *********** The Belk College of Business was at full capacity in almost all 3000-level required core courses for...

Read More


Economics professor's research cited in Wall Street Journal editorial

   August 9, 2007
A study by Craig Depken, who recently joined the Department of Economics, was cited in an August 7 editorial in the Wall Street Journal about ticket scalping. Depken, who came to UNC Charlotte from the University of Texas Arlington and conducted his...

Read More


Belk College alumnae among Charlotte's top women in business

   July 17, 2007
Belk College graduates Kelley Earnhardt Elledge '95 and Michelle Luhr Menard '97received the Charlotte Business Journal's Women in Business Achievement Award at a luncheon July 16. Elledge is vice president and general manager of JR Motorsports, a...

Read More


Mexican students to participate in "graduation" ceremony

   June 26, 2007
Twenty-eight students from Mexico will participate in a special “graduation” ceremony at UNC Charlotte on Friday, June 29 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM in Atkins Library Room 143. The students have earned an undergraduate certificate in global...

Read More


Ott appointed interim dean

   June 8, 2007
Steven Ott, director of the Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte, has been appointed the interim dean of the Belk College of Business, starting July 1. UNC Charlotte Provost Joan Lorden announced the appointment to fill a void left by the departure of...

Read More


UNC Charlotte economist says GSP will grow through 2007

   June 6, 2007
The North Carolina economy is expected to continue its sixth year of economic expansion in 2007, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his TIAA-CREF/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast for the state. Connaughton estimates that real,...

Read More


Economics Department sweeps 2007 faculty awards

   April 20, 2007
Professors from the Department of Economics have won all three of this year's Belk College faculty awards, marking the first departmental "sweep" in recent memory. Young Davis received theOutstanding Service Award. Heserved as chair of the Department of...

Read More


Belk College alumnus to box for heavyweight title

   October 23, 2006
Calvin Brock, a 1999 graduate of UNC Charlotte, will compete for the title of world heavyweight boxing champion on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Brock, who earned a degree in finance and worked in banking before pursuing boxing...

Read More


Belk College of Business forms Sports Advisory Council

   October 20, 2006
The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte has formed an advisory council for its new M.B.A. program in Sports Marketing and Management. Council members will provide guidance and support to Belk College administrators as they prepare to launch the...

Read More


Wealth-management experts to lead seminar

   October 16, 2006
The Belk College's Department of Finance and Business Law will host "In Search of the Midas Touch: How to Create, Realize and Manage Business Wealth in a Flat World," on Friday, Nov. 3, from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM The seminar's featured speaker...

Read More