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Campus community to receive new ID cards starting Monday - New 49er ID cards...
New 49er cards contactless technology allows for tapping rather than swiping. Photo by Alexandria Sands. New 49er ID cards will be distributed to all faculty, staff and students starting Monday on the...
View ArticleSenate update: plans for Freshman Week
The UNC Charlotte Student Government Association (SGA) held their third weekly student senate legislative meeting of the year Jan. 26. Guest speaker Freshman Class President Vivian Ojimadu spoke to the...
View ArticleAPLU declares UNC Charlotte an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University...
UNC Charlotte was founded as a school intended to serve returning veterans and eventually became a modest school for locals–now, it’s a leading research institution of nearly 29,000 students that has...
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Saving lives one pint at a time - UNC Charlotte community donates 773 pints...
UNC Charlotte held its annual 49ers4Life blood drive on Jan. 24. This is the eighth year UNC Charlotte has partnered with the American Red Cross in saving lives all over the world. The goal was to...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte’s legendary Loy Witherspoon dead - The highly-esteemed...
The founder of UNC Charlotte’s Department of Religious Studies and award-winning professor, Loy Witherspoon, died on Sunday, Jan. 15, at age 86. After the death of both of his parents, Witherspoon...
View ArticleSenate Update: Initial step in replacing Vice President as official who...
The UNC Charlotte Student Government Association (SGA) held their weekly student senate legislative meeting Feb. 2. Guest speakers Secretary for State and National Affairs Vincent Cahill spoke to the...
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CEO and President of TIAA Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. serves as role model for...
Dean of Belk College Steven Ott asks Roger W. Ferguson questions submitted by students. Photo by Alexandria Sands. President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. sat down with...
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Elizabeth Hardin honored with 2016 Loy Witherspoon Distinguished Service...
Elizabeth Hardin serves as Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs. Photo by Indira Eskieva. Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs at UNC Charlotte Elizabeth Hardin is a busy woman. And yet she took an hour...
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Racing to gold - Recreational services raises money for scholarships and...
Racer poses with Norm the Niner on the Irwin Belk Track. Photo by Kristopher Harris. UNC Charlotte Recreational Services hosted its 16th annual Gold Rush 5K in which the Charlotte community showed...
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Hechenbleikner Lake named Certified Wildlife Habitat - Having a certified...
Sign designates lake as certified wildlife habitat. Katelynn Pennington. Hechenbleikner Lake on campus has been designated as a Certified Wilidlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF)....
View ArticleUNC Charlotte to receive $225,000 grant in national research study - 2,600...
Four UNC Charlotte departments and 20 academic advisors will be participating in a $225 thousand national research program this semester, says Dr. John Smail, Dean of University College. The program...
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University reacts to immigration ban - Organizations join #NoBanNoWall...
Organizer of coalition Lauren Coker reads proposal to the crowd. Photo by Alexandria Sands. Since President Donald Trump signed the executive order that temporarily banned travel from seven majority...
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Drunk driver takes life of freshman - Students pledge not to drink and drive...
Dana Wilson with friend from high school Samantha Johnson. Photo courtesy of Samantha Johnson. UNC Charlotte is suffering the loss of a freshman student, Dana Wilson, who died Feb. 6 in a wrong-way car...
View ArticleSenate Update: Sophomore class will have “halfway there fair”
The UNC Charlotte Student Government Association (SGA) held their fifth weekly student senate legislative meeting of the year Feb. 9. Guest Speakers The Secretary for Information Technology Gyovanni...
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Chancellor Philip L. Dubois discusses construction, diversity and possibility...
Chancellor Philip L. Dubois gives updates prior to answering questions. Photo by Alexandria Sands. Chancellor Philip L. Dubois held his annual Chancellor Lunchtime Talk Feb. 14 where students were...
View ArticleSenate update: Jess Pinti discusses Collegiate Recovery Community
The UNC Charlotte Student Government Association (SGA) held their sixth weekly student senate legislative meeting of the year Feb. 16. Guest speakers The Collegiate Recovery Community Coordinator Jess...
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Charlotte 49ers quarterback Kevin Olsen arraigned in second-degree rape case...
Kevin Olsen’s mugshot. Photo courtesy of Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s office. Sunday evening former starting quarterback, Kevin Olsen, was arrested with multiple charges including three counts of...
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Alpha Chi Omega runs to end relationship violence - Sorority hosts Cupid...
Racers get ready to begin at starting line. Photo by Daniel Head. UNC Charlotte’s Alpha Chi Omega (AXO) hosted the Cupid Shuffle 5K on Feb. 11. The race is held during AXO’s Healthy Relationships Week...
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Graduation goes green - Students vote for green robes to show their “Niner...
UNC Charlotte commencement robes have officially been changed from black to green, which will take effect for the spring commencement ceremonies. Student Body Vice President Carrie Nowell has worked...
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