Global Reach

Africana Studies Calls for Papers for 12th Annual Symposium

November 12, 2013 by Lynn Roberson
The 12th Annual Africana Studies symposium at UNC Charlotte will convene on April 2-3, 2014 to examine the widening gaps of national and global inequality through the lens of moral economy. Conference organizers invite abstract submissions by December 15, 2013.

Students, Others Excavate at Ancient Mount Zion Dig Site in Jerusalem

July 01, 2013 by Lynn Roberson
This summer’s excavation at the Mount Zion dig site in the city of Jerusalem has offered 18 UNC Charlotte students, as well as faculty and staff, a rare opportunity to conduct research at an ancient site with religious and historical significance.

Model United Nations Closes Successful Year

May 31, 2013 by Lynn Roberson
As the 2012-13 academic year comes to a close, the UNC Charlotte Model United Nations team ends the year as its most successful in the team’s history. The team earned 66 awards in the fall and spring, hosted training conferences for area high schools and colleges and attended six conferences.

Mt. Zion Dig Reveals Possible Early Roman Period Priestly Mansion

September 19, 2013 by Lynn Roberson
In excavating sites in a long-inhabited urban area like Jerusalem, archaeologists are accustomed to noting complexity in their finds […]

German Scholarships Support 30 Students' Studies Abroad

June 26, 2013 by Lynn Roberson
30 German majors from UNC Charlotte are studying in Germany this summer and in the 2013-14 academic year. Each student received a $2,000 scholarship to undertake immersive language study in a German-speaking country at one of the locations of the prestigious Goethe Institute. Kurt Waldthausen, founder and president of the GLCF, presented the scholarships.

Desperation and Hope: A Student's Month in Haiti

June 05, 2013 by clas-web
Addison Hodge, a senior in international studies, spent a month in the summer of 2010 with his fellow Model United Nations teammates, living and working at a Haitian orphanage. He recounts his experience here and explains how the trip changed his life.