Community Engagement

Jose Reyes, the president of UNC Charlotte’s Hispanic College Awareness Program, stands out as an example to youth, working with others in the student organization to encourage college aspirations.

A vision for a new central park in Reid Park Neighborhood on Charlotte’s west side is moving closer to reality, based on work by UNC Charlotte’s Dylan McKnight, who is pursuing a master’s degrees in urban design and community planning. The Reid Park Neighborhood Association, in partnership with Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, will […]

The first Center City Literary Festival will pair authors with artists for a community creative event on Saturday, October 12, at UNC Charlotte’s Center City. The festival will offer a carnival-like program for children in the afternoon and a salon-like program for adults in the evening.  The children’s program will take place from noon to […]

Neighborhood change, spatial justice, empowerment and citizens’ rights, communities and schools, and safety provided the focus for Charlotte Action Research Project’s first Neighborhood Campus Forum, held at UNC Charlotte on May 29 with the support of a Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Grant.

The Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP) is hosting a Neighborhood Campus Forum on Wednesday May 29 at 5:45 p.m. in Cone University Center 210. Students, faculty and staff are invited. CHARP is a partnership between UNC Charlotte and local Charlotte communities. CHARP’s mission is to match UNC Charlotte students with service learning opportunities through action research in challenged Charlotte neighborhoods and, in the process, develop mutually beneficial partnerships.

UNC Charlotte is hosting the top geography students from across North Carolina for the state-level geographic bee. Participants are competing for a slot in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee, to be hosted by television gameshow host Alex Trebek on May 22 in Washington, D.C.

Jessica Valenti, named one of the top 100 inspiring women in the world by The Guardian, will consider the future of feminism during her visit to UNC Charlotte at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19 in Cone University Center’s McKnight Hall.

Guests can experience the rich world of classic and contemporary films from France, Italy, South Korea, Russia and Spain at UNC Charlotte’s International Film Series and Tournées Festival, Wednesday, March 13 through Monday, March 25.

Highly-regarded Rice University scholar April DeConick will present “The Ancient New Age: How Gnostic Spirituality Revolutionized Religion in Antiquity” on Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall, for the 29th Annual Loy H. Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies.

Nigerian master woodcarver, structure designer, folklorist and environmental activist Kasali Akangbe Ogun is serving as the 2013 Africana Artist-in-Residence at UNC Charlotte.