Global Reach

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.

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.

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.

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.