Honors & Awards

Sociology professor Roslyn Mickelson is the 2011 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal. The prestigious award, presented by First Citizens Bank and UNC Charlotte, honors faculty scholarship and intellectual inquiry.

Five College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines will receive Bonnie Cone Fellowships from UNC Charlotte ADVANCE to support their scholarship and leadership.

The Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI), a partnership among the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Davidson College and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation to support its iniatives to strengthen local public schools.

William Dalen Rice said experiencing the generosity of people who have “less than nothing” inspires him to give more of himself. In honor of the exceptional ways in which Rice gives more of himself to serve others, he is the recipient of the 2009-10 Nish Jamgotch Jr. Humanitarian Student Award.

Margaret Morgan was selected Friday night as the 2008 recipient of the highest teaching honor bestowed by UNC Charlotte – the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. Morgan, an associate professor of English, was chosen from a prestigious list of finalists for the honor, which was first awarded in 1968. The other nominees for […]