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UNC Charlotte students this summer are creating an innovative theatrical production that combines works of two significant playwrights, while delving into topics including diversity, theatrical performance, language, history and the craft of writing. These students are studying in England, collaborating with Kingston University students, British theater professionals and a UNC Charlotte scholar.

Effective volunteers are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. Without them, nonprofits can wither and even die, so understanding their needs is critical. UNC Charlotte’s Volunteer Program Assessment helps nonprofits understand and respond to their volunteer programs’ strengths and weaknesses. Since 2009, VPA has helped over 120 organizations in 20 states address their needs.

UNC Charlotte researcher Margaret M. Quinlan has teamed with WOUB Center for Public Media and received a regional Emmy nomination for the documentary series, The Courage of Creativity. The series showcases the role of artists in fostering storytelling and well-being in health-related contexts.

During a spring break studying abroad for nine days in England alongside 15 other students in UNC Charlotte’s ‘Shakespeare in England’ class, undergraduate Lauren Dockery learned to live in the moment and to leave familiarity behind.

Even as the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 takes place, U.S. education is becoming less diverse. To examine this issue of increasingly segregated schools, researchers from UNC Charlotte joined with educators, legal scholars and practitioners, and social scientists from around the country at a June civil rights conference hosted by Penn State’s College of Education.

Charlotte Teachers Institute has accepted a new cohort of 104 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers into its innovative, interdisciplinary seminars for 2014, involving new partnerships with Discovery Place and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture.

Wynne’s War, a new novel by UNC Charlotte author Aaron Gwyn, has drawn attention from readers and critics, who are calling it a “beautifully written story of men, war and madness,” a great adventure story and a work of narrative alchemy.

A UNC Charlotte student has been chosen as a winner from among 1,500 entrants United Nations Contest “Many Languages One World.” Lauren Klein, an English major, submitted her essay in the Russian Language category.

In recognition of their focus on collaboration and communications, two students and a faculty member from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have won recognition from the UNC Charlotte Health Academy this year.

Oscar de la Torre, an assistant professor in the Department of Africana Studies, received a 2014 College Educators Research Fellowship from the UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.