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In 1974, Mary T. Harper, Ph.D. (1935-2020), [4] an assistant professor of English at the UNC-Charlotte, proposed an Afro-American cultural center for the city of Charlotte. [4] Working with her mentor, Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, Ph.D., director of UNC-Charlotte's Black Studies Center, Harper envisioned a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural ...
In 1946, to handle the expected surge of applicants resulting from the G.I. Bill, the Consolidated University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina) opened 12 "extension centers" across North Carolina. [11] On September 23, 1946, the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina opened with an enrollment of 278 students ...
Dan Forest (1993), 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina [20] Richard Hudson (1996), U.S. Representative from North Carolina [21] Lillian M. Lowery, Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education [22] Michael Whatley, chairman of the Republican National Committee [23]
The first marching band at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was founded in 2015. [2] With the restart of UNC Charlotte's football program in 2013, the university had no immediate plans to start a marching band. Alumnus and former UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees chairman Gene Johnson and his wife Vickie, also an alum, helped to ...
The arena opened on December 2, 1996, when the 49ers men's basketball team defeated Appalachian State in a non-conference game. It was the fourth primary home court for the 49ers since they joined the NCAA's Division I in 1970; previously the 49ers played at the on-campus Belk Gymnasium, or "The Mine Shaft" (1970–76), Bojangles' Coliseum (1976–88, 1993–96), and the Charlotte Coliseum ...
She served as UNC Charlotte's coordinator of women's athletics from 1976 to 1982. She served as the women's basketball team's first head coach from 1975 to 1982. Rose produced success on the AIAW Division II level and built a career record of 93–56, which included three 20-plus win seasons and two AIAW All-Americans (Paula Bennett and ...
In 1946, 22 young men began practice as the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina Owl's first athletic program: a football team. [8] The team finished the season 2–4, with wins over Pembroke State and Belmont Abbey, and losses to Davidson JV, Catawba College JV, and Clemson's "B" team. [8]
The 2015 Charlotte 49ers football team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (also called Charlotte or UNC Charlotte) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the school's third overall season of NCAA football, their first season of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) play, and their first season ...