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A pickleball tournament between social work students and professors may be the least stressful sporting event you’ll ever witness. They may talk a big game about how they want to crush the competition but in the end it’s all kumbaya and kindness. After all, these are professional and soon-to-be professional social workers and they are […]
Three of the 15 speakers at TEDx UNC Charlotte 2026, the University’s licensed TEDx event, are connected to the University’s College of Health and Human Services. TEDx is an annual showcase for speakers presenting well-formed ideas — the types of talks worth spreading. Talks are usually under 18 minutes and are delivered by a single speaker. TEDx […]
Nataysha Addison had just completed a licensed practical nurse program and was planning to specialize in labor and delivery when the grandmother who raised her was diagnosed with cancer. After helping guide her grandmother through her cancer treatment, Addison changed her mind about labor and delivery. “I wanted to be like the people who helped […]
For the past few years, students from the Applied Physiology, Health and Clinical Sciences department have been gathering inside Belk Gym to share information about their research, clinicals, practicums and internships via posters. They deliver their pitches (maybe sounding a little shaky at first but pretty solid by the end of the event) to attendees […]
Strength and conditioning coaches from Charlotte FC, the city’s professional soccer team, recently brought real-world experience into the classroom for UNC Charlotte’s first-year Master of Science in Kinesiology students. Jamie Blair, a performance coach with Crown Legacy, the reserve team of Charlotte FC, and UNC Charlotte alum Josh Tiller ’24, a Master of Science in […]
Though she’s now president of the North Carolina Public Health Association, early in her collegiate journey Nina Beech ’15, ’24 MHA toyed with systems engineering. Turned out she wasn’t crazy about math. Then she considered nursing. Turned out she wasn’t crazy about blood. Eventually she made her way to public health and a match was […]
Editor’s Note: Kaitlin Ferguson is a first-generation college student who earned a Bachelor of Social Work in 2025 from UNC Charlotte and is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work at the University’s College of Health and Human Services. When she was 21 and working toward an associate degree, Ferguson suffered two strokes that left […]
Robert Cramer, Ph.D., the Irwin Belk Endowed Professor of Health Research at UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services, was selected to serve as the Dean’s Faculty Fellow for Community and Global Partnerships for the 2025-2026 academic year. In this position, Cramer will drive external engagement efforts for the College of Health and Human […]
Leadership changes at UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services put three University faculty members into interim roles for the 2025-2026 academic year and solidified a permanent position for a fourth. Searches to permanently fill the interim positions will be conducted. ____________________________________________________________________________ Yvette Huet Huet, who most recently served as interim chair of the […]
Not all internships are created equal. Some are too soft and some are too hard, but some are just right when they provide on-site lodging, dining and a paycheck as well as nearby beaches to visit during days off. That’s the internship nirvana that awaited university students this summer at IMG Academy, a prep school […]