Feb. 10-13, Orchid Sale at the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, choose from a variety of healthy blooming plants to purchase and enjoy at home – most orchids will be priced at only $15 each (larger specimens and cymbidiums, $20 - $50). 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., McMillan Greenhouse.

Feb. 10, Spring 2010 Colloquium: The Presidency of Barack Obama.  Michael Eldridge and Mark Sanders, philosophy, “Obama’s Pragmatism, Community Organizing Experience and Their Relevance to Current Policy Decisions,” 5:00 p.m., Fretwell 128

Feb. 17, Spring 2010 Colloquium: The Presidency of Barack Obama. Joseph Winters, religious studies, “Obama, Progress and the Taming of Public Memory,” 5:00 p.m., Fretwell 128

Read about the Religious Studies department in the latest issue of UNC Charlotte Magazine: "Enlightening How We Construct Our World."

Congratulations to history professor Lyman Johnson, named the 2010 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal.