Global diplomat, peace negotiator and leadership expert George Mitchell will address the “Middle East Peace Process” at UNC Charlotte Center City on Wednesday, February 1 at 6 p.m. The public is invited to this free event, which will be followed by a dessert reception. The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is the host college for the event.

Due to limited seating, reservations are required at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling 704-687-0085, and seats will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. UNC Charlotte Center City is located at 320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte. Here is the parking map.

Mitchell has been called on by presidents, prime ministers and corporate and sports leaders to handle the delicate issues of peace negotiation, conflict resolution or independent, high-profile commissions. He served as U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from January 2009 to May 2011. In 2008, TIME magazine named Mitchell one of the 100 most influential persons in the world. Mitchell was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1980 to fulfill an unexpired term, and he was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1982. He left the Senate in 1995 as the Senate majority leader, a position he had held since January 1989.

Student event: In addition to a public lecture, Mitchell will hold an informal, moderated conversation with students at 4 p.m. on February 1 in the Lecture Hall, Room 204, at UNC Charlotte Center City. Students interested in attending the student conversation with Mitchell must RSVP to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Students will receive an admission ticket via return email.

A bus will be available to transport students from the main UNC Charlotte campus to UNC Charlotte Center City. The seats will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.  The bus will leave the main campus at 3 p.m. and return immediately following the student session.  Students also must email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  if they need a seat on the bus. They will receive a ticket for the bus via return email.  The bus is expected to leave the main campus from the bus lane near the East Decks, where the CATs buses pick up and drop off. Parking will be provided for students who choose to drive.

In December 2011, A Celebration of Faculty Achievement recognized College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty in two categories:  those faculty who have received external funding during the previous academic year and those faculty who have published books.  128 faculty members in the College fall into one or the other of these two categories, and in four cases, both categories.

• Faculty Sponsored Research 2011
• Published Books 2011

UNC Charlotte’s Model UN delegates recently competed at the Southern Regional Model United Nations conference in Atlanta against 48 universities and earned the most awards of any UNC Charlotte team ever at a conference.
The 53-member delegation from an array of colleges won two of three Outstanding Delegation Awards, an Honorable Mention Delegation Award, a Position Paper Award and 17 Individual Delegate Awards. It was the most awards any UNC Charlotte Model U.N. team has ever garnered at a conference.
“Since most of our delegates were new members, we have so many reasons to be proud of these students, their intense work and their unprecedented success,” said Cindy Combs, political science professor and faculty advisor.

Public relations practitioners and scholars from across disciplines are invited to submit abstracts to participate in the Center for Global Public Relations’ Second Annual Global Research Conference April 20 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  The theme of the conference will be “Communicating Beyond Borders: Building Relationships Among Corporations, NGO’s and Governments.” Abstracts must be emailed by Jan. 9 to Chelsea Wilde, manager of the Center for Global Public Relations, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .