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Green and Gold Drive Business The Belk College of Business celebrates 50 years of growth by recognizing the alumni, students and faculty who are driving business in Charlotte and beyond. BY J AY D AV I S
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ifty years ago, UNC Charlotte’s Board of Trustees, recognizing explosive growth at the University and responding to highereducation trends, established the College of Business Administration. The new college, with Allan V. Palmer as its founding dean, had just eight full-time faculty members. Today, the Belk College of Business is one of the largest, most diverse business schools in the Carolinas, with nearly 100 full-time faculty and
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4,703 graduate and undergraduate students. “The Belk College’s growth and tremendous success did not come by chance,” said Jennifer Troyer, who was appointed the college’s seventh dean in July after serving in leadership roles at the college and at UNC Charlotte for over 20 years. “We are indebted to those visionary college and community leaders, our dedicated faculty and staff, and our students and alumni. That vision and dedication transformed the Belk College, from its
