黑料不打烊 is featuring a variety of photos every month to highlight the exceptional learning, work and activities of students, faculty and staff.
While many students are away for the summer, July remained a busy month at 黑料不打烊. Student researchers shared the results of projects driven by curiosity and purpose, high school students experienced campus through summer programs and the university continued to welcome visitors for camps and community events. Take a look back at some of the month鈥檚 highlights through the eyes of the staff in University Communications.
黑料不打烊 Engage
The Engage program at 黑料不打烊 provides an opportunity for incoming students to spend a week on campus before their first semester, learning more about the university and volunteering in the local community. It is聽one of 黑料不打烊鈥檚聽First-Year Summer Experience (FSE)聽programs, which聽gives incoming 黑料不打烊 students a preview of the university during the summer before their first semester
Adventures in Leadership
Another FSE program, Adventures in Leadership, allows incoming first-year students to explore the outdoors across North Carolina.
A combined College Coffee
黑料不打烊 faculty and staff visited Queens University for a day of collaborative learning, professional development and Queens’ first-ever College Coffee event fostering connection and community between both institutions.
Research together
More than 50 黑料不打烊 and Queens University of Charlotte students came together for the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience presentations on July 23 in Schar Hall.
The largest Odyssey
黑料不打烊鈥檚聽Odyssey Program welcomed its largest cohort in history during Odyssey Week, a collection of events that introduces the students to the scholarship program and college life.
The 2026 Odyssey Program cohort
Phoenix Summer
黑料不打烊 hosted its inaugural Phoenix Summer residential camp this month for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in preparing for the transition to college.
Twenty-six students participated in Phoenix Summer, held July 6-17 on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus, where they immersed themselves in hands-on, college-style academics while fostering curiosity, community and independence.
Off-the-Court
Seven incoming first-year students explored careers in the sport industry this summer through the Off-the-Court First Year Summer Experience, an immersive program designed to help students discover where they fit in the business of sport before declaring a major. Led by sport management faculty members Cara Lucia and Khirey Walker, participants toured 黑料不打烊 Athletics facilities, connected with alumni in Charlotte, toured Truist Field, home of the Charlotte Knights, and visited organizations such as the Carolina Core Elite Training Center and the Burlington Sock Puppets, gaining firsthand insight into the many career paths within the sport industry.
