Melanie Pratt
Melanie began her career in radio when she joined the on-air staff at Praise 100.9 in 2006. She is a three-time Stellar Award nominee for Gospel Announcer of the Year, a preliminary judge for BET’s hit show Sunday Best, and has been recognized in Who’s Who in Black Charlotte. In 2013, she was an inaugural recipient of the Stellar Woman of Gospel Award for her contribution behind the scenes in the gospel industry. In 2015, she was awarded the 1st Melvin Crispell Gospel Heritage Award and was recognized as one of ten Most Influential Radio Personalities by the Gospel Music Industry Round-up. And in 2016 she was awarded Radio Show of The Year by the Queen City Music Awards. A self-proclaimed foodie - in particular tacos - and founder of the Foodie Flash Mob, Melanie had the pleasure of serving as judge of the Carolina Food Truck Chow Down. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Harvest Center, a transitional program for the homeless and underserved in Charlotte. Melanie is an ordained Elder in the Life Center Fellowship where she and her husband Bryan, serve as Young Adult Pastors.
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School is back in session for many college students next month. Unfortunately for some UNC Charlotte students, they find themselves scrambling to make housing accommodations.
About 440 UNC Charlotte students are still without housing with only one month left before the beginning of the new semester.
Christy Jackson, the university’s senior director of communications, said that the “unexpected number” of students needing housing is due to more students who applied for housing sticking with their plans than the university anticipated. She added it is common for students to change their minds about housing plans after they apply to live on campus.
The lack of housing has left some students and parents frustrated.
Jackson said it is their goal that all students have university-run housing either on- or off-campus before the semester begins on Aug. 22.
The university has about 6,000 beds and approxiamtely 8,000 housing applicants, she said.
The university is still working to solve the issue.
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