tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20880010388096278972024-02-06T18:51:04.963-08:00UNC Charlotte NewsThrough this blog you can read news and insight about UNC Charlotte, North Carolina's urban research university -- innovations, people, achievements and challenges.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09849520116197181378noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-82074714563045919372017-05-09T10:22:00.002-07:002017-07-05T13:24:57.391-07:00Kim Jones reconstructs Paul Taylor work to benefit students, audiences, history of dance<div class="MsoNormal">
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last fall, Charlotte-area dance enthusiasts experienced a performance at
Robinson Hall that featured the work of internationally renowned choreographer
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
audience members thrilled to the rebirth of his all but lost work “Tracer,”
performed by the New York City-based Taylor 2 Dance Company, it’s unlikely many
at the sold-out performance realized they were seeing the results of an
extensive faculty research project. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The reemergence of “Tracer” capped an 18-month reconstruction project and represents an extraordinary collaboration among UNC Charlotte, Paul Taylor American Modern Dance and community partners in Charlotte.</span></div>
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Jones certainly did. The College of Arts + Architecture associate professor of
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“Tracer” capped an 18-month reconstruction project led by Jones and represents
an extraordinary collaboration among UNC Charlotte, Paul Taylor American Modern
Dance and community partners in Charlotte.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Leading the movement of postmodern choreographers
during the early ’60s, Taylor and his work demonstrated a creative intensity with
“a direct kinesthetic impact, lifting the spectator to a state resembling a
luminous cloud,” said Dance Magazine in 1963. Taylor is one of the few
remaining third-generation American modern dance masters and considered a
seminal artist of his generation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 2015, Jones was approached by Taylor’s company to reconstruct “Tracer.”
Created in 1962 with sets and costumes by artist Robert Rauschenberg, the work
was last performed in 1964 and thought lost to the company with no recorded
footage or accessible notes. The company tapped Jones after her </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">successful reimagination and choreography of the
lost 1935 Martha Graham solo work, “Imperial Gesture.” </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
was the first time Taylor authorized an externally led reconstruction of his
work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jones’ sleuthing began with a semester-long research
sabbatical where she spent weeks </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">combing archives for clues at the Jerome
Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library. Jones</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> conducted dancer interviews and studied</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">
critical reviews, costume design, staging, music and still images. Her most
significant discoveries, however, were made in Taylor’s own archives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
found several reviews, the original Robert Rauschenberg costumes, six
handwritten pages of Paul’s detailed notes, and most amazingly, a reel of the
original James Tenney score in the Taylor archives,” Jones said. “The reel was
given to a sound engineer who was able to extract and enhance a recording with
excellent quality.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jones worked directly with </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Taylor’s second company, Taylor 2, in New
York. She subsequently fine-tuned the dance with the troupe during its three-week
residency at UNC Charlotte. As part of the residency, the dancers and rehearsal
director also worked directly with students, conducted master classes and held
two public performances. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The
project had a great impact on our students,” Jones said. “They were able to
engage directly with professional artists in the studio, working on the nuances
of style and rigor it takes to do the reconstruction and fine-tune details of the
dance.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jones
developed two specific curriculum components for student learning as part of
the project. “Our ‘Performance Practicum’ is a course where students learn
choreography,” she said. “Students perform the choreographic works in our biannual
dance concert and learn what is behind producing a great show. With the
‘Tracer’ project, they got the chance to work with the Taylor 2 dancers and
experience what’s involved in staging work at this level.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jones
also collaborated with her former professor at Florida State University, Tim
Glenn, on a “Dance Documentation” course developed to take advantage of the
detailed research involved in the reconstructive process. The coursework
focused on student learning techniques and processes to document dance
reconstruction, ranging from interviewing artists to editing raw video footage.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
significant was the research opportunity, the reconstruction/residency project
was awarded a 2016 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The project also received an Arts & Science Council grant and a residency
sponsorship from the Wells Fargo Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The
project fulfills three mandates of the University,” said Ann Dils, professor
and chair of the Department of Dance at UNC Charlotte. “The project is a
distinct and unique research opportunity; it creates unique curriculum to
benefit students; and it addresses our responsibility to build community
partnerships.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
bringing Taylor’s troupe to Charlotte, the University also facilitated
opportunities for interaction with community partners. In April, Central Piedmont
Community College and Charlotte Ballet are teaming up to bring the Paul Taylor
Dance Company (main troupe) to Charlotte for the first time in 15 years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
company will perform as part of the Sensoria Festival of the Arts, with a
program that features </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"The Rite of Spring,"
performed to live music, using the four-hand piano arrangement of composer Igor
Stravinsky’s original orchestration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Later this year, UNC Charlotte
students will take “Tracer” into area middle and high schools, reaching out to local
youth and demonstrating the beauty of arts education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For Paul Taylor American Modern
Dance, the “Tracer” project has been a resounding success. “It is i</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">ncredibly
important to the art form that we not lose our past,” said John Tomlinson,
executive director of the Paul Taylor Dance Company. “We started a repertory
preservation project in 1992, and this project fits nicely with our ongoing
efforts.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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repertory and has already been performed for audiences in Providence, Rhode
Island, and New York City. New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay gave
the New York production a positive review, citing Jones as a “dance scholar”
and noting the debut of the reconstructed piece occurred at UNC Charlotte.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“This project is important in many
ways,” Jones said. “It is i</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">mportant to expose the American history of modern
dance. It’s exciting to go behind the works done in the 20<sup>th</sup> century
and explore how we respond to it. I’m incredibly proud to be a part of that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dimension of connectivity between UNC Charlotte and the neighborhoods and
business districts along the Blue Line as far south as Pineville. </span></div>
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accessibility for the citizens of the region to the resources of the
University. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The prospect of
bringing more people to and from campus for work, performing arts, athletic
events, festivals and other activities will prove revolutionary for students,
staff, faculty, alumni and visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2017, new Charlotte Area Transit System light rail stations at Ninth Street –
beside UNC Charlotte Center City – J.W. Clay at North Tryon Street and Cameron
Boulevard at Wallis Hall will bring the convenience of light rail to the heart
of the University campus. And as part of the Blue Line Extension, eight other
new light rail stations – and related bus routes -- will provide an alternative
to using automobiles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The LYNX Blue Line Extension begins at Seventh Street
in Uptown Charlotte and continues to the UNC Charlotte Main Station. Stations
along the way are located at Ninth Street, Parkwood, 25<sup>th</sup> Street, 36<sup>th</sup>
Street, Sugar Creek, Old Concord Road, Tom Hunter Road, McCullough Drive, J.W.
Clay Boulevard UNC Charlotte Station and UNC Charlotte Main Station, along Cameron
Boulevard near Wallis Hall and the North Deck</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dhiaa Jamil grew up
comfortably, the son of parents with sufficient financial resources.
By the time he entered college at UNC Charlotte that had all changed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“When I ended up here, I
had no means,” he said. “I worked, struggled and relied on the giving of
others. Some people call it ‘food security.’ I call it hunger.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jamil became interested
when he learned about a new project at his alma mater — a food pantry for needy
students. He first heard about the pantry at a Board of Trustees retreat two
years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I perked up because the
idea brought me back to a certain time in my life,” Jamil said, speaking of his
time as a college student. He and his wife, Hope, became fervent supporters of
the then-fledgling operation, which became a small venue on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The family also
established the Hope E. Jamil EPIC Student Fellow Scholarship to provide
support for students with financial need. Recently, Hope Jamil put together a
donation for a larger food pantry in honor of her husband’s 60th birthday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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food security for students.</td></tr>
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On Aug. 31, University
officials, students, faculty and staff gathered in the backyard of that larger
facility, a ranch house on the edge of the UNC Charlotte campus near East Deck,
to dedicate the house as the “Jamil Niner Student Pantry.”<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The naming event was
held to honor the Jamils for their generous support to benefit students who
struggle with a phenomenon called food security. National studies have found a large
number of college students are unable to find or afford nutritious food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“This food pantry
clearly meets a real need for our students,” said Chancellor Philip L. Dubois,
who was joined by his wife, Lisa, along with members of the Jamil family and
others at the naming ceremony. “With this boost from Hope and Dhiaa, it will
continue to do so for years to come.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">A 1978 graduate of UNC
Charlotte and Duke Energy executive, Dhiaa is currently serving as secretary of
the University’s Board of Trustees. He advocates with local corporations on
behalf of UNC Charlotte initiatives, including faculty development,
scholarships, athletics and the Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The pantry provides
assistance to undergraduate and graduate students. It has also benefited from
donations from Food Lion, which donated $8,000 worth of nonperishable items to
the pantry in its first year. The supermarket chain continues to support the
food pantry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">To qualify for
assistance, students must live off campus and not have a University meal plan.
In addition, each client must complete an intake form and a food-pantry
inventory list. In establishing the pantry, UNC Charlotte joined 13 other UNC
system institutions with similar initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“There is no other place
I would rather have my name associated with than this building,” Jamil said.
“It touches my heart because it provides support to students with dignity.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-69963112523748528672016-09-26T13:48:00.002-07:002016-09-26T13:48:21.655-07:00UNC Charlotte students demonstrate peacefully after shooting<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">By Leanna Pough</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">On September 21, UNC
Charlotte students conduced peaceful demonstration in response to a police shooting in Charlotte’s University City area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chancellor Dubois addressed a gathering of concerned students on Sept. 21.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
demonstration follows the death of 43 year old Keith Lamont Scott who was shot
and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Members of
Black Student Union (BSU), a student organization at UNC Charlotte invited the
campus community to join them in raising awareness concerning police shootings.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Wednesday,
Sept 21, participants gathered in front of the Popp-Martin Student Union for a
community forum to share personal accounts and fears surrounding racial
injustice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Following
a moment of silence to honor the victims of police brutality, Chancellor Philip
Dubois expressed his condolences and encouraged students to both speak out and
exercise their right to vote.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after, a group of nearly 150 students met on the back patio of the student
union to protest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students assemble prior to a demonstration in the <br />Popp-Martin Student Union rotunda.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Led by </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Fahn
Darkor, Student Government Association </span></div>
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President, participants
prayed and were reminded of the importance of their involvement. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Darkor asked demonstrators to avoid using their phones to
document their participation and to instead remain present in the moment.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Entering the union, protesters laid down, lining the
floor of the student union rotunda. Their bodies sprawled side by side was a
visual reminder of the slain victims of police brutality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As visitors entered the union, protesters sang songs of
encouragement and openly shared why they chose to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students lie down in an expression of solidarity.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I do this because my oppression is not a figment of my
imagination,” one student said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I do this for Tamir
Rice, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Korryn Gaines.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I do this so they’ll listen,” another said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As a campus community that serves as an anchor for all of
University City, UNC Charlotte as a whole grieves the loss of human life. The
safety and well-being of all members of the campus community remains a priority
for the University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><i>Leanna Pough ('15) is communications coordinator in the Office of Public Relations.</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-49771760762510490152016-09-08T13:24:00.003-07:002016-09-08T13:24:35.857-07:00Prof's book explores black militia after Civil War<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">By: Leanna Pough</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A recently published work by history professor Gregory Mixon analyzes one state’s process of freedom, citizenship and the incorporation of African Americans within the political and economic structure of the United States after the Civil War.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Show Thyself a Man: Georgia State Troops, Colored, 1865-1905” explores the history of Georgia’s black militia and how both independent militias and state-sponsored militias defined freedom and citizenship for African Americans. The work is available at </span><a href="http://upf.com/book.asp?id=MIXON002" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #006633; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University Press of Florida</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Black people had a vision for freedom after the Civil War. They had a vision of what citizenship should be and that vision conflicted with white definitions of post-Civil War freedom and citizenship,” Mixon explained. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He added that attempts to fulfill the African American vision of freedom have often met with resistance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“There were two kinds of militia in Georgia. One was an independent militia, which was not associated with state government. Independent militias were used to organize the black community around political and economic issues such as voting and land acquisition. Tunis Campbell was one man who came south to help African Americans organize after the Civil War,” Mixon said. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">State-sponsored militia companies served between 1872 and 1905 as an officially recognized division of state government, and both whites and blacks organized militia units at the county level to use as an instrument to dominate local governance, said Mixon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mixon’s scholarship offers an in-depth approach to race relations, politics and U.S. urban history. Earlier this year, he received the Atkins Library Faculty Engagement Award, which honors a UNC Charlotte faculty member who has engaged in innovative or exceptional work with library collections, programs and services. The award, presented along with a $2,500 allocation for professional development, enables the library to recognize outstanding faculty contributions to its mission, vision and strategic initiatives.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Named for the African forest where it was first isolated in 1940, the Zika virus has remained a public interest over the past year. Ongoing outbreaks in Brazil are estimated to have infected more than one and a half million people and have been associated with debilitating birth defects and other serious health concerns. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the eyes of the world turned to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics, scientists and public health officials across the globe moved quickly to respond to the virus which many experts believe will spread across the Americas in the coming months. Among those responding, Dr. Dan Janies, The Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte sat with Inside UNC Charlotte TV to discuss Zika.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5VZw_eccy-7b9TYAFmCs36Q0_MLGbyRrK8yvUold-F_HZrugs6gaLSVMb1ynTR-t71OGpTnfpX9Cx2C5USbH7el5x07quJGjjOyHRj2m5K0xMbOG1tSZclXEvUV9RnLkW5NhBIZ6Jx4/s1600/Janies-screens+%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5VZw_eccy-7b9TYAFmCs36Q0_MLGbyRrK8yvUold-F_HZrugs6gaLSVMb1ynTR-t71OGpTnfpX9Cx2C5USbH7el5x07quJGjjOyHRj2m5K0xMbOG1tSZclXEvUV9RnLkW5NhBIZ6Jx4/s400/Janies-screens+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="400" /></a><b id="docs-internal-guid-56a38076-bdcf-fbd5-4b98-4b763e15d228" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a researcher studying Genomics and Bioinformatics, what do you do when consider when studying a disease or a virus like Zika?</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Epidemiologists typically look at the occurrence of the disease, putting points on a map. In Genomics, we look at the biology of the disease itself, its genetics. In a more functional molecular way, we look at what has occurred to cause the disease. By observing genetic similarity, geneticists connect those dots and see how the disease is moving across the earth. So, we’re looking at both time and geography, as well as comparing samples that have been taken from patients across time and geography. Labs across the world are sequencing the virus and sharing that information over the Internet. We compare all those viruses and compare their Meta data, where they're taken from, and what biological properties they have, what animals or humans they are taken from, and we put all that in context akin to a weather map. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zika has been known as a relatively mild virus. What's different in current cases that have public health officials concerned and scientists involved?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The disease recently spread from Africa across Asia and the Pacific. In doing so, it's taken on new properties, causing birth defects in children and Guillain-Barre Syndrome in some mature adults. Our work has shown that the virus has picked up novel mutations as it crossed the Pacific into the Americas. Those mutations seem to be allowing it to attack the immune system, causing both birth defects and the Guillain-Barre Syndrome. That's completely new for the virus.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Can those conditions cause long-term debilitating conditions or, in some cases, even death?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, in children it’s microcephaly –the child's head and brain don't fully develop. That's one very obvious phenotype of the disease but there are many others: limb problems, eye problems, hearing problems and developmental problems. It might not just be microcephaly. In mature adults, Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a paralytic disease; if it’s not treated, it can attack the lungs and then cause death. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How dependent is this kind of science on advances in technology?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bioinformatics and Genomics in our program is a reflection of a lot of very recent technological advances. One, the ability to share information rapidly over the Internet primarily. Two, the ability to rapidly compute on that shared information. These are big data problems and we have high performance computers to do that. Lastly, the advent of very good sequencing technology so we can observe with precision the building blocks of the viruses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the past, you’ve explained these changes to the virus as purposeful. Why is the virus doing this?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As viruses replicate themselves, they make a lot of errors. They don't have a lot of error correction in their replication and that's actually an advantage; their sloppiness is an advantage and some of those variants go on to take on new properties and allow the virus to have new strategies such as crossing the Pacific not on mosquitoes but on human travelers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are the next steps moving forward for you in your lab? What are some of the concerns you're looking at from an American and a North American perspective in terms of the spread of this virus?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the outbreak in Miami it has become a continental U.S. problem and it looks like these outbreaks are not travel warranted. People who have not traveled to Miami are starting to experience the disease from their local mosquitoes. What we're looking towards now is which species of mosquitoes can be infected and what the range of those mosquitoes is across the continental United States. That will allow us to predict the spread of the virus. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As an Urban Research University, we also look at the student experience and educating students. How does this work relate to what your students are doing and what the Bioinformatics program is doing?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNC Charlotte has</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a Department which is unique to the country and around the world in training Master’s and Ph.D. students and undergraduates in technologies used to track pandemic diseases. What they're doing is extremely socially relevant work. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watch an 8-minute <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLnQhIfZ4M0QSilGdZCHYqiHLDL-OnK3wd&v=wENU_7WS95Q">video interview</a> of Janies on YouTube.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">In July 2012, he joined the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as The Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Janies received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Biology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">UNC Charlotte researcher Margaret M. Quinlan and
colleagues received a regional Emmy® nomination for <i>Creative Abundance</i>,
a film that explores how art can redefine vocational opportunities and expand
the lives of people with developmental disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Quinlan, an associate professor in Communication
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program, is a co-producer on the film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“It is a huge honor in so many ways,” Quinlan says.
“It is an honor that the individuals in the film allowed us to tell their
stories. This documentary draws from years of research. Dr. Harter invited me
into a research project she was working on in 2003 related to disability and
sheltered workshops. My passion for creating these films started with that work
over a decade ago.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Quinlan was nominated by the Ohio Valley Chapter of
the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the category
Documentary – Cultural/Topical, along with lead producer Lynn Harter,
professor, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University; and Evan Shaw,
chief videographer/editor, WOUB.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The documentary is part of a series, <i>The Courage of
Creativity</i>, which explores the role that artists and creativity can play in
people’s well being in health-related contexts. In 2014, the </span><a href="https://exchange.uncc.edu/quinlan-and-team-win-regional-emmy-for-documentary-on-arts-health-ties/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">series won a regional Emmy award</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> from the Ohio Valley Chapter of
the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, based on the strength of
a promotional trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_UohnRbvmCo/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_UohnRbvmCo?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Our research and creative activity is inspired and
informed by the stories of individuals,” Quinlan says. “Storytelling is a
powerful form of experiencing and expressing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The most recent film, the second in the three-part
series, examines services in place for individuals with developmental
disabilities, usually in the form of vocational and rehabilitative workshops
that often are sheltered from the public eye and from community interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">With this research, Quinlan and colleagues have found
that the use of art can help medical and other professionals understand and
address the impacts on people’s lives caused by illness or disability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Artists do not eliminate the uncertainties
surrounding illness,” Quinlan says. “Even so, they answer suffering in ways
that go beyond the traditional reach of biomedicine. We hope that <i>Creative
Abundance</i> will offer people a glimpse of creative programming that integrates
artful encounters in various settings.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The film also will be shown on PBS affiliates over a
four-year period, through a national distribution arrangement with the National
Education Association. The schedule for broadcast in North Carolina is not yet
set.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present the Emmy Awards on August
6 in Lawrenceburg, Ind. The film and various people involved with it also
received three additional Emmy award nominations for videography and
production.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Kendra Sharpe is a student communication associate in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-60472793798065374292016-06-15T12:31:00.002-07:002016-06-15T12:31:27.325-07:00Fulbright Fellow pens 'The American Workday'<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">By Leanna Pough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Study,
go to class, graduate and land a job — that’s a familiar path to college
students searching for the American dream of prosperity. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">As
part of the process, astute college students seek out mentors or participate in
internships to develop career insight. These opportunities can provide valuable
tips on what to expect in the future. But what does it really mean to be a
member of the American workforce?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Levine
Scholar and UNC Charlotte alumnus Austin Halbert sought the answer. The
resulting book, “The American Workday: Tales of Life and Work in the United
States Today,” published in January 2016, shares stories of America’s workers.
It explores how one’s career can affect an individual’s personal life off the
clock, along with misconceptions associated with jobs and class. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Expand with Levine Grant<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A
native of Shelby, N.C., Halbert attended Crest High School. Growing up in a small
town just west of Charlotte, he was exposed to a working-class population and had
little understanding of how people lived outside of that lifestyle.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austin Halbert is completing a year-long Fulbright Fellowship in Sweden</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“When
I became a Levine Scholar, I was given an opportunity to go to school in a
diverse city, to travel and meet people from backgrounds that were foreign to
me,” noted Halbert. “This taught me so much about people whose conditions I
could have only speculated upon before leaving my hometown. As soon as I heard
someone’s story directly from them, I was then able to feel empathy for others
facing similar circumstances.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To gain a better understanding of how society functions,
Halbert listened to people’s stories and connected them to larger social
trends.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“I believe storytelling is the best way to foster empathy.
When I heard discussions in America becoming increasingly divisive —
politically, economically and socially — I wanted to find a way to inject a
little bit of empathy into the equation. Fortunately, I found many generous
people who were willing to share their stories for this purpose,” Halbert said.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">During
a three-year period, he and fellow Levine Scholars Laura Outlaw and Vrushab
Gowda interviewed and photographed 38 diverse workers across occupations. </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Interviewees
ranged from stock clerks to Fortune 500 executives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Workers
Have Similar Motivations<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Most of the workers interviewed were from the Charlotte
area, and if they are any indication, the people of Charlotte are an incredibly
resilient, compassionate and hard-working bunch,” Halbert said. “I found that
each person I spoke to had fundamentally similar motivations: to provide for
the people who depended on them, to find pride and dignity through their work
and to find balance between working hard and leading a fulfilled life.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A member of the Class of 2015, Halbert completed a bachelor’s
degree in management with a concentration in organizational management. He also
earned a minor in economics. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“The American Workday” was funded through a grant from the
Levine Scholars Program, which enabled Halbert to complete the work. The book
is endorsed by the Global Engagement Summit and the Clinton Global Initiative
University.<i> </i></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Proceeds from the book, available at </span><a href="http://www.americanworkday.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.americanworkday.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">in hardcover and e-book formats, benefit Charlotte Works and
Hired Heroes, organizations working to end unemployment by matching jobless
citizens with workforce-training opportunities. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">September 2015, Halbert began a yearlong
Fulbright </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">graduate research fellowship at Sweden’s University of
Gothenburg School of Business, </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Economics </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">and
Law. He is studying sustainable development through an assessment of
public-private partnerships. Additionally, he is interviewing government and
business officials in the capital of Stockholm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Sustainability
Across Sectors<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“My mission is to find out how institutions approach social,
economic and environmental sustainability across sectors and to determine what
can be done to further efforts,” explained Halbert. “Sweden is a world leader
in sustainability and innovation, so hopefully these insights can serve as a
lesson for institutions around the world on how to meet the needs of society
while growing strong businesses.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Interviewees have included ministers and ambassadors for the
Swedish government, as well as top executives at global companies such as
Ericsson, Electrolux, Ikea and H&M. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcY4hp24jSkC30r-qIwY_M9rLu9ldLsZij6jUpuOTFv2X9uNoYgtZ3cEC8uuyGm3P_IUJe08nehEGB9AmItt1yh3EhqNbLKpb0xM0NIv5u27Aj2FLcLoUMDq1AuL1319E2qku4wabwD5A/s1600/Austin+Halbert+TAWD+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcY4hp24jSkC30r-qIwY_M9rLu9ldLsZij6jUpuOTFv2X9uNoYgtZ3cEC8uuyGm3P_IUJe08nehEGB9AmItt1yh3EhqNbLKpb0xM0NIv5u27Aj2FLcLoUMDq1AuL1319E2qku4wabwD5A/s320/Austin+Halbert+TAWD+Cover.jpg" width="259" /></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Fulbright program is one of the largest and most
prestigious international exchange programs in the world today. Its main
objective is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United
States and the citizenry of other nations through the sharing of ideas,
knowledge, skills and individual experiences.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Recently, Halbert was appointed to the Youth Working Group
for the U.S. National Commission to UNESCO. The 12 American leaders who make up
the group endeavor to engage youth and share UNESCO’s mission of international
peace and universal respect.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“As a new member of the Youth Working Group, I am leading the
creation of the UNESCO Action Coalition, which will pair young activists and
social entrepreneurs with experienced mentors in their fields. The mission is
to connect new and experienced generations of change-makers, while providing
guidance to high-impact projects focused on sustainable development,” Halbert
explained.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">With the help of two co-founders he has met while conducting
research in Sweden, Halbert is also planning the launch of a social enterprise
he calls “ImpactEd,” which will empower universities to bring real-world
problem solving into the classroom.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Leanna Pough is communications coordinator in
the Office of Public Relations.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-87945237268105418902016-06-13T08:07:00.004-07:002016-06-13T08:07:48.748-07:00Alumnus’s project reimagines historic Brooklyn neighborhood<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">By Melba Newsome</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">Although
Lindsey McApline (‘90) was pursuing a double major in Business and Psychology
at UNC Charlotte, he always knew real estate development would play an outsized
role in his professional future. “I was actively working in real estate and
anxious to go out in the business world,” he recalls. “I started my first
development company between my junior and senior year in college.”</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPTOsQDicrnUWPY0Z3hWYgf-iYfrQqv6_CsAAPwJn2R-V8CMiRN7ldtGQIL8LBvQn3mkHtH7Lzp87AROfVoq2m5q5MuHI3R_o988_CgQmSiyiBfhZ2-ukY5EHcssmS6q5SyUZrIB9PzE/s1600/Lindsey+McAlpine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPTOsQDicrnUWPY0Z3hWYgf-iYfrQqv6_CsAAPwJn2R-V8CMiRN7ldtGQIL8LBvQn3mkHtH7Lzp87AROfVoq2m5q5MuHI3R_o988_CgQmSiyiBfhZ2-ukY5EHcssmS6q5SyUZrIB9PzE/s1600/Lindsey+McAlpine.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lindsey McAlpine</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">Fast
forward a quarter-century and the former UNC Charlotte alumni president has
made his mark in the development world. Yet, McAlpine feels his biggest and
most personal project is just around the corner. As the managing partner of
Citisculpt, an urban mixed-use developer working exclusively in the Carolinas,
McAlpine is now one of three developers vying to revive and redevelop the
Second Ward community once known as Brooklyn. The Mecklenburg County Commission
will make the selection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">“This
is the most impactful project in Charlotte in my generation,” says the
Charlotte native. “It’s an opportunity to rebuild a historic legacy and to
build nearly the whole quadrant of the Second Ward.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">Second
Ward is currently dominated by the city’s government quarter, the courthouse,
the no-longer used Board of Education offices and the rarely-used Marshall
Park. Fifty years ago, the area was home to about 1,000 African-American
families. The community was razed as part of the kind of urban renewal plans
that swept through the country during the 1960s and 70s. Residents, who had no
say in the matter, were supposed to be relocated to federally-funded public
housing that never materialized. The families, largely left to their own
devices to find housing, were dispersed to the city’s poorer neighborhoods
surrounding the city center. The treatment left deep scars with those who lost
their homes, neighborhood and community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In
large part, the kind of urban renewal projects that displaced urban, minority
communities and wiped out a city’s character and history have largely been
discredited. Now, development and gentrification tend to focus on, if not
preserving the past, at least giving a nod to it. Redeveloping the Second Ward
is no doubt a tricky project since it contains so many moving parts, including
reimagining Marshall Park.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYjmCyfcmdEbke4R2D1piPqWNPbBcFJ1U6LVC1DBSrXGjhElBwiVeST4hCBtx21gnxjdvABzk8lqAZAzEmSxLwSciV5N7_BgKwtRX2Qt71r59iotg91K5604d0-BXM7Ri_TjWdraJE3A/s1600/Citisculpt-Ground-Level.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYjmCyfcmdEbke4R2D1piPqWNPbBcFJ1U6LVC1DBSrXGjhElBwiVeST4hCBtx21gnxjdvABzk8lqAZAzEmSxLwSciV5N7_BgKwtRX2Qt71r59iotg91K5604d0-BXM7Ri_TjWdraJE3A/s640/Citisculpt-Ground-Level.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One concept for Brooklyn Village presented by CitiSculpt.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">McApline
has worked to keep all these elements in mind throughout every step of his
design process. The group researched the area’s history and the stories of
people who had lived there in order to understand the best way create a
positive and inclusive legacy. He believes CitiSculpt’s community outreach sets
it apart from the other two competitors. “We are absolutely committed to
hearing what all the stakeholders want in this design and it’s extremely
important to hear the community’s input about this design.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">CitiSculpt
has put together a team with the kind of unique experience necessary to bring
its vision-- up to 1,378 residential units along with hotels, retail space and
offices -- to fruition. Prominent architect and former mayor Harvey Gantt
essentially came out of retirement to lend his insight and vision to this project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“There’s
a lot of pain associated with the removal of that community,” says Gantt. “That
is why this development has to be done well and realized. It sends a serious
message to the African-American community that we wanted so badly to restore
the community that we chose the right company to deliver the completion of this
project.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">If
McAlpine is selected, he will be very, very busy for the next 4-5 years. That’s
how long he estimates creating the new Brooklyn will take.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">In the video available through the link below, Lindsey McAlpine and Harvey Gantt discuss the
possible future of Brooklyn Village.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqogU5AeAyo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqogU5AeAyo</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-36071503429193855972016-06-10T08:33:00.006-07:002016-06-10T08:33:56.615-07:00Theatre professor publishes new young adult thriller<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
By Phillip Brown</div>
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Andrew Hartley, Robinson Distinguished Professor of
Shakespeare in the Department of Theatre, has written a new
fantasy-adventure-mystery for young adult readers. “Steeplejack: A Novel” will
be released by Tor Teen on June 14. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Set in 19th-century South Africa, the book has received
glowing reviews, particularly for its young female protagonist. The monthly
book review publication BookPage named it the “Top Teen Pick” for June 2016.
Steeplejack is the first book in a series of three.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hartley, who writes fiction under the name A.J. Hartley, has
published numerous novels of fantasy, mystery and historical fiction for adults
and young adults, including novelizations of two Shakespeare tragedies, “Macbeth”
and “Hamlet” (written with David Hewson). He recently collaborated with
platinum-selling musician Tom Delonge to write “Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing
Shadows,” the first of three volumes that was released by Simon & Schuster
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Among his scholarly publications are two books published in
2014: “Julius Caesar (Shakespeare in Performance),” published by Manchester
University Press, and “Shakespeare on the University Stage,” published by
Cambridge University Press.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Phillip Brown is assistant director for internal communication.</i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-52080287613317335732016-06-10T08:20:00.000-07:002016-06-10T08:20:10.399-07:00Young alums, inspired by Obama's My Brother's Keeper, endow scholarship<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">When Zacch Estrada-Petersen attended UNC
Charlotte, his academic focus was not a technology-based curriculum. Graduating
in 2005 with a degree in accounting, he also explored Spanish, journalism and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alumni Kevin Jackson (left) and Zacch Estrada-Petersen</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">When he graduated, he set his sights on an
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“I became increasingly concerned about the lack
of diversity in the technology field,” Estrada-Petersen said. “I reached out to
my friend, Kevin Jackson, who is in the IT field and also an alumnus of UNC
Charlotte.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jackson and Estrada-Petersen were inspired by
President Obama's initiative, My Brother's Keeper. They decided to start an
endowment to provide a scholarship in a STEM field, specifically for students from
underrepresented populations.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a remarkable and daunting challenge for
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“We are both still early in our careers - I am
31, and he is 36,” Estrada-Petersen said. “We each donate a little more than
$200 per month, and our endowment will be fully funded within five years.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Of concern to the two were the rising cost of
higher education and the number of students at schools like UNC Charlotte who
needed financial assistance. After they did their research, they learned the
average student debt at graduation was $26,000.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“I know from personal experience how a
scholarship like this can change your life,” Estrada-Petersen said. “I was
fortunate to get some scholarships, but I still had to borrow a lot of money to
finish my degree.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">And the impact of student loan debt is felt
years after graduation. For him, it means waiting a few more years before launching
his own business venture.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“I think of the bright student who might be the
next great innovator but is limited in what he or she can do because of debt,”
he said. “It really changes how you can move ahead with some of your dreams.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">During his time at UNC Charlotte,
Estrada-Petersen worked at University Times, the student-run newspaper. As a
senior, he founded the Voices of Eden Gospel Choir, a student organization with
which he still very active. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Since 2008, he has worked as a senior accountant
for the Charlotte office of a New York-based multinational diversified-media
company. In addition to serving as a member on the UNC Charlotte Alumni
Association board of directors, he is co-marketing chair on the board for the
Charlotte chapter of Habitat Young Professionals and the social media chair for
the Charlotte chapter of 100 Black Men of America.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jackson is a 2007 graduate of UNC Charlotte with
a degree in software and information systems. Prior to enrolling at the
University, he served in the U.S. Army for five years. He currently works as a
middleware engineer for a Charlotte financial services company.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Both Estrada-Petersen and Jackson know that what
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“This idea may seem a little crazy to some
people, and I can tell you neither one of us is independently wealthy,” said
Estrada-Petersen. “We had to take the long route to fund this endowment, paying
about $2,500 each per year for five years.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s tough to be patient and wait to see the
fruits of their hard work and sacrifice.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“We hope to do a couple of other small things in
the interim,” said Estrada-Petersen. “We will feel a lot better when we get to
see the impact of this scholarship.<b>”</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Paul Nowell is senior communications manager at
UNC Charlotte.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-15750134441069478482016-04-21T10:06:00.001-07:002016-04-21T10:06:49.751-07:00UNC Charlotte participates in National Water Dance<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Leanna Pough</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an article published in</span><a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article57493768.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the Charlotte Observer</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> last January, UNC Charlotte </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">public health professor Gary Silverman said, nationwide, bad water kills millions each year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Silverman, who researches environmental health and water quality goes on to explain that most disease outbreaks come not from public water systems, but from private wells. Nearly 15 percent of Mecklenburg County residents rely on groundwater.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an effort to protect and monitor well water supplies, UNC Charlotte and Gaston County recently began a five-year program funded </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The “</span><a href="https://exchange.uncc.edu/unc-charlotte-works-with-gason-county-to-protect-well-water-supplies/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Healthy Wells</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” program will establish a public digital database of the county’s wells and promote the protection of private well water supplies. As a result, the Gaston County Department of Health & Human Services will receive nearly $670,000. The project will also strengthen UNC Charlotte’s existing expertise in spatial epidemiology and will apply CyberGIS and space-time GIS, which are contemporary research themes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In March 2015, UNC Charlotte kept watch on water in its second year of the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> KEEPING WATCH initiative. “</span><a href="http://inside.uncc.edu/news-features/2015-03-11/keeping-watch-enters-second-year-%E2%80%98city-creeks%E2%80%99" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">KEEPING WATCH on WATER: City of Creeks</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” connected community partners and projects to raise awareness surrounding water quality and urban streams.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuing the University’s commitment to improving water quality, UNC Charlotte students from the Department of Dance, under the direction of Professor of Dance Sybil Huskey, participated in the National Water Dance, Saturday, April 16.</span></div>
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<a href="http://se.nationalwaterdance.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The National Water Dance</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an annual event that builds a “movement choir” of dancers who join together to draw attention to global water issues.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The concept was first introduced by European modern dance pioneer Rudolph von Laban. A “movement choir” is a community of people dancing together for a common purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During a period of several months, more than 1,000 dancers in institutions in more than 30 states shared ideas and gestures via the Internet, developing a common core movement phrase that served as the foundation of more than 80 choreographed works.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dancers across the country performed these pieces together, joined through technology. The collective performances streamed live, via Google Hangout.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Three North Carolina institutions participated in the 2016 National Water Dance: UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro and Bradley Middle School in Huntersville.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UNC Charlotte contribution, “Got H20? Some People Don’t” was choreographed by Huskey and the students of the “Choreography I” class.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the work, the dancers, all female, embody both how water feels and the water itself. The lake fountain and rain sticks, played by the dancers provided the soundscape for the performance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373d43; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Leanna Pough is communications coordinator in the Office of Public Relations.</i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-57738550225851703162016-03-30T10:48:00.001-07:002016-03-30T10:48:33.875-07:00Alicia Garza Discusses #BlackLivesMatter<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In
a digital era, social media can be the tool to catapult your cause into the
minds of the masses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, Alicia Garza, Patrisse
Cullors and Opal Tometi developed #BlackLivesMatter following the death of </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.trayvonmartinfoundation.org/"><span style="background: white; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Travon Martin</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Its
creation started a national discussion on race relations in America. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to its website, #BlackLivesMatter is an “online forum intended to build connections
between black people and allies to fight anti-black racism, to spark dialogue
among black people and to facilitate the types of connections necessary to
encourage social action and engagement.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Garza, who spoke to a large and
diverse audience in UNC Charlotte’s Cone Center, McKnight Hall, dispelled
rumors and false truths surrounding the movement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Social media doesn’t start movements, people do.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#BlackLivesMatter was born in a
context, as a call to action for African Americans. Its introduction followed
the February 2012 death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed
while walking in his neighborhood. In 2013, Martin was put on trial for his own
death according to Garza. The shooter, George Zimmerman was acquitted per <span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Florida's</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> “Stand Your Ground” law
sparking outrage within black communities. Garza notes, during this
controversial time America had seen its first black president and record-setting
incarceration rates amongst African Americans. Her response, a love letter to
black people. Garza’s approach may be nuance, but she admits, her cause dates
back to 1619 when </span><span style="background: white;">the
first African slaves reached Jamestown, Va</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.
Similar to the revolution surrounding Egypt’s Arab Spring, social media merely
brought context and light to long-standing issues. </span>“Social media is a
tool.” Garza explained. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#BlackLivesMatter isn’t a terrorist organization.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Often considered radical or compared
to revolutionary groups like the Black Panther Party, #BlackLivesMatter does
not advocate harm and shouldn’t be pigeon-holed into a specific type of
resistance. Garza explained, #BlackLivesMatter originated in love as a reminder
to blacks that they matter, they aren’t dysfunctional or required to be angels.
Her goal, to provide African Americans with something every human desires, to
be seen, to give the black community the voice and platform to be heard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “All lives matter, but only the black ones are
being degraded,” Garza stated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Organize and start a conversation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Garza does not consider the
#BlackLivesMatter movement the new Martin Luther King Jr. or leader of the
people. #BlackLivesMatter is a fight for dignity and freedom whether it be
against <span style="background: white; color: #333333;">state violence, police
brutality or social injustice</span>. It’s a fight against profitable gains at
the expense of people of color. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Blacks only account for 13 percent
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Garza
currently serves on the board of directors for the School of Unity and
Liberation in Oakland, Calif. She has received numerous awards for her work in
the Black and Latino communities, including the Local Hero Award from the San
Francisco Bay Guardian and the Jeanne Gauna Communicate Justice award. She is a
two-time recipient of the Harvey Milk Democratic Club Bayard Rustin Community
Activist Award, too.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Leanna Pough is a UNC Charlotte alumna and communications coordinator in the Office of Public Relations & News Services.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sneezing, itchy throats and watery eyes are nature's reminder that spring is here. Though blossoming trees may cause allergies, they also provide shaded areas and curb appeal to the UNC Charlotte campus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, March 16, the University added to its landscape with a ceremonial tree planting as part of its KEEPING WATCH initiative and to celebrate North Carolina Arbor Day, which is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_715624687" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">March 18</span></span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">KEEPING WATCH is organized by the UNC Charlotte College of Arts +Architecture and UNC Charlotte</span><span style="color: black;">’</span><span style="color: black;">s Urban Institute as a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">multi-year initiative</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">designed to foster </span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;">collaboration across disciplines and interest groups to engage the public in local ecological issues</span><span style="color: black;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In its first year, the initiative focused on plastic waste and recycling, reaching 14,000 people. That number grew to 20,000 in 2015 with UNC Charlotte KEEPING WATCH on water quality and urban streams. This year, it's goal is to raise awareness on air quality and tree canopies.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-11140976081675709602016-03-14T07:51:00.001-07:002016-03-14T07:51:16.809-07:00Health care leader makes case for Connect NC bond<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, healthcare represents
our nation’s largest and fastest growing employment sector, generating close to
20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and projected to increase 10.8
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By and large, these future employment opportunities are high paying,
professional positions that require advanced degrees and training in science,
technology engineering and mathematics (STEM). As a North Carolinian and an
employer with headquarters in Charlotte, I want as many of those new jobs and
the economic growth they produce to remain in state. But this goal can only be achieved
if we properly fund the education programs needed to produce the workforce of
the future. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Recognizing the opportunities ahead, University of North Carolina (UNC)
students are turning to STEM majors in record numbers. Half of the students at
UNC Charlotte have declared majors in STEM fields, while the other majors
require their students to gain exposure to STEM through science laboratory
coursework. While this interest is encouraging to me as an employer, I share
the concerns of others that our as-is infrastructure can’t keep pace with the
demand. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Enrollment at UNC Charlotte has spiked by 142 percent since its current
science facilities were built in 1985, which is why I’m writing and urging
voters to approve the Connect NC Bond on March 15. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The $2 billion Connect NC bond will fund statewide investments in parks,
safety, recreation, and water and sewer infrastructure, earmarking more than
half the funds ($1.25 billion) for investment in higher education, mostly in
STEM fields. In Charlotte alone, that investment translates into $90 million
for UNC Charlotte, which will be used to develop new, larger and more modern
science facilities for incoming students. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This investment is critical for healthcare companies like Premier, which
depend on top talent in STEM fields to help us develop next generation data
analytics, cloud computing applications, cyber security and science and
clinical consulting solutions – positions that today we struggle to fill due to
a dearth of qualified candidates. At any given time, we at Premier have about
120 open positions, some of which can take up to eight months to fill. And we
are not alone. As an alliance of 3,600 health systems and 120,000 other
providers, we continually hear the refrain that today’s job applicants are insufficiently
prepared to succeed in a 21<sup>st</sup> Century economy that is fast
coalescing around STEM expertise. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not only is the Connect NC bond a sound investment in our children’s
futures, it’s a fiscally responsible decision. Issuing the bond will not
increase taxes, nor will it change North Carolina’s AAA bond rating. In fact,
because of our growing population and today’s favorable interest rates, the
Connect NC bond will make up a relatively small portion of the state’s total
debts, and will be less expensive to service in five years than it is
today. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In business, when the demand is acute, the risk is low and the timing
is advantageous, we consider the activity a win-win-win. The Connect NC bond reflects
that win-win-win formula, as a critical, timely investment that will enable our
state and our region to remain competitive, both educationally and
economically. It’s important that our community support the funding needed to modernize
and expand STEM education opportunities at UNC Charlotte in order to close
today’s “skills gap,” and meet 21st Century demands. The jobs are here; now is
the time to create the workforce to fill them.</div>
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More information about UNC Charlotte's need for a new science building may be found <a href="http://democracyexperience.uncc.edu/connect-nc-bond">online</a>.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Imagine being strapped inside a
turbocharged racecar, unable to move due to the g-forces being exerted on your
body from the intense banking of the turn you’re coming out of. You’re entering
hour three of the 300-mile race. Sweat is dripping from your brow as the
temperature inside the car soars to nearly 150 degrees. All the while, you have
several other cars traveling at just under 200 miles per hour jockeying for
position inches away from you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This was the reality for UNC Charlotte student
Matt Tifft as he made his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut last September at
Kentucky Speedway in the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300. Driving the No. 20 Joe Gibbs
Racing Toyota Camry, Tifft raced to a top 10 finish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">“I think tonight went really well for my
very first XFINITY race. We made it up to as high as second at one point and
thought we had a car capable of staying up there.” said Tifft. “Unfortunately,
I just got shuffled on those last two restarts, but it was really cool to be up
there running with those guys. I’m really proud of the guys and all of the hard
work they put in to come out with a top-10 finish. Thanks to everyone at JGR
(Joe Gibbs Racing) and UNC Charlotte for this opportunity.”</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The 19-year-old
business management major from Hinckley, Ohio, currently runs a part-time
schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
He also competes in a limited amount of ARCA Series events throughout the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For the Kentucky race,
the No. 20 car was decked out in UNC Charlotte colors and logos, and Tifft and
his crew wore UNC Charlotte-branded suits, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Having a national
television audience watch a UNC Charlotte-sponsored car — driven by a UNC
Charlotte student — racing for 300 miles is fantastic exposure for the University,”
said Stephen Ward, executive director for University communications at UNC
Charlotte.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The UNC Charlotte
branding package was accomplished with no University funds being spent;
both were arranged between the racer’s management group and the Office
of University Communications. Branding materials were provided by the
University’s Marketing Department, which promoted Tifft and the car
through social media – making it the most popular post of the month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“I’ve had a very
positive experience at UNC Charlotte, so it’s made it much more worthwhile to
represent the school,” expressed Tifft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">GROWING UP RACING</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tifft ‘caught the
racing bug’ as a kid going to the racetrack with his father. A fixture at the
track, he developed a strong affinity for the sights and smells of the race
track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“As a kid, I can still
remember the smell of gasoline and burnt rubber and the roar of the motors,”
said Tifft. “I’d come home covered in dirt and dust from a day at the dirt
track and think it was the greatest thing in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“And now as a driver,
I find myself still taking notice of those things which constantly remind me of
why I first got into racing and how much I love it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">While his career is
still in its early stages, Tifft already has had the opportunity to learn from
some of the biggest names in the sport, namely Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“I think the biggest
thing you understand is their expertise and attention to detail,” Tifft noted.
“There’s such a high level of professionalism in those teams, and it’s a huge
learning curve when you go to those type of places, but those experiences with
individuals of that caliber are priceless and will pay dividends throughout my
journey.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">With 90 percent of the
NASCAR Sprint Cup teams located within 50 miles, Charlotte serves as the
proverbial capital of racing. A claim that was further cemented with NASCAR
Hall of Fame now calling the city home. As a result, Tifft’s decision to move
to Charlotte was fairly simple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“The decision to come
to Charlotte was similar to someone pursuing a dream of being an actor or
model,” said Tifft. “If you want to be an actor or model you go to Los Angeles
or New York City, race car drivers go to Charlotte.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A business management
major, Tifft understands at an early age the importance of being business
savvy, especially in a sport where sponsorship deals can hinge on a driver’s ability
to be a quality and effective spokesperson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“I chose to major in
business to help me better understand the sponsorship aspect of racing rather
than the engineering side that a lot of people do,” explained Tifft. “There’s
no hiding that we’re essentially moving billboards out on the track, so if you
can represent your sponsors in the right way, it leads to better
relationships.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ultimately, Tifft
hopes to continue his rise up the ranks to compete in the Sprint Car Series.
But his current challenge is striking a balance between his duties as a
full-time driver and as a full-time college student. In fact, Tifft admits that
striking the balance of racing and school is a constant internal struggle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“I can’t do the things
many of my friends do so it’s definitely a different college experience,” said
Tifft. “But at the end of the day, achieving my goal of racing full-time at the
top level far outweighs everything else.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">He finds success by
maintaining a rigid schedule that artfully allots him time to keep up with
everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“My typical week is
front-loaded with classes, Thursdays are classwork and travel days, and Fridays
are practice day and Saturdays are race day,” said Tifft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The life of a
19-year-old student driver is far from typical. And while he recognizes the
importance of education, he fully acknowledges the small window of opportunity
an individual has to find success on racings grandest stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Succeeding in school
and getting a degree has always been really important to me. But looking from a
professional standpoint, there’s a very limited window of when you can make in
NASCAR. For me, this next year is going to be a very critical year in racing,
and hopefully, I can make the most of that opportunity.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jared Moon is communications coordinator in the Office of Public
Relations.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-76741439146757367592016-03-04T13:36:00.003-08:002016-03-04T13:36:44.682-08:00Nursing grad leads Helping Babies Breathe program in Tanzania to reduce newborn deaths <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .5in;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">By
Leanna Pough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
mother in Moshi, Tanzania, is hemorrhaging while doctors deliver her ashen-faced
infant. After failed attempts to stimulate the baby’s breathing, a midwife
instructs UNC Charlotte alum Gina Allen Wilson to wrap the newborn in a blanket
and set it aside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The
baby wasn’t crying; it wasn’t breathing. I and the other nurse and the midwife
were running around the room trying to intervene to figure out ways we could
help, and there were just very limited resources to intervene,” recalled Wilson,
a family nurse practitioner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gina Wilson helps newborns survive by teaching midwives.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
her final clinical rotation to become a family nurse practitioner, she helped
deliver babies at a family clinic in Moshi at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. “I
was on cloud nine delivering babies. Then (that) delivery went really, really
wrong. It was really bad,” Wilson said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">he
nursing staff could only provide an IV to hydrate the mother. The team was able
to stop the bleeding well enough for her to walk back to her village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“That
experience haunted me … I just kept thinking how in America it’s so different.
If that happens, we have blood on hand … There’s a team of experts there to
help, and that baby would’ve gone to NICU,” said Wilson, referring to the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit. She didn’t let go of those thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wilson
earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2010 while on a softball scholarship
at the University. She then began working in women’s health at Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. “I loved nursing. When I finished
at UNC Charlotte, I really felt like I would never go back to school … I was,
and still am, so proud to be a nurse,” said Wilson, who grew up in Harrisburg,
N.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
in working with patients, Wilson found pursuing advanced studies would be
beneficial to her career. With the goal of becoming a family nurse practitioner,
she enrolled in the Master of Nursing Program at Duke University in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“That’s
what led me to this,” Wilson explained about her work in the East African
country of Tanzania. “I was finishing my rotations, and I’d really enjoyed
pediatrics. I thought maybe I’d be a pediatric nurse practitioner. Then I had
an opportunity to go to Moshi, Tanzania, to do my one of my final clinical
residencies. This is where I had the experience that changed my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">High Infant
Mortality<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wilson
learned that a high percentage of babies born in Tanzania die from breathing
difficulties at birth, similar to what she experienced at the Moshi clinic. One
in every 38 deliveries is classified as a stillbirth in nearby Zanzibar,
Tanzania. “The traumatic birth I witnessed led me to start reviewing mortality rates,
causes of newborn deaths and efforts being done to reduce those,” Wilson said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She
discovered that babies born in sub-Saharan Africa have a much higher neonatal
mortality rate compared to those in the United States. In Tanzania, it’s four
times higher. “I found a lot of these deaths are attributed to preventable
causes,” she explained. “For example, in America we have bulb-suction devices
to remove secretions from a baby’s nose and mouth after delivery. These simple
devices are scarce resources in Tanzania.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She
met with a faculty member at Duke about her interest in reducing infant mortality
in Tanzania and decided to enter the nursing doctorate program. Her
dissertation is about the work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She
became familiar with Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), a newborn resuscitation
program developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. She took the training
with the goal of taking the program to nurse midwives in Tanzania and training
them so they could teach others. Previously, HBB had only been done with a
dozen or fewer health professionals who were not necessarily on the front lines
of deliveries as nurse midwives are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newly trained midwives are keeping more babies alive in Tanzania.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wilson
had to obtain government approval for the program and raise $1,800 for supplies
before she began her effort. “Some people laughed at me — they said there was
no way I would get permission from the government,” she recalled, noting that
it took persistence and flexibility to accomplish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
raise money, she organized events, sent out letters and received substantial support
from the church she grew up in, Providence Baptist, which continues to provide
money for supplies. Wilson also partnered with ChaRA, a charitable organization
in Zanzibar. Together, they work to minimize neonatal mortality and stillborn
rates by educating midwives to be master trainers who can instruct other district
and village midwives in HBB techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Power Not Really
Reliable’<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Funds
purchase Penguin Suction Devices (bulb suctions); bag-mask resuscitators that can
be disassembled, cleaned and reused; NeoNatalies, which are babies filled with
water used in training simulations; Swahili workbooks; and solar lights. “Power
is not really reliable anywhere in the country,” said Wilson, who has made
three trips to Tanzania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
the first one, as part of her master’s program, she returned to teach a Zanzibar
class of six master trainers, who have since educated 27 additional midwives on
HBB procedures. On her third trip, last September, she followed up with the HBB
trainees and did more instruction. She plans to finish her doctorate in May and
return again in September 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wilson
hopes the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar, Unguja and Pemba will eventually get the
program. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She
still thinks about the important role UNC Charlotte has played in her career
and the rest of her life. Not only was Wilson a pitcher on the softball team,
she met her husband, Ryan Wilson, at UNC Charlotte, where he was a golfer and
now works with the nonprofit First Tee. They married in 2011 and live in Jacksonville
Beach, Fla., where Gina is a family nurse practitioner at a pediatric clinic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Furthermore,
her dad, Bill Allen, works at the University in the Information Technology
Services Department, and her mother, Mary Allen, retired from UNC Charlotte’s
Materials Management Department. Her siblings, two sisters, also have Niner
connections. Shauna Allen Drye worked at UNC Charlotte at one time, and Kelly
Allen Clark currently is a doctoral student in special education. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
think UNC Charlotte is the foundation for my work in Africa,” Wilson noted. “UNC
Charlotte taught me how to be a nurse, and the importance of doing this work. I
knew I wanted to help people when I came to Charlotte, and nursing was the
perfect fit — to be the hands and feet that love and care for people.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
learn more about her work, see Helping Babies Breathe or Hope Project: Helping
Babies Breathe in Africa, both on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Leanna Pough, '16,
is a communications coordinator in the Office of Public Relations.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-37986646194190601482016-03-04T13:20:00.005-08:002016-03-04T13:27:29.532-08:00Norm the Niner spurs voters before spring break<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdVVBgcg8E4/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YdVVBgcg8E4?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">As part of the University's UNC Charlotte Votes campaign, Charlotte 49ers mascot Norm the Niner starred at the "before spring break" early voting kick-off event at the Student Union. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Norm helped encourage students to vote now for the March 15 ballot that includes the presidential primary and the important Connect NC bond initiative. Hundreds of students participated in the event and dozens took advantage of shuttles to actually exercise their right to vote -- before heading out for spring break. For many of these students, this is their first presidential primary AND their first time to vote. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6VzzlTsW0_a4Xhm2vxV29ut-dzXZf4swh0s5aXb1tuOtsxOGAGRDsAbukC7gTkUu9J54ghNriMIioSkWKI9VpJ0CYkpS6S1y4XPTWYJgj9IGgvSUiZ6jzcViJYL0z7Xj2hiv-AVCrW4/s1600/Bond+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6VzzlTsW0_a4Xhm2vxV29ut-dzXZf4swh0s5aXb1tuOtsxOGAGRDsAbukC7gTkUu9J54ghNriMIioSkWKI9VpJ0CYkpS6S1y4XPTWYJgj9IGgvSUiZ6jzcViJYL0z7Xj2hiv-AVCrW4/s320/Bond+card.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">The UNC Charlotte Votes campaign is the latest program growing out of UNC Charlotte's 2012 49er Democracy Experience</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-86687821238181086782016-02-25T08:32:00.002-08:002016-02-25T08:32:20.734-08:00Advancement teams nab big awards<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) bestowed grand
champion status on two initiatives led by the offices of University Communications
and Alumni Affairs in the Division of University Advancement. The projects were
chosen the best from among more than 1,000 competing entries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advancement staffers (left to right, back row: Stacie Young, Brandon Kirkley, <br />Shayna Long, Amy Jolley; front: Pam Harris, Chrissy Geimann, Brandon Everett.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The video
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H38Wli4NGk">“Big Ideas, Big Future”</a> and <a href="http://49eralumni.uncc.edu/s/1721/start.aspx?gid=2&pgid=61">Niner Connection</a>, a redesigned online community for
UNC Charlotte alumni, were named Grand Award winners during the recent CASE
District III conference in Nashville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Big
Ideas, Big Future” is a video that welcomed the UNC system Board of Governors
to Charlotte last year for its first meetings here since 1972. It was a
highlight at the board's opening reception at UNC Charlotte Center City in
February 2015. The video has been viewed more than 17,000 times on YouTube and
has been used in many venues since the BOG meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"The
video, which illustrated the University’s strong ties to the city and region,
was one piece of a larger package of integrated communications that reinforced
the story of an institution that's truly a part of the fabric of
Charlotte," said University Communications Executive Director Stephen
Ward. "Brad Bowen did a great job producing the piece, and the rest of the
UCOMM team really lit it up across our many channels, leading to one of the
fastest-rising view counts of all of our videos.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Earlier
this year, “Big Ideas, Big Future” earned a Gold MarCom Award.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">UNC
Charlotte's Alumni Affairs Office also brought home a Grand Award for Niner
Connection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uoh8L2Zs9_ePYsfLZ2aKrxYJHmx5NdomseuU7vMKgwKNOLphcnh6E5oLzy7SK8ll0crvLwlY3_7gEHFIu8XAQBj_1ZUG7yRM2Yk-Dh21IIeCvpJiYPi_fCILm_dk3CAKEYrJQhk43lU/s1600/grand-award-360px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uoh8L2Zs9_ePYsfLZ2aKrxYJHmx5NdomseuU7vMKgwKNOLphcnh6E5oLzy7SK8ll0crvLwlY3_7gEHFIu8XAQBj_1ZUG7yRM2Yk-Dh21IIeCvpJiYPi_fCILm_dk3CAKEYrJQhk43lU/s320/grand-award-360px.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Our goal
with Niner Connection was to create a new online community that allowed our
alumni to use personal accounts to accomplish a number of tasks, such as
registering for events and updating their alumni information,” said Jenny
Jones, executive director of alumni affairs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Through Niner Connection, we’ve
created specific website roles assigned to different alumni groups so that only
certain groups can access specific content. This has allowed us to engage in
more effective direct marketing to alumni groups and to create private pages
that only alumni can access. Thus far, alumni response have been extremely
complimentary of the new design, and our event registrations have been easier
to manage from both the user and administrative aspect.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the largest, international association for the thousands of professionals in
the fields of higher education communications, alumni relations and
development. District III membership includes colleges and universities from
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By Leanna Pough<br />
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recently honored UNC Charlotte Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Arthur
Jackson as “Leader of the Day.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Leadership Alliance is a nonprofit organization focused on leadership
development for young black men. It works to create a new reality where young
black men are sought out as leaders. This is accomplished by promoting positive
images regarding young black men, developing their leadership capabilities and
imparting a goal for academic excellence. YBM Leadership Alliance members give
back to their communities by mentoring younger students, performing local and
international community service, and public speaking.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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video on the YBM website, noted he is among the second group of African
American students to integrate higher education systems following the 1954
ruling of Brown v. Board of Education ending legal segregation in public
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professors told me the only thing they can’t take from you is your
knowledge. That’s the first tool you need,” said Jackson.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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always told me that you’re going to have to be better to be the same. I found
that to be true. I’ve always worked harder than anybody else just to make sure
I can make that pathway for myself,” he continued.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is important that he and others “pay it forward.” He urges leaders to pass
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Jackson was appointed UNC Charlotte’s vice chancellor for student
affairs. He also serves as an adjunct associate professor of education.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joining UNC Charlotte, Jackson served as vice president for student affairs at
Westfield State University in Massachusetts.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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includes nearly 20 years of experience at research extensive universities,
including 13 years as the financial aid director at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to his service at UNC Charlotte, Jackson is the North Carolina state director
for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He was
awarded the Distinguished Accomplishment Award and Pillar of the Profession by
this organization and is a member of Rotary Club International, the Golden Key
Honor Society and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Opening<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thank you all for being here for this exciting celebration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It's great to see so
many friendly faces here who have enabled this vision to become reality. It has
been a long time coming but, as you can see from the results, it was well worth
it. Won’t this be a great place to
celebrate the Panthers winning the Super Bowl!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">First Ward Park connects UNC Charlotte Center City<br /> (lower right) with the core of Uptown Charlotte.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2006, The North
Carolina General Assembly appropriated $50 million for the 11-story building
that anchors this site. That important decision, along with the decision of the
Levine Family to convey this property to the University Foundation in a
generous sale and gift arrangement, launched the public-private partnership
represented here today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We knew we wanted to
build an iconic structure to anchor </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">our presence in First Ward.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But we also knew that we wanted to create a
link to the rest of Center City and, indeed, the rest of the larger
community.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Working with Daniel, the city,
and the county (as well as a host of elected representatives who shared this
vision), we were able to build an open space that welcomes all into UNC
Charlotte—Center City.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">And it also
protects, in perpetuity, our ability to enjoy the impressive skyline that is
Center City Charlotte.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Ward Park is designed with iconic spaces.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By all measures, the
Center City Campus is exceeding expectations as a vibrant pillar of First Ward.
As the home of the Belk College of Business graduate programs, the Urban
Education Collaborative in the College of Education, and the Urban Design
program within our College of Arts + Architecture, over 1800 students attend
classes here each week</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Thousands of participants in the Continuing Education
certificate program receive their professional training at the building. And
most notably, Center City is the home to over 500 University and community
events that attract 30,000 visitors annually to the building.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the summer of 2017,
those visitors will soon have an easier time of getting here when light rail
opens up the link between Center City and the main UNC Charlotte campus in
spring 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are excited about
what has been accomplished through this incredible partnership, and we look
forward to seeing what the future holds as we work together to strengthen First
Ward. We are proud to be your neighbor and, on behalf of our Center City campus,
we hope you'll enjoy some hospitality in the form of hot cocoa and cookies
to enhance this celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are thrilled that
this day has finally come and we look forward to a park filled with 49ers for
years to come. Have a great day and enjoy your time in the park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-13724048135092475142015-11-05T12:21:00.002-08:002015-11-05T12:21:23.984-08:00Student Angelica Brown Gets Community Impact Award<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
Junior Angelica Rose Brown has been recognized for outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities with a shared commitment to community engagement. She is a recipient of the network’s Community Impact Award honoring one student leader at each member school.</div>
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Brown, who is majoring in psychology and business with a minor in civics, is from Kings Mountain. She is one of 21 students chosen for the 2015 honor, and she joins more than 200 college students recognized by the network since the award was first presented in 2006.</div>
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In her first semester at UNC Charlotte, Brown founded a student organization called My Sister’s Keeper. The group works to influence the community by philanthropy and the art of self-expression through dance and step, combining Brown’s artistic and humanitarian passions. Under her leadership, My Sister’s Keeper has raised hundreds of dollars for campus and community charities. She also has served as a program coordinator and teaching assistant for the University’s Psychology Learning Community. In this role, she led community service projects, including Stop Hunger Now and the new Niner Student Food Pantry, where she directs 35 student volunteers.</div>
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All Community Impact Award winners will be honored at the annual CSNAP student conference, which will be held Nov. 7 at UNC Pembroke. This event will convene nearly 100 students and staff from more than 20 campuses in the network. In addition to the awards presentations, the conference will include training on cultural competency, community engagement and the “sustained dialogue” leadership process.</div>
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North Carolina Campus Compact, the state affiliate of the national Campus Compact organization, builds the capacity of colleges and universities to produce civically engaged graduates and strengthen communities. Started in 2002 and hosted by Elon University, the statewide network includes 36 public, private and community colleges and universities. UNC Charlotte first joined the compact in 2007.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-40149175454947617392015-11-05T12:16:00.003-08:002015-11-05T12:16:53.658-08:00Niner Food Pantry Gets New Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088001038809627897.post-71426238974003176672015-10-01T08:35:00.002-07:002015-10-01T08:35:39.822-07:00New York artists's work coming to Rowe Gallery on campus<br />
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The UNC Charlotte Department of Art & Art History presents work by acclaimed new-media artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Priests of the Temple 2015</em> opens in Rowe Galleries on Monday, October 5, with a lecture by the artists at 4:00 pm, followed by an opening reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The exhibition continues through October 30.</div>
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Based in New York City and recipients of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship, the husband and wife duo have exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, P.S.1, The Museum of Modern Art, the New Museum, and in galleries across the United States. International exhibitions include projects at the Pompidou Center, the British Film Institute, the Hanover Kunstverein, the Bonn Kunstverein, and the Hong Kong Arts Center. Their work has been reviewed in major news and art publications, including the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times</em>, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Newsweek</em>, the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Washington Post</em>, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Artforum</em>, and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New York</em> and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wired</em>magazines. They have exhibited in Charlotte only once before, at The Light Factory in 1997.</div>
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Described by <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New York</em> magazine as “perennial wizards of little worlds made to look like sculptural panoramas,” the McCoys create unique installations that combine sculpture, portraiture, miniature diorama, and video projection. “There’s simply nothing else quite like the work they do,” wrote Blake Gopnik in a profile of the artists in the<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Washington Post</em>.</div>
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A suite of multi-media works developed during a recent residency at the Headlands Center of the Arts, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Priests of the Temple 2015</em> expands upon a work from a 2012 exhibition at Postmasters Gallery in New York. That “Priest of the Temple” places a photograph of Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation, and a model of a deteriorating office building into a rugged miniature landscape that evokes Mt. Rushmore and the American West. A tiny embedded video shows a Silicon Valley hotel spa, while a live video projection on a nearby wall creates a kaleidoscopic treatment of the diorama’s elements.</div>
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The artists became fascinated by the relationship between Silicon Valley innovation and the libertarian ethic of the American frontier. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Priests of the Temple 2015</em> further explores this relationship, portraying Silicon Valley leaders within the changing landscape of the West.</div>
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The McCoys both received MFA degrees in electronic arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jennifer McCoy is a professor at Brooklyn College; Kevin McCoy is a professor at New York University. Learn more about their work at<a href="http://www.mccoyspace.com/" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 51) !important; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.mccoyspace.com/</a>.</div>
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Rowe Arts building is on the main campus of UNC Charlotte. <a href="http://coaa.uncc.edu/events-exhibitions/plan-your-visit" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 51) !important; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For parking information and directions, please click here</a>. Free parking is available on October 5.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The UNC Charlotte “Pride of Niner
Nation” Marching Band is ready for its inaugural season! The band made its
debut on August 22 at a special preview for family and donors, followed on
August 24 by the New Student Convocation, where it performed the UNC Charlotte
Alma Mater and 49ers Fight Song. </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beginning with the first home game on
September 12, the Pride of Niner Nation will perform pre-game and halftime
shows at all Charlotte 49ers home games this fall.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Band members began preparations this
summer with a two-week band camp, August 9-22. Under the leadership of Director
of Athletic Bands Jeff Miller, the marching band staff, and the Pride of Niner
Nation drum majors and section leaders, the musicians and color guard worked
12-hour days to learn the drill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We are making history each day, and
I love being a part of each step,” says drum major Quinten Wrenn, a music
education major. “I am looking forward to all of the "firsts" for the
Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The inaugural Pride of Niner Nation
is made up of 144 students, representing every college at UNC Charlotte. While
most of them are traditional undergraduate students – and 86 are freshmen –
there are non-traditional students, as well, including a doctoral
candidate in psychology and a retired combat veteran who plays sousaphone. Participating
in marching band brings this diverse group together in a special way, says drum
major Madelyn Colby, a sophomore communications major.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What I love most about marching
band is the tight-knit community that is formed within. It is such a safe haven
where lifelong bonds are built, and it goes along with performing with people.
There is absolutely nothing like performing alongside people with whom you
share a common goal.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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