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              carolina’s Faculty and staff newspaper ■ gazette.unc.edu­April
9, 2008
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■ Ad celebrates UNC’s excellence 3
■ Faculty elections update 7
Trustees consider how
enrollment growth
affects resources, quality
As many as 80,000 North Carolina high
school graduates will enroll across the 16
campuses of the UNC system during the next
decade, and Carolina will be expected to admit
its fair share.
That is the responsibility — and challenge —
that Chancellor James Moeser posed to the
University Board of Trustees March 27 before
the presentation of two preliminary studies tied
to enrollment growth.
“Chapel Hill will shoulder its share of that
growth. And we will do it in a thoughtful,
informed way,” he said.
The practical considerations related to
growth — specifically resources and quality —
were the focus of the preliminary studies
presented to the trustees.
The first study, conducted by Paulien &
Associates, looked at the demand for additional
space that rising enrollment would trigger. Lisa
Keith, associate principal with Paulien, said
the University already had a deficit of nearly
1.4 million square feet of available space based
on standards derived from multiple sources
including UNC General Administration and
adjustments recommended by Paulien for the
current enrollment of 28,136 students.
The space deficit breaks down to 121,000
square feet of instructional space, 524,000
square feet of research space, 381,000 square
feet of office space, 124,000 square feet of
library space, 164,000 square feet of support
space and 61,000 square feet of student space.
The University’s current enrollment
approaches the 29,447 target that University
trustees had approved several years ago.
Should the University reach that cap, Keith
said, the deficiency in space would rise to
2 million square feet. If enrollment grew to
33,000 — a hypothetical number used as a
point of comparison — the deficiency in space
would climb another 400,000 square feet.
And as Executive Vice Chancellor and
Provost Bernadette Gray-Little pointed out,
the main campus has no more free space on
which to build.
“With the capital construction program, we
have come close to reaching the full capacity of
main campus and becoming landlocked,” she
said. “If we grow aggressively, where would we
put facilities?”
As Gray-Little told Faculty Council members
when she briefed them the next day, the
campus master plan, developed about a decade
ago, was based on 27,500 students — which
Carolina has already surpassed.
See Enrollment, page 10
Trustees approve location of new Medical Education Building
In January, William L. Roper, dean of the
School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical
affairs and chief executive officer of the UNC
Health Care System, told University trustees
that UNC Hospitals needed to expand to meet
the health-care needs of the state’s growing
population.
For several years, the demand for services has
exceeded the availability of existing beds and
other necessary hospital space.
Roper also reviewed a master facility plan for
the health-care system and medical school that
would seek to keep pace with these burgeoning
capital needs over the next decade. The Uni-versity
Board of Trustees approved the master
plan concept of creating a new bed tower and
patient access center on campus.
On March 26, the trustees took a major
step toward implementing the master plan
when they voted to approve the location of a
new 297,000-square-foot Medical Education
Building that will provide teaching and office
space to accommodate enrollment growth for
the School of Medicine.
The proposed site for the Medical Education
Building would include where Berryhill Hall
now stands in combination with the site north
of Medical Drive on the southwest corner of
the Bell Tower Development.
University planners and administrators
considered several options for the best use of
space for the new building, including renovating
Berryhill with an addition or redeveloping the
Berryhill site in combination with one nearby.
The trustees also approved the site for a
50,000-square-foot addition to the Mary
Ellen Jones Building, which opened in 1978 as
a research building for the School of Medicine.
Based on preliminary designs not yet approved
by the trustees, the addition would be to the
west of the existing building and would feature
a new outdoor plaza above the current loading
area that would connect the buildings.
The trustees’ Buildings and Grounds Com-mittee
also reviewed a preliminary design for
a new 342,000 square-foot Imaging Research
Building that would expand imaging and
research space for the schools of Medicine and
Pharmacy. The building, to be located at the
See Building, page 10
Chancellor James Moeser joins the band Friday Afternoon Jam for an impromptu session during a March 25 appreciation gathering for him,
which was sponsored by Student Government. Moeser, an accomplished concert organist, played “Hark the Sound” with the student group
after answering questions from the audience about his tenure and sharing advice for how students should work with his successor. Moeser
will retire as Carolina’s ninth chancellor on June 30. After a year’s research leave, he will return to Carolina with what he has called “the most
exalted title this University can confer on an individual” — professor.
jammin’
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Cigarette butts leave unsightly,
potentially hazardous trail
Compliance with the University’s expanded
no-smoking policy seems to be successful in
general. But an unintended — and undesir-able
— consequence of the policy, which
moves smokers 100 feet away from University
facilities, is the trail of cigarette butts that
litter parts of the Carolina campus.
It is a twofold problem. Not only are the
discarded cigarette butts unsightly, they also
create a potential fire hazard, particularly in
and around the University’s wooded areas.
“Most people don’t realize that spring is the
peak time for forest fires,” said Kirk Pelland,
director of Grounds Services. “This time of
year, before the leaves come out on the trees,
is always a bad time for forest fires. And drier
ground conditions than usual, as we’ve had,
can make the situation even worse.”
During the spring, the fire hazard is
elevated because of the higher sun angle and
typically windy conditions combined with the
dried-out ground fuels and radiant heat from
sunlight, Pelland said. The result can be a
perfect storm for fires, especially if you add a
lighted cigarette in the mix.
Grounds crews have put forest fire warning
signs around wooded areas where cigarette
butts have been found, including areas near
Kenan Stadium and Fetzer Gym, the inter-section
of Pittsboro and Columbia streets
with Manning Drive, and between Campus
Health Services and Kenan Stadium.
Pelland’s crews have also put forest fire
warning signs near Greenlaw on north cam-pus.
Although the area is largely brick, people
have been smoking below the building’s
overhang and discarding cigarette butts in the
mulch bed nearby.
“Of course, people should not be smoking
there in the first place because it is much
less than 100 feet from University build-ings,”
Pelland said. “But Ground Services’
primary concern is to make them aware of the
fire danger.”
Until recently, the littering of cigarette
butts strewn about was particularly noticeable
around the flagpole on Polk Place.
Because that narrow strip of University
property is outside the 100-foot boundary,
many smokers gather there throughout
the day. And many have left their discarded
cigarette butts scattered across the ground.
Within the past couple of weeks, Grounds
Services has put two small clay pots in the
area for smokers to extinguish their cigarettes,
which Pelland said has helped reduce the
litter near the flagpole.
In addition to the litter they create, cigarettes
can cause environmental problems.
Once cigarettes are discarded they become
a long-term part of the landscape, because the
plastic filters are not biodegradable and can
take up to 12 years to decompose.
Being courteous
Awareness and courtesy are a key part of
complying with the expanded no-smoking
policy, officials said.
In some instances, smokers have moved the
prescribed distance from their own buildings,
but in the process have ended up smoking
within 100 feet of other University facilities —
which still violates the policy.
The University policy states that smoking
is prohibited in state-owned vehicles and in all
outdoor areas controlled by the University up
to 100 feet from University facilities.
As people move away from University
facilities to smoke, they should also be consid-erate
of people living in neighborhoods that
border campus.
“We have received calls from some of our
University neighbors who are both supportive
of the University’s policy and aware of the dif-ficulties
it can create for smokers,” said Linda
Convissor, director of local relations. “At the
same time, though, our neighbors don’t want
their yards to be the new smoking areas.”
Although sidewalks are public property, the
walls in people’s yards are not, she said.
“If people on campus will take a minute to
think about the situation from other people’s
perspectives, I think they will appreciate our
neighbors’ objections.
“How would they feel if people suddenly
started gathering in front of their houses to
smoke?” Convissor said.
The University policy and map are posted
on the Department of Environment, Health
and Safety Web site, www.ehs.unc.edu.
The following errors were made in the
March 26 Gazette:
n A story incorrectly stated the name of
the chair of the Board of Trustees, who is
Roger Perry.
n A story provided by the Division of
Research and Economic Development
incorrectly identified Betsy Sleath’s
title. She is a professor in the School
of Pharmacy.
U.S. News and World Report
ranks schools, graduate programs
School of Medicine
Overall
n Primary care, tied for 2nd
n Research, 19th
Specialty areas
n Family medicine, 5th
n Rural medicine, 8th
n Women’s health, 9th
n AIDS, 10th
n Geriatrics, 18th
n Internal medicine, 18th
n Pediatrics, 22nd
Health disciplines
These programs offering master’s and doctorate
degrees are based in the School of Medicine;
clinical psychology is in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
n Occupational therapy, tied for 5th
n Audiology, tied for 6th
n Clinical psychology, tied for 6th
n Physical therapy, tied for 11th
n Speech-language pathology, tied for 18th
School of Pharmacy
n Pharm.D., 2nd
School of Public Health
n Environmental/environmental health,
tied for 10th
(Note: Although UNC has no engineering
school, the Department of Environmental
Sciences and Engineering is based in the School
of Public Health.)
School of Social Work
n Master’s degree program, tied for 8th
(Note: listed under health disciplines by U.S. News)
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Overall
n 19th (for master of business adminis-tration
degree programs)
Specialty area
n Entrepreneurship, 10th
n Executive MBA, 11th
n Accounting, tied for 12th
n Productions/operations, 12th
n Management, 14th
n Marketing, tied for 15th
n International, tied for 20th
n Supply chain/logistics, tied for 21st
College of Arts and Sciences
(doctoral programs)
Computer science
Overall
n Tied for 20th
Mathematics
Overall
n Tied for 28th
Specialty area
n Statistics, 3rd
Physics
Overall
n Tied for 36th
Public affairs
UNC has master’s degree programs and
specialty areas within several units based in the
School of Government, the College of Arts and
Sciences and the School of Public Health that
are ranked by U.S. News as part of a public
affairs category. UNC’s listings follow:
n Master’s of public administration
program, tied for 14th
Specialty areas
n City management, 5th
n Environmental policy and manage-ment,
8th
School of Education
Overall
n Tied for 22nd
Specialty areas:
n Education administration and super-vision,
14th
n Special education, 14th
n Elementary teacher education, tied
for 18th
n Student counseling and personnel
services, tied for 19th
School of Law
Overall
n Tied for 38th
The University appears on multiple lists of schools, programs and specialty areas
newly ranked in 2008 by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2009 edition of
“America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Newly ranked schools and programs, as well as
specialty areas listed in the magazine’s top 25, are:
U.S. News first ranked graduate programs in 1987 and has done so annually since
1990. Business, education, engineering, law and medicine are ranked annually. Those
rankings are based on expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that
measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students, according to magazine
officials. Other disciplines and specialties in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and
other areas, including selected health specialties, are ranked periodically. Those rankings
are based on the ratings of academic experts.
for the record
april 9, 2008 3
Protecting salaries, benefits and job security
for employees took center stage at the Employee
Forum’s April 2 meeting.
Members considered two resolutions — one
concerning the effect of granting the UNC system greater direct control
over positions governed by the State Personnel Act (SPA), and the other
about adequate compensation for University employees.
Forum members voted unanimously in support of keeping SPA
positions in the state personnel system and working to improve the
system for employees across North Carolina.
“There is a lot of good that happens in the Office of State Personnel,
and I think we should be working on what they can do to improve the
system throughout the state, not just for our University employees,” said
Tommy Griffin, former chair of the forum. “We are the flagship and we
need to speak for folks who can’t speak for themselves.”
A human resources task force formed by UNC President Erskine
Bowles issued its report earlier this year calling for the insertion of
Article 16 into the State Personnel Act to grant the UNC system greater
flexibility in the way SPA employees are hired, classified and paid.
Forum members, however, are concerned about the loss of job
security if University employment is removed from the protection of the
State Personnel Act. At last week’s meeting, members spoke about the
unknown ramifications of creating a “substantially equivalent” personnel
system if the state takes that step.
“They put the cart before the horse. They should have designed a
substantially equivalent system first, then sought legislative approval for
the ability to do it,” said David Brannigan of Grounds Services. “But they
want us to sign up for a substantially equivalent system of which we know
absolutely nothing.”
Calling the forum’s resolution to withhold its support of Article 16
a positive step, Chair Ernie Patterson said the protection of employee
benefits was not addressed either in the article or by the N.C. General
Assembly’s Government Performance Audit
Committee (GPAC).
“This resolution says we recognize that the
state personnel system is broken and we hope
GPAC will begin to address some of this,” Patterson said. ”But if it’s
broken for us, it’s broken for others so we need to work on improving
the system for the whole state.”
Forum members also passed a resolution supporting employee
compensation, particularly for state employees who earn less than $25,000.
The resolution calls for a $2,500 cost-of-living adjustment, a 2.5 percent
pay increase and a 1 percent performance bonus for people who
demonstrate noteworthy performance.
The resolution as originally presented focused only on SPA employees,
but members introduced a ��friendly amendment” to include EPA non-faculty
positions as well (those exempt from the State Personnel Act).
“We need to include our EPA folks, too; they are at-will employees,”
Griffin said.
The $2,500 across-the-board increase is designed to maximize the
benefit for employees at the lowest end of the pay scale, Patterson said.
“We need to ask for a fixed amount as part of the overall raise to bring
our lowest-level employees up to a living wage and to protect our EPA
non-faculty employees,” he said.
Other action
Forum members passed one other resolution: to include domestic
violence in the Workplace Violence Policy and to call on the University
to provide mandatory face-to-face training for managers and supervisors
in addition to online training resources.
The resolution also calls for funding to provide additional personnel
and materials and publicizing the availability of the Employee Assistance
Program counselor to assist in situations concerning violence.
For information about the resolutions, refer to forum.unc.edu.
Council discusses UNC’s
competitive research
funding, search updates
Concerns about the effects of flat National
Institutes of Health funding on a generation of
science have sparked a plea for help from the
Association of American Universities (AAU) to
the country’s next president.
The “Science as a Solution: An Innovative
Agenda for the Next President” proposal calls
for strengthening the nation’s scientific and
technological workforce and infrastructure.
“The average age for a first-time grant recipi-ent
is 43, and this puts us as a country at risk,”
Chancellor James Moeser told the Faculty
Council at its March 28 meeting.
So far, Carolina’s research funding has
continued to grow, Moeser said. Total research
funding exceeded $610 million last year. Look-ing
at point-in-time comparisons, at the end of
the third quarter last year the University had
$453 million in research dollars, compared to
$506 million so far this year.
Factoring out NIH funding, last year at this
point, the University had garnered $219 million
in funding, and totals to date this year are more
than $243 million.
“I am so pleased that we continue to be com-petitive,
particularly since six of the 10 largest
NIH research universities have seen a serious
decline in research revenues in the past year,”
Moeser said.
New positions
Steve Allred, executive associate provost,
will leave Carolina after more than two
decades to become provost at the University
of Richmond, Executive Vice Chancellor and
Provost Bernadette Gray-Little said. Allred,
who also is a member of the School of Govern-ment
faculty, will assume his new post July 1.
“Steve has been a major instrument for our
administrative success, serving as the primary
liaison from South Building to our faculty,” she
said. “The University of Richmond wants to
strengthen its relationship to the city, and Steve
will help develop that relationship.”
Gray-Little also reported on current
campus searches.
Patrick Conway, Bowman and Gordon Gray
Distinguished Term Professor of Economics,
will become the director of the new Center
for Faculty Excellence beginning July 1.
The University is creating the center to help
enhance and gauge faculty success in several
key areas: teaching and learning, research and
leadership. (See related story on page 7.)
“Although Professor Conway will begin
officially in July, he has already begun to think
of ways the new faculty center can support fac-ulty
members across campus,” Gray-Little said.
In the School of Education dean search, the
committee is ready to forward to the Board of
Trustees its recommendation of Bill McDiar-mid.
Since 2001, McDiarmid, a North Carolina
native and Carolina alumnus, has been Boeing
professor of education at the University of
Washington, where he also co-directs the
Washington Center for Teaching and Learning.
Results of the internal search for the dean of
the Graduate School should be announced soon,
Forum looks at compensation, control of SPA positions
See Faculty Council, page 7
FACULTY COUNCIL
EMPLOYE E FORUM
Oliver Smithies, Excellence Professor of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and
recent Nobel Prize winner in physiology or
medicine, wears a Tar Heel jersey in a new
ad celebrating the many things we have to
cheer about at Carolina.
The men’s and women’s basketball
teams had great seasons with Final Four
and Sweet 16 appearances. The men
won the most games ever (36) in Carolina
history while the women swept the ACC
regular season undefeated.
The ad references Kiplinger’s Personal
Finance Magazine, which ranked UNC
the No. 1 best value in American higher
education for the seventh consecutive time.
And next month, the first class of students
in the Carolina Covenant, a national model
for providing low-income students with a
debt-free education, will graduate.
The full-page ad ran Tuesday in The
New York Times. Versions also are ap-pearing
in The Charlotte Observer and The
News & Observer. To see the ad, refer to
universityrelations.unc.edu/campaigns/
2008/04smithiesbball.
Much to celebrate
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Centennial celebration
commemorates
Wright’s life, work
This weekend, April 11–13, the University
will commemorate the life and work of novelist,
essayist and poet Richard Wright to mark the
centennial of his birth in 1908.
Events include a staged reading of Paul
Green’s revised adaptation of “Native Son,” a
colloquium hosted by the
Institute for the Arts and
Humanities and a perfor-mance
at Memorial Hall.
Carolina alumnus
and noted playwright
Paul Green’s adaptation
of “Native Son,” the
revision of the original
collaboration between
Green and Wright un-dertaken
in Chapel Hill
during the summer of 1940, is scheduled for
April 12 at 7:30 in Gerrard Hall. The reading will
feature the New Traditions Theatre Company.
On April 13 at 1 p.m., the Richard Wright
Centennial Colloquium will examine Wright’s
contributions to literary, social, and political
dialogue in the University Room of the Institute
for the Arts and Humanities at Hyde Hall.
Three noted speakers will deliver papers:
Wright’s eldest daughter, Julia Wright; Jerry
W. Ward Jr., Distinguished Eminent Scholar
and professor of English and African World
Studies at Dillard University and a Richard
Wright scholar; and Margaret Bauer, Rives
Chair of Southern Literature and professor of
English at East Carolina University.
Respondents will include Carolina faculty
members Trudier Harris, J. Carlyle Sitterson
Professor of English and Comparative Litera-ture,
and Randall Kenan and Mae Henderson,
faculty members in the Department of
English and Comparative Literature. Laurence
Avery, professor of English and Comparative
Literature, will serve as moderator.
The weekend’s events will culminate
in a special Richard Wright Centennial
Commemorative on April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in
Memorial Hall.
The event features selections from Wright’s
fiction and non-fiction, interwoven with
Wright’s letters, poetry and music, and film
clips and documentary footage. Julia Wright
will present a selection from her father’s last
unfinished work, “A Father’s Law.”
The evening also will include scenes from
Paul Green’s adaptation of “Native Son.”
The Richard Wright Centennial is sponsored
by the Center for the Study of the American
South, Carolina Performing Arts, the College
of Arts and Sciences, the Institute for the Arts
and Humanities, The Paul Green Foundation,
the departments of dramatic art and commu-nication
studies with support from the Music
Maker Foundation and the New Traditions
Theatre Company.
All events are free. To obtain tickets for the
staged reading of “Native Son” and the Richard
Wright Centennial Commemorative, call the
Memorial Hall Box Office, 843-3333.
For Richard Wright Centennial Colloquium
tickets, e-mail Carry Matthews, Institute for the
Arts and Humanities, crmatthe@email.unc.
edu. For more information about the weekend’s
events, refer to www.unc.edu/depts/csas/
Conferences/richcardwright.html.
Four undergraduates honored with prestigious scholarships
Four students who won distinguished
national or international scholarships received
special recognition during the March 27
meeting of the University Board of Trustees.
“Carolina has a great track record with these
awards,” Chancellor James Moeser said of the
scholarship winners. “It’s a great source of pride
for our students and the faculty.”
Luce Scholarship
Student Body Vice President Mike
Tarrant won a 2008 Luce Scholarship to live
and learn in Asia. Tarrant is a senior from
Raleigh with a double major in political science and
communication studies.
During this trip to Asia, Tarrant said he will
seek an understanding of
how nations in the Far
East educate the next
generation of leaders so
that someday he may
be able to help shape a
public university whose
benefits extend to all
those who deserve and
require a world-class
education.
He plans to pursue
graduate degrees in public administration or pub-lic
policy and higher education administration.
During his sophomore year, he had an in-ternship
in the UNC General Administration’s
federal relations office, which evolved into a
part-time job for two years.
For one assignment, he played a key role in
developing a federal strategy to secure recur-ring
funding for the Southeast Atlantic Coastal
Ocean Observing Partnership, an oceanic
observation network capable of predicting
maritime conditions critical to public safety,
environmental management and protection of
the nation’s economy.
Including Tarrant, 27 UNC students and
alumni have won the Luce since the program
began in 1974. Carolina ranks second only to
Harvard in producing Luce Scholars.
Truman Scholarship
Junior Danielle Maria Allen won the
distinguished Truman Scholarship, worth
$30,000 for graduate studies.
She came to Carolina in 2005 on a Morehead
Scholarship, which has since been renamed the
Morehead-Cain. Allen plans to use the award
to attend law school. A double major in public
policy and economics from Monroe, she also
is earning a minor in urban studies and plan-ning.
She plans to become an attorney for an
organization that works to address inequalities
in public education.
Allen has researched differences in funding
for public education among North Carolina
counties and concluded that change at the state
level is critical. Allen was one of 65 recipients of
the Truman nationwide this year, chosen from
among 595 applicants
who had been nominat-ed
by 283 colleges and
universities.
The four-year merit
scholarship is awarded
for character, leader-ship,
scholarship and
physical vigor. Of 30
Truman Scholars from
UNC since the program
began in 1977, 17 have
been Morehead Scholars. Congress created
the Truman Scholarship Foundation in 1975
as the official federal memorial to the nation’s
33rd president.
Churchill Scholarships
Seniors Lisa Bond and Stephanie Jones
received 2008–09 Churchill Scholarships for
graduate work at Cambridge University in
England, valued at $46,000 to $52,000 each.
Bond, a biology major with a chemistry
minor, will use the scholarship to earn a master’s
degree in biochemistry at Cambridge.
Jones, a chemistry major with a minor in
entrepreneurship, will seek a master’s degree in
chemistry in England. Both young women aim
to become university research professors.
They were among 13 Churchill Scholars
chosen nationwide by
the Winston Churchill
Foundation of the Unit-ed
States. Carolina is the
only North Carolina
i n s t i t u t i o n wi t h
Churchill Scholars this
year. Since 1993, 12
UNC students have
received the Churchill.
Last summer, Bond
interned in the lab of
James Sellers at the National Heart, Lung
and Blood Institute of the National Institutes
of Health where she was influenced by the
international nature of the research being
done there.
Jones graduated from the N.C. School of
Science and Mathematics in 2004 and has
been conducting research at Carolina since
she was a high school junior. She credits
chemistry professors Holden Thorp (now
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences) and
Muhammad Yousaf for accepting her into their
labs and mentoring her.
Churchill recipients
are American under-graduates
planning
to pursue graduate
studies in science, math-ematics
and engineer-ing.
They are chosen for
outstanding academic
and extracurricular
accomplishments and
are evaluated on factors
including the capacity for original and creative
work, character, adaptability, demonstrated
concern for critical problems of society and
good health.
tarrant
jones
allen
bond
GRADUATE EDUCATION
RECOGNITION CEREMONY
Linda Dykstra, right, dean of the
Graduate School, presents the Dean’s
Award for Significant Contribution to
Graduate Education to Susan Lord,
professor of pathology and laboratory
medicine and adjunct professor of
chemistry, and Rusty Carter, secretary
of the Board of Trustees.
Lord, who has been at Carolina for
25 years, was honored in part for her
continuing commitment to graduate
education, particularly as a previous
director of UNC’s Society of Fellows.
Carter was honored for his “persistent
support” of graduate students at
Carolina in his role as a member of the
University Affairs Committee of the
Board of Trustees.
About 300 graduate students were
recognized at the April 3 ceremony
for outstanding research, community
service, academic achievement and
leadership. The event was held at the
Carolina Club of the George Watts Hill
Alumni Center.
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wright
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News Briefs
Tribute to zarzuela music benefits
scholarship programs
UNC Opera and the Department of Music
present Viva la Zarzuela, a tribute to 20th-century
Cuban zarzuela music, on April 10
at 7:30 p.m. and April 11 at 8 p.m. in the
auditorium of Hill Hall.
Tickets are $10 for UNC students, faculty
and staff, and $15 for general public and are
available for purchase in the Pit through April
11 or at the door. All proceeds will benefit
future music students through scholarship-funded
efforts.
For more information, call Terry Rhodes
(962-1039) or e-mail Aaron Salley (asalley@
unc.edu).
Student Chancellor’s Awards to
be presented April 16
Chancellor James Moeser will award
certificates, prizes and medals on April 16
to students whose achievements in academic
work as well as student activities and leadership
deserve special recognition.
In addition, he will distribute the Student
Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards,
established by students to recognize outstanding
undergraduate instruction.
The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. in the
Great Hall of the FPG Student Union. A
reception will follow.
Dramatic art performs ‘Dead Man
Walking’ April 11–15
More than 30 undergraduate members of
the Department of Dramatic Art’s Mainstage
will present Tim Robbins’ play “Dead Man
Walking,” based on the book of the same
name by Sister Helen Prejean.
It will be held April 11-15 in the Elizabeth
Price Kenan Theatre in the Center for
Dramatic Art. The production is directed by
Julie Fishell.
Performances will be held April 11, 13 and 14
at 8:15 p.m.; April 12 and 15 at 5 p.m.; and
April 14 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 or free for
PlayMakers Repertory Company subscribers
and dramatic art privilege card holders.
Tickets will be sold at the door up to one
hour prior to each performance.For informa-tion,
e-mail ddamainstage@yahoo.com. Free
post-show discussions will be held April 12–14.
Reading, panel open ‘Beats and
Beyond’ exhibit
Two free public events will open the exhibit
“The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture
Poetry, 1950–1975” in Wilson Library.
On April 22 at 3:30 p.m., the Bull’s Head
Bookshop will feature readings by poets Anne
Waldman and Ed Sanders.
On April 23, Waldman and Sanders will
participate in a panel discussion in Wilson
Library at 6 p.m. on the topic of avant garde
poetry in post-World War II America.
Joining them will be Robert Cantwell,
professor of American Studies at UNC, and
moderator Bill Morgan, author and archivist,
whose collections relating to poets Lawrence
Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg came to
UNC’s libraries in 2001 and 2002.
“The Beats and Beyond” will feature
materials from Wilson Library’s Rare Book
Collection that show the context for and
offshoots of the Beat movement. Highlights
include a volume from Beat poet Diane di
Prima’s manuscript journals, an unproduced
play by New York School poet Frank O’Hara
and works by poets associated with North
Carolina’s Black Mountain College.
The exhibit will be on display through July 3
in the Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room
on the third floor of Wilson Library.
Cartooning topic of Wilson Library
lecture, exhibit
Political cartoonist and alumnus John
Branch will speak about his career in a lec-ture
April 17 at Wilson Library: “A Tar Heel
Cartoonist in Texas: Drawing the Line in the
Lone Star State.” It will be held at 5:45 p.m.
in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room.
Branch’s talk will be held in conjunction
with a 5 p.m. reception and viewing of the
exhibition “Lines of Humor, Shades of Con-troversy:
A Century of Student Cartooning at
UNC.” The exhibit, on display through May
31, is mounted in the library’s North Carolina
Collection Gallery. The event is free and open
to the public. For information, contact Liza
Terll (962-4207 or liza_terll@unc.edu).
Planning for a ‘disaster resilient
university’
The Department of Health Policy and
Administration (HPAA) will host an infor-mational
presentation and panel discussion
April 21: “Climate Change, Natural Hazards,
and the University: Mitigation Planning for a
Disaster Resilient University.”
Free and open to the public, it will be
held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Toy Lounge of
Dey Hall.
Scheduled panelists include Peter Robin-son,
professor of geography and director of
the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration Southeast Regional Climate
Center, Steve Kenny, director of UNC Risk
Management Services, and James Porto,
clinical assistant professor and director of
HPAA Executive Programs.
For information, contact Anna Schwab
(962-4775 or akschwab@email.unc.edu).
Browning to deliver last spring
Jewish studies lecture
Christopher Browning, the Frank Porter
Graham Distinguished Professor of History
and author of seven books on the Holocaust,
will speak about survivor testimonies and the
reality of daily life in Nazi slave labor camps
on April 14.
He will present “Remembering Survival:
Postwar Testimonies of the Starachowice
Factory Slave Labor Camps” at 7:30 p.m. in
the Stone Center’s Theatre.
The lecture, free and open to the public
and hosted by the Carolina Center for Jewish
Studies, will be followed by a reception in
honor of the center’s fifth anniversary.
For information, see ccjs.unc.edu.
‘Spectacular Justice’ opens in
RENCI’s Social Computing Room
Artist Joyce Rudinsky wants visitors to her
interactive media installation “Spectacular
Justice” to feel close — uncomfortably close —
to the human side of the death penalty issue.
The associate professor of communication
studies created the interactive media instal-lation
in collaboration with the Renaissance
Computing Institute (RENCI) using video,
audio and electronic tracking to personalize
the issue.
The exhibit, located in the Social Computing
Room of the ITS Manning Building, is open
to the public every Friday and Saturday
through April 25, from 1 to 5 p.m.
APLES celebrates service-learning
April 17
The work of service-learning students will
be on display in poster presentations April 17
during the Annual APPLES Service-Learning
Showcase Celebration: Fruits of our Labor.
The event will be held from 4 to 6:15 p.m.
in the Anne Queen Faculty Commons at the
Campus Y.
Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives
Carol Tresolini will present APPLES awards
beginning at 6:15 p.m.
Recipients are Jim and Jean Ueltschi, who
will receive the Service-Learning Award
in honor of Ned Brooks; Student Action
with Farmworkers, which will receive the
Community Partner Excellence Award; Joel
Schwartz, professor emeritus of political
science and adjunct professor of public policy,
who will receive the Faculty Excellence Award;
and Jabeen Ahmad, a senior majoring in
See News Briefs, page 11
water watch
From left, Grounds Services employees Ernest Richmond and Bobby Williams spread straw
around a pansy bed in front of Jackson Hall. Kirk Pelland, director of Grounds Services, said
the spring bulbs and winter annuals such as the pansies planted around campus did fairly
well in spite of the drought. He said his crews hope to replace the winter annuals with
summer annuals if the spring rains continue on a regular basis. They plan to use more
perennials and drought-resistant annuals in the color beds this year, such as lantana,
periwinkle, blue salvia, dwarf zinnias, yarrow, portulaca, sedums and ornamental grasses.
Pelland recommends www.perennials.com as an excellent Web site for anyone interested in
learning more about landscaping with perennials.
6 University Gazette
Lawrence Marks
Chair, Department of
Radiation Oncology,
School of Medicine
Brent McKee
Chair, Department of
Marine Sciences
New automated call system makes 962-HELP even better
When you get almost 100,000 phone calls a
year, with an average of five people available to
answer them, confidence in the phone system
is vital. That is why the ITS Response Center
(ITRC) recently implemented a new automated
call distribution system, or ACD, to route
calls to the Information Technology Services
technical customer support line, 962-HELP.
The new system, provided by Angel.com,
gives callers the option to enter their personal
identification numbers over the phone at the
beginning of the call so each analyst can address
people personally and immediately focus
on the issue at hand. In addition, the system
allows calls to be directed to the analyst with
the skills and knowledge that can best address
callers’ questions and solve specific problems.
“We’re excited from an administration
standpoint, but even more from a customer
standpoint — now we can troubleshoot
customer issues and track their requests more
easily and quickly,” said Ingrid Camacho,
phone services manager.
The application is voice-enabled, which
means that customers can choose to speak
their responses instead of typing them on the
phone’s keypad.
“The voice-enabling increases accessibility,
which is very important to us,” Camacho said.
“In addition, we’ve added a toll-free number,
1-866-962-4457, so that faculty and students
traveling around the United States and Canada
can call without incurring lots of charges.
Plus, we’ve enabled a callback feature to
allow a customer to leave a message for a non-urgent
request. When we have the solution,
we call the customer back, and they don’t have
to hold while we troubleshoot the issue.”
The ACD uses a Web application to manage
routing processes, emergency messages and
reporting statistics. The calls are distributed
using a telecom provider so that Internet outages
do not affect the 962-HELP service. In addition,
ITS Telecommunications created a local
backup solution for handling phone calls in case
the Angel.com system experiences problems.
The Response Center chose the new ACD
because the previous telephone system became
outdated and could not be supported over time.
Goals for the future include offering daily
technology tips over the phone, offering
specialized messages in emergencies and
integrating the ACD system with Remedy, the
campus’ standard service request application.
“The sky is the limit now — we’re very
excited,” said Camacho.
Carolina Performing Arts unveils new season
Carolina Performing Arts has
announced the roster of perfor-mances
in its 2008–09 season.
Featured performances include
the regional debut of Russia’s
Bolshoi Ballet in its only U.S.
performances of “Swan Lake��
and “Don Quixote,” the Kirov
Orchestra with conductor Valery
Gergiev and the New York Phil-harmonic
with music director
and conductor Lorin Maazel,
jazz legend Ornette Coleman
and the 50th anniversary cel-ebration
of the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater, with
special guest Sweet Honey in
the Rock.
The season also includes
pianist András Schiff, viola da
gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall
with Hesperion XXI, the Druid
Theatre Company performing
two of the classic works of Irish
playwright J.M. Synge; violinist
Anne-Sophie Mutter with
Camerata Salzburg, and zydeco
legend Buckwheat Zydeco.
Thirty-one programs will be
presented in 42 performances
in the largest and most varied
season yet offered. Seven themed
series within the season will pres-ent
classical, jazz and roots music;
experimental and global theater
and performance art; and dance.
“This season is in many ways our most
ambitious yet, in the depth of the programs,
the scale of the companies we’re presenting and
the number of new works,” said Emil Kang,
executive director for the arts. “In four years,
we have grown and matured as a program.
We’re able to present things now that we
never could have a year or two ago.”
Carolina Performing Arts’ season also
includes five major new works resulting from
its commissioning program, including the
world premiere of the theater work “Vivien
and The Shadows,” a post-modern take on
Vivien Leigh’s performance as Blanche
DuBois by Singaporean director Ong Keng
Sen; and “I went to the house but did not
enter,” an experimental music theater work by
German composer-director Heiner Goebbels,
in partnership with the English vocal quartet
The Hilliard Ensemble, in its U.S. premiere.
Carolina Performing Arts has also
co-commissioned “To Be Straight With
You,” a dance-theater exploration of sexuality
and hate by DV8, a company from the United
Kingdom; “Orpheus and Eurydice,” an
avant-garde dance by French-Canadian
choreographer Marie Chouinard; and “Con-tinuous
City,” an experimental multimedia
performance work by The Builders Association
with director Marianne Weems.
In keeping with Chancellor James Moeser’s
emphasis on globalization as a major aca-demic
priority, Carolina Performing Arts has
included works, companies and artists from
around the world in the upcoming season.
“Our presentation of global theater gives
us the opportunity to bring the world to
Chapel Hill in a new way,” Kang said. “And
the University’s recent focus on internation-alization
and a global mission challenges us
to present work that engages our students in
the broadest possible artistic explorations.”
Carolina Performing Arts will continue its
Carolina Creative Campus Initiative, which
employs the arts to engage the entire campus
community by stimulating discussion of
important topics.
The initiative in 2008-09 will be “The
Gender Project,” a year-long, in-depth look
at questions of gender in society, how gender
influences our identities and how we negotiate
the idea of gender in our lives.
Subscriptions to the Carolina Performing
Arts Series will be available beginning May
19, and tickets to individual performances
will be available beginning July 1. Both
subscriptions and individual tickets can be
purchased online at carolinaperformin-garts.
org and by phone through the Memo-rial
Hall Box Office (843-3333).
For complete information about the series’
new season, refer to www.carolinaperform-ingarts.
org.
Compagnie Heddy Maalem performs “The Rite of Spring.” Fourteen dancers from Mali, Benin, Nigeria and
Senegal will present choreographer Maalem’s interpretation of the 1913 Stravinsky/Nijinsky ballet Oct. 25, as
part of Carolina Performing Arts’ World Stage Series. The dancers are trained in contemporary dance as well
as the traditional dance forms of their native countries.
Appointments to
endowed professorships
Joseph M.
DeSimone
Chancellor’s Eminent
Professor
Richard M.
Goldberg
Richard M. Goldberg
Distinguished Professor
of Gastrointestinal
Medical Oncology
Stefan Litwin
George Kennedy Distinguished Professor,
Department of Music
Peter Sherwood
Lazlo Birinyi Sr. Distinguished Professor of
Hungarian Language and Culture, Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Adam Versenyi
Milly S. Barranger Distinguished Term
Professor, Department of Dramatic Art
Francisco Werner
Cecil Sewell Professor, Department of Marine
Sciences
Editor’s note: Through the Carolina First
campaign, 208 new endowed professorships
were created. More appointments will follow in
future issues.
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Appointments to
department chairs
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Faculty elections to be held April 14–21
April means warm weather, spring flowers
and new leaves on the trees. It also provides
an opportunity for faculty to choose who will
represent their viewpoints and concerns.
All members of the voting faculty will be
e-mailed electronic ballots for the annual
faculty elections, to be held April 14–21.
“I believe two things about the upcoming
elections,” said Joe Templeton, chair of the
faculty. “One, the more accurately faculty
governance represents our diverse faculty
perspectives, the stronger our institution will
be; and two, by successfully encouraging more
faculty to vote, we all benefit.”
A list of all candidates with the date of their
first appointment at Carolina, their current
position and information about their highest
academic credentials is included in the Voter
Information Guide insert.
To provide additional information about the
nomination and voting processes, the Office
of Faculty Governance compiled answers to
some frequently asked questions.
Where is the faculty elections informa-tion
spelled out?
n The entire process of faculty elections is
spelled out in the Faculty Code of University
Government, available on the Faculty Gov-ernance
Web site, www.unc.edu/faculty/
faccoun, or by calling the Faculty Governance
office at 962-2147.
What do all these representatives do?
n There are 11 elected standing committees
of the faculty, which work on everything from
educational policy matters to tenure decisions
to oversight of athletics.
n The Faculty Council includes about
70 faculty members apportioned across
17 electoral divisions encompassing the
entire university.
Does my vote really matter?
Joe Ferrell, secretary of the faculty, said:
“The faculty claims to have a definitive voice
in three things: who shall teach, what shall be
taught and who shall be taught. Each member
of the faculty who participates in the upcoming
elections is helping to choose colleagues who
will speak and act for the faculty in these
critical areas. Those who choose not to vote
are leaving these matters to someone else.”
How were candidates identified?
n A faculty governance interest survey sent
by e-mail to all voting faculty in February
produced a list of volunteers, and the Faculty
Executive Committee suggested other names.
n The Nominating Committee developed
a slate of candidates for all elected committee
positions. It considered volunteers but also
made additional suggestions.
n Divisional nominating committees in
each of the 17 electoral divisions for the
Faculty Council recruited candidates.
Who is eligible to vote?
n Eligibility to vote is elaborated in Article
1 of the Faculty Code. All tenured or tenure-track
faculty are eligible, as are professional
librarians and all fixed-term faculty doing
teaching or research who are appointed for at
least 75 percent FTE and whose actual or an-ticipated
length of service is at least three years.
Where can I find voting information?
n A complete voter information guide,
with biographical statements and information
about all of the candidates, can be found on the
Faculty Governance Web site, www.unc.edu/
faculty/faccoun.
When and how do I vote?
n All voting faculty members will receive an
electronic ballot on April 14 and will have until
5 p.m. April 21 to vote.
Why should I vote this year?
n Joe Templeton, faculty chair, said: “This
is an exciting time for UNC and for faculty
governance. First, we hope to have a new
chancellor coming on board for the next
academic year. Second, we have a fantastic slate
of candidates for our 11 elected committees.
These individuals have agreed to bring energy,
intelligence and wisdom to bear on the range
of topics tackled by faculty governance. Third,
thanks to the efforts of Anne Whisnant, our
operation is running more smoothly than ever.”
Gray-Little said, and the search committee for
the dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School
hopes to conduct interviews later this spring.
Other reports
Financial aid: Compared to our peer
schools, Carolina is doing extremely well in
making sure financial aid packages remain
competitive, said Charles Daye, chair of the
council’s Scholarships, Awards and Student
Aid Committee.
Between academic years 2001–02 and
2006–07, the number of students awarded need-based
aid grew from 29 percent to 33 percent.
During this period, grants and scholarships
grew from 63 percent to 68 percent, and loans
declined from 34 percent to 30 percent.
Ten years ago, 11,000 students received
financial aid, compared to more than 15,000 in
2006–07. The average aid award has increased
from $8,942 to $14,289 during the same period.
Summer School: Jan Yopp, dean of the
Summer School, said around 60 units offered
courses during one of the two summer sessions
or the three-week Maymester. Last summer,
10,600 students earned about 42,000 credit
hours, slightly lower than in 2006. Summer
School staff are focusing on marketing that
targets the Carolina audience.
Diversity Training: The Diversity Education
Team is available to help faculty members
prepare for unexpected turns in classroom
discussions, said Cookie Newsom, director
for diversity education and research in the
Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
and one of two presenters on diversity training.
“Because a student might make an insensitive
comment during a class, we want to help faculty
members know how to respond so that students
aren’t minimized or hurt by the issues,” said
co-presenter Donna Bickford, director of the
Carolina Women’s Center.
Faculty Chair Joe Templeton said, “It’s so
easy to find yourself in a situation that you want
to have thought through beforehand, and they
can help you do that.”
Faculty Council from page 3
Conway to lead new Center for Faculty Excellence
The Center for Faculty Excellence officially
gets under way July 1 but its director, Patrick
Conway, is not waiting for the summer to begin
cultivating ways this new University resource
can augment faculty success.
Conway, Bowman and Gordon Gray
Distinguished Term Professor of Economics,
has already begun talking with faculty members
across campus. His goal is to chart ways the
University can improve
existing support and
provide new support for
faculty in their research,
teaching and leadership
activities.
“The faculty of this
university is a very
accomplished group.
The center’s goal is to
encourage even greater
accomplishments,” he
said. “It’s obvious that the physical architecture
of Carolina is in renewal. It’s less visible, but no
less true, that each faculty member is continually
growing and learning. The center will be a place
where that growing and learning is facilitated.”
The center will work to enhance faculty
development in teaching and learning,
research and leadership. It will build on the
University’s current infrastructure in creating
new pathways for interdisciplinary research,
teaching collaborations and mentorships, and
leadership development.
Although support for teaching and research
is more traditional in a research university like
Carolina, providing training in management
and leadership is not, Bernadette Gray-Little,
executive vice chancellor and provost, said earlier
this year when she announced the creation of
the center. Since faculty members are called on
to assume various leadership roles, this type of
training will be beneficial.
“Dr. Conway is especially well suited to
lead this new endeavor,” she said last week in a
message to faculty members. “A teaching award
winner for both graduate and undergraduate
students, he has been a member of Carolina’s
faculty since 1983 and has served the University
in a number of capacities.”
The concept for the center was spawned
after the Faculty Development Initiative
Planning Committee, which Conway chaired,
last spring examined areas in which the
University could maximize its resources to help
faculty. The center stems from many of the
committee’s recommendations to develop what
Conway calls a “one-stop shop” for helping
faculty become better at what they do.
Through the process of fleshing out ideas
with the planning committee and later inter-viewing
for the director’s position, Conway said
he was impressed with two things.
First was Gray-Little’s commitment for the
concept. “This type of new innovation for our
campus will only work with strong administra-tive
support,” Conway said, “and the provost
sees this as a priority for the University.”
Also, in what Conway described as “an old
fogey moment for me,” he was intrigued by the
opportunity to examine how the educational
landscape has changed in the 25 years he has
been on the faculty.
“Despite the effectiveness of the good instruc-tional
and research support we have always had,
it seemed appropriate to revisit this support to
see if it is consistent with the landscape in which
faculty members are asked to do their research,
teach and assume leadership roles,” he said.
For example, he said, the increasing signifi-cance
of grants for research success is a compo-nent
of the changing landscape, particularly in
the wake of the University’s goal to raise $1 bil-lion
in research funding by 2015. “This is a new
facet of success, and we will be more effective in
achieving it with strong administrative support.”
During the first year, Conway said he wanted
to make faculty aware of the existing resources
to support their teaching, research and leader-ship
and to introduce one new idea in each area.
“I don’t want to give up what we are doing
well, but I want to make these things transparent
to our faculty,” he said.
As he provides leadership for the center,
Conway will continue to teach and conduct
research on the economic problems faced by
developing and transition countries in their
international trade and financial transactions.
To share ideas for enhancing faculty support
across campus, Conway can be reached at
patrick_conway@unc.edu.
conway
Number of offices open this year:
52, which include
Committee positions: 33 on 11 elected committees
Faculty Council seats: 19
Number of candidates running for those offices: 115
Number of faculty members with voting privileges: 3,428
Faculty elections by the numbers
Year # who voted % of eligible voters
2007 395 14%
2006 676 22%
2005 683 23%
2004 683 24%
2003 727 25%
2000 957 36%
1997 874 37%
Voter turnout in the last decade:
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Faculty/Staff News & Notes
Koza appointed director of EHS department
Mary Beth Koza has been appointed
director of the Department of Environment,
Health and Safety
(EHS). She assumed
the leadership role last
month and has quickly
become acclimated to
her new position.
After nearly 29 years
in the pharmaceutical
industry, Koza came to
Carolina from Bristol-
Myers Squibb Company
in New Jersey, where
she served as director of Environment,
Health and Safety/Facilities Compliance
and Documentation for the past six years.
There, she managed a staff of 46 and provided
programs for 8,000 employees and contractors.
Koza’s experience in environment, health
and safety spans 27 years, during which
time she has focused on issues concerning
compliance and regulation, remediation,
occupational health and safety, and environ-mental
policy.
“The University is fortunate to have
found someone with such a comprehensive
background. Given her extensive experience
in industry, Mary Beth can make many
contributions and bring innovative ideas to
our safety program,” said Carolyn Elfland,
associate vice chancellor for campus services.
“The timing of her coming to UNC is
perfect as we develop Carolina North. Mary
Beth led the effort to make the research
campuses of Bristol-Myers Squibb sustain-able,
and her experience in ground-breaking
sustainable water practices, combined
with her other areas of expertise, will be
invaluable,” Elfland said.
For Koza, the transition from the corporate
world to a university environment has been
relatively easy.
“In my prior position, I reported through
the company’s facilities organization, so I’m
very comfortable when I talk with people in
maintenance, construction and engineering,”
she said. “Also, I was responsible for the
company’s research labs, so in many ways that
experience is very similar to what I do here.”
EHS works to provide a safe and compliant
environment for the University’s faculty,
staff, students and visitors, she said.
With a staff of 47, the department is
responsible for a range of issues including
pandemic flu planning, laboratory safety,
fire safety and emergency response, radiation
safety, occupational health, environmental
protection and compliance with state and
federal regulations.
One thing that attracted Koza to her new
role was the University’s focus on sustainability
in everything from new campus construction
and renovation to the green games that
honor environmental and sustainability work
undertaken by faculty, staff and students.
“When I interviewed for the job, which
was a very intense process, I was impressed
with both the level of people’s knowledge
and the University’s commitment to the
mission of environment, health and safety,”
she said. “I related very strongly to this.��
Also, she said, the University’s Web site
showed an obvious dedication to sustainabil-ity
throughout.
“As I explored the site, I was so impressed
with every page I opened,” she said. “I have
always been interested in the technology side
of EHS and sustainability, and it was obvious
that UNC has the tools in place to get the
job done.”
koza
Decorations
& Distinctions
Martin Doyle
Associate professor of geography, Doyle has
been chosen as a 2008 Aldo Leopold Leadership
Fellow. The fellowship,
based at the Woods Insti-tute
for the Environment
at Stanford University, is
a competitive fellowship
for mid-career academic
environmental scientists.
It recognizes rising
stars working on envi-ronmental
science issues
who are taking on lead-ership
positions in their
fields and within their universities.
Madeleine Grumet
Professor of education and communica-tions
studies and former dean of the School of
Education, Grumet was awarded the 2008
Willystine Goodsell
Award March 25 in
New York City for her
outstanding scholarship,
activism and commu-nity
building on behalf
of women, girls and
education. The award
is presented by the
American Educational
Research Association at
its annual meeting to a
person who has made a significant contribu-tion
to women and education.
Don Luse
Director of the Carolina Union, Luse began
a three-year term as president-elect, president
and then past-president of the Association
of College Unions International (ACUI)
during the organiza-tion’s
annual conference
March 19.
Founded in 1914,
ACUI is a nonprofit
educational organization
that brings together
college union and stu-dent
activities profes-sionals
from hundreds
of schools in seven
countries.
Carolina for Kibera
The Oklahoma City National Memorial
and Museum has selected Carolina for Kibera
to receive its 2008 Reflections of Hope
Award — and a $25,000 honorarium — at an
April 19 ceremony in Oklahoma City.
Founded in 2001 by then-undergraduate
Rye Barcott, Carolina for Kibera was named
a Time Magazine and Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation Hero of Global Health. Former
ABC anchor Bob Woodruff will present the
award to Barcott, now a graduate student at
Harvard University and retired U.S. Marine
captain, at the April 19 event.
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grumet
luse
excellence in research administration
Mark Kramer, second from left, assistant director for research administration with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,
receives the W. Scott Blackwood Excellence in Research Administration Award in February at a luncheon hosted at the Carolina Club by Tony
Waldrop, right, vice chancellor for research and economic development. The Blackwood award recognizes a Carolina employee for meritorious
and distinguished accomplishments in research administration at the University. Kramer was nominated by Shelton Earp, left, director of the
Lineberger center, Lineberger Professor of Cancer Research and professor of medicine and pharmacology, and by Michael O’Malley, second
from right, associate director of the center.
In their nomination letter Earp and O’Malley praised Kramer for his excellence, dedication, commitment and service. “For the past 18 years,
he has worked tirelessly for the cancer center and UNC,” they wrote. “He has always looked for new ways to improve our systems. He has
never shrugged off or refused the challenges of grant submissions — large or small.”
Earp and O’Malley said that Kramer’s “experience, knowledge and skill at pulling together the disparate threads of these large, complex
grants put him in a class by himself.”
contributed
april 9, 2008 9
Take advantage of
employee discounts
this summer
With summer just around the corner, it
is time to start planning for a well-deserved
holiday — either close to home or far away.
Take advantage of the many options to
save on vacation plans by using the University
employee discount program.
The program features local and national
discounts for faculty and staff on everything
from car and hotel rentals to great adventures
out West.
Experience the Tar Heel state
If staying in North Carolina, why not rent a
convertible and head out on a road trip? Explore
Biltmore House in Asheville, then head to the
coast to enjoy the sun and sandy beaches.
Even closer to home, enjoy the great American
pastime with the Durham Bulls baseball team.
After an afternoon game, head to one of the
many local restaurants offering discounts
and revel in the Bulls’ victory with family
and friends.
Theme park adventures
Explore the water works at Emerald Point
Wet N Wild water park in Greensboro, or
go bigger by spending the day at Six Flags in
Atlanta or Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.
Wild, wild west
The Grand Canyon Railway offers discounts
on packages including hotel and train trips to the
breathtaking Grand Canyon in Arizona. This is
an excellent adventure for families and an unfor-gettable
experience for young and old alike.
The details
Don’t forget Fido and Fluffy; family pets
can have their own vacations by staying at a
local pet-care facility. Discounts are avail-able
for local pet day cares, where four-footed
friends will be treated like royalty as their
family is traveling across the country or the
state. And don’t forget to take advantage of
the savings on car and hotel rentals.
Refer to hr.unc.edu/Data/benefits/
discounts to check out the wide variety of
discounts available. For more information on
Carolina employee discounts, call Employee
Services at 962-1483.
James Younger is Carolina blue
through and through. Now a housekeeper
in Facilities Ser-vices,
Younger sold
concessions at the
football stadium
on campus in his
early years, which
led him to become
a die-hard Carolina
football fan.
In one of his
many Carolina con-nections,
Younger
worked as a driver for UNC President
Emeritus William Friday and made trips
across the state with the for-mer
UNC system president.
Younger spent many
years working for Chrysler
in Detroit but returned
to North Carolina in the
early 1980s. He worked at
two local companies before
coming to the University in April 2004.
His current responsibilities in Housekeeping
Services keep him busy at the Administrative
Office Building (AOB), especially with recent
office moves. Dee Perry, business manager in the
Office of Human Resources, said, “James is one
of the best employees I’ve worked with at UNC.
He does his job in a professional manner and is
always eager to help in any way that he can. He
does this with a smile and friendly comment,
usually about sports.”
Younger also serves as a responsive on-call staff
member for numerous other buildings near AOB,
as well as others in Timberlyne and Chapel Hill
North. Younger is excellent at anticipating needs
and works quickly and efficiently. “You might as
well do it right the first time,” is a
motto that Younger lives by.
Younger was nominated for a
Star Heels award by several differ-ent
employees. He is an outstand-ing
example of a devoted employee
who works hard to give back to the
University and town that he loves.
Recently nominated Star
Heels recipients
Star Heels: Younger does it right the first time
Academic
Advising
Melissa Edwards
Jessica Smith
Dentistry,
Dean’s Office
Lisa Lalla
Dramatic Art
Jamie Strickland
Student Stores
Deborah Johnston
Law Library
Jesse Griffin
Periodontology
Jonathan Owens
Institute
for the
Environment
Rusty Rogers
Playmakers
Repertory
Company
Andrea Akin
School of
Government
James Balfour
Cindy Lee
Alicia Matthews
Missy Underwood
University
Library
John Williams
younger
The ITS Help Desk is highlighted in an
in-depth case study, “The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill: Integrating IT Sup-port
Institution-Wide,” published by the EDU-CAUSE
Center for Applied Research (ECAR).
The case study was created to complement
a core study titled “Service on the Front Line:
The IT Help Desk in Higher Education.”
According to the study, Carolina’s Help Desk
is able to provide a single point of contact for
problem resolution and referral because of the
close collaboration with the many departmental
and college or school technical support desks
throughout campus and the use of collaborative
tools like Remedy, a problem and service track-ing
application. This makes it easy for customers
to quickly find the help they need.
The University was selected for the study
after ITS responded to a Web-based survey that
was distributed to 1,473 EDUCAUSE member
institutions and participated in a follow-up
telephone interview. Two members of the
EDUCAUSE team spent a day meeting with
Help Desk staff and senior management.
“This report is a tribute to the vision, dedication
and hard work of the many staff who have
worked to build the program over the years,” said
Larry Conrad, vice chancellor for information
technology and chief information officer.
Although the case study is currently password-protected,
Carolina faculty, staff and students are
authorized to create and use an EDUCAUSE
login at www.educause.edu/Login/603. Refer
to connect.educause.edu/Library/ECAR/
UniversityofNorthCarolina/46179 to access
the case study.
ECAR assembles leading scholars, practi-tioners,
researchers and analysts to help higher
education leaders make informed decisions
about information technology.
ITS Help Desk service highlighted in EDUCAUSE center case study
Information Technology Services
Human Resources
Career banding information sessions scheduled
As announced last fall, the General
Assembly passed legislation that removed
the moratorium on implementing career
banding for the university system. All
permanent SPA positions (subject to
the State Personnel Act) at UNC will be
converted to the state’s career banding
classification and compensation system
effective April 28.
“While the structure of the career banding
program may result in changes to classification
job titles, it will not usually result in a change
to an employee’s working title, and it will not
impact an employee’s day-to-day work,” said
Vicki Bradley, senior director for employ-ment,
classification and compensation.
OHR will offer several information sessions
to provide an overview of career banding and
to provide an opportunity for employees to ask
general questions.
Refer to the Training and Development
Web site at www.training.unc.edu and
select the University Operations category
to register for one of the following sessions:
n April 10 — 9–10 a.m., Stone Center’s
Hitchcock Room;
n April 14 — 9–10 a.m., Wilson Library’s
Pleasants Family Assembly Room;
n April 15 — 2:30–3:30 p.m., Room 1131
Bioinformatics Building;
n April 16 — 2:30–3:30 p.m., Health
Sciences Library;
n April 17 — 9:30–10:30 a.m., Room 1131
Bioinformatics Building;
n April 22 — 9–10 a.m., Wilson Library’s
Pleasants Family Assembly Room;
n April 23 — 2–3p.m., Room 1500A
Administrative Office Building; and
n May 5 — 9–10 a.m., Room 1500A
Administrative Office Building.
OHR will monitor enrollments and offer
more sessions if demand warrants. The
employee information sessions are considered
paid work time. All employees should obtain
their supervisor’s approval before attending.
Additional position-specific information will
be provided to employees in the near future.
Career banding is a compensation man-agement
and position classification program
that was first introduced by the Office of State
Personnel in 2004. It reduces the number of
classification titles into broader classifications
with broader salary ranges. The program
emphasizes competencies required for the
position and aligns compensation with market
pay related to the position and its competencies.
For information, contact each department’s
employment, classification and compensa-tion
specialist on the OHR Connect Web site
(hrconnect.unc.edu) or call 843-2300.
10 University Gazette
The University has recognized the contri-butions
of three women — a faculty member,
a staff member and a student — in their efforts
to promote and support a positive campus
environment for women at Carolina.
The University Awards for the Advancement
of Women were presented last month to P.
Kay Lund, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of
Cell and Molecular Physiology in the School
of Medicine; Melva “Cookie” Newsom,
director of diversity education and research
in the Office of Diversity and Multicultural
Affairs; and Emily Joy Rothchild, a junior
music major from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Carolina Women’s Center received
58 nominations for this year’s awards, more
than double the number received last year.
The awards honor individuals who have
mentored or supported women on campus,
elevated the status of women or improved
campus policies for them, promoted women’s
recruitment and retention, or promoted
professional development for women.
Faculty and staff winners receive a check
for $5,000 and the student scholar receives a
check for $2,500.
Lund served as president of the UNC
Association of Professional Women in Medical
Sciences from 2004 to 2007 and is currently
the chair of the Working on Women in
Science Initiative steering committee. Her
lobbying has resulted in future career rec-ognition
and benefits to professional women
at the School of Medicine. She established
the seminar series “Celebrating Women in
Science and Medicine,” which recognizes
achievements of women in science.
Lund also has trained and mentored many
women junior faculty and students through-out
her career, including 14 doctoral students
and more than 30 post-doctoral students,
clinical fellows and undergraduates.
Newsom is chair of the Black Faculty and
Staff Caucus, which includes a mentoring
program for African-American women, and
was instrumental in the development of the
University’s first diversity plan. She mentors
other women as a member of the Board
of Advisors for Leadership Institute and
Leadership Academy and through her
“Sister Lunch,�� a networking and mentoring
activity for women of color on campus that
she established.
She recently hosted “Conversations with
Cookie,” a series of discussions about women’s
issues. She serves on the Orange County
Rape Crisis Center’s board of directors and
is a co-planner of the annual Summer Public
Health Research Institute and Videoconfer-ence
on Minority Health.
Rothchild is co-chair of the Women’s
Affairs Committee of the Executive Branch of
Student Government and serves as a student
representative for both the Carolina Women’s
Center program advisory council and the
Provost’s Committee on Gender Equity.
She was instrumental in the passage of the
Safety and Security Fee increase and worked
with Campus Health Services to revise its
Web site to offer more pregnancy-related
options for women. She has organized a
professional women’s dinner to bring together
undergraduate and professional women for
networking and mentoring.
The University Awards for the Advance-ment
of Women were created following the
retirement of the Cornelia Phillips Spencer
Bell Award in 2004.
Enrollment from page 1
A preliminary finding is that Carolina is
utilizing space at the standard expected
rate, she told the council. Using classrooms
30 to 35 hours per week with 80 percent of
the room in use is considered full capacity.
Compared to the national norm, Carolina is
at full capacity, Gray-Little said.
Preserving excellence
The second study presented to trustees,
undertaken by Art & Science Group LLC,
looked at the possible impact of enrollment
growth on the quality of the entering first-year
class.
UNC General Administration’s projection
of 80,000 additional students, while method-ologically
sound, is somewhat higher than
recent projections by the Western Interstate
Commission on Higher Education, Art &
Science said.
After comparing the two sets of projec-tions,
Art & Science estimated the number of
public high school graduates would increase
by nearly 21 percent between 2011 and 2018,
compared to the 2007���08 school year.
As the oldest public university in the United
States and as the flagship of the UNC system,
Carolina has a responsibility to respond to
the growing needs of the state’s growing
population, Moeser said.
At the same time, however, the University
must do all it can to ensure that necessary
resources are made available to accommodate
that growth while not diluting the University’s
quality or reputation, he said.
Carolina has sought to be the first choice of
the top students in the state for generations,
and the University continues to make head-way
in that area.
For instance, 73 percent of North Carolina
high school seniors who scored at or above
1300 on the SAT applied for admission in
fall 2007, and 39 percent enrolled. Similarly,
86 percent of students with an SAT score
of 1400 or above applied to Carolina, and
45 percent enrolled.
UNC must do its part to accept more
students, and at the same time, remain attractive
to the best students across North Carolina,
Moeser said.
But the Art & Science demographic fore-cast
suggested that the pool of top-quality
students will not increase in proportion to the
overall increase in students.
Ben Edwards, the group’s principal and
managing partner, said the number of in-state
students who are top SAT scorers has not
changed substantially over the past decade,
even though the total number of students
who took the SAT has increased.
Edwards said his estimates were based on
the assumption that this same flat pattern will
continue in the ensuing decade.
Changing demographics
A major driver of the growth in high school
graduates will be the continuing increase in
the Hispanic population. The number of
Hispanic high school graduates is projected
to increase by 377 percent as the number
of white non-Hispanic students remains
virtually unchanged.
Among other racial groups, Asian-
American high school graduates are expected
to increase by 72 percent, black students by
9 percent and American Indians and Alaska
Natives by 6 percent.
Even if quality is maintained, Edwards said,
the sheer size of the student body might deter
some top students from choosing Carolina.
In fact, many of the top students in the
state who inquire about Carolina, but do not
apply, apply instead to top-ranked mid-sized
institutions with 6,000 to 7,000 students, the
study showed.
The Art & Science study is testing a
range of strategies that Carolina might use
to maintain or enhance its attractiveness to
talented students even in the face of enrollment
growth. As a preliminary step, the study
modeled the possible impact of growth
using the fall 2007 first-year applicant pool
as a baseline.
This preliminary projection suggested that,
in the absence of any intervention on the part
of the University, growth in total enrollment
to 33,000 could result in a decrease in the aver-age
SAT score of admitted first-year students
to 1327, a 10-point drop from the average
score of 1337 posted by students admitted in
the current academic year, Edwards said.
University trustee John Ellison asked
whether a 10-point drop was statistically
significant for Carolina and its reputation as a
highly selective university.
“A 10-point drop in a class this size is sig-nificant,”
said Steve Farmer, the University’s
assistant provost and director of admissions.
Ongoing study
Gray-Little said the University’s work to
examine issues associated with enrollment
growth would continue. For instance, ad-ministrators
will seek additional input from
students about their perceptions of educational
quality and whether the size of a university
affects their decision to attend a school.
Calling the challenge facing the UNC system
“a virtual tsunami” for education, Moeser
told the Faculty Council, “We must grow in a
thoughtful way. The University’s motto is to do
no harm during this effort and to push our uni-versity
toward even higher levels of attainment.”
Information about the preliminary studies
is posted on the Board of Trustees Web site
at www.unc.edu/depts/trustees.
Building from page 1
Carolina honors three with
women’s advancement awards
Winners of the University Award for the Advancement of Women pose March 24 with Chancellor James
Moeser. They are, from left, Kay Lund, Melva “Cookie” Newsom and Emily Rothchild.
corner of West Drive and Mason Farm Road
directly south of the Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center, will house the Biomedical Imag-ing
Research Center and the Center for Nano-medicine
plus offices, labs and support space.
Carolina North
In other matters, Jack Evans, executive director
of Carolina North, updated trustees on ongoing
progress between the University and the town
in moving Carolina North, the University’s
planned mixed-use academic and research
campus, forward.
Evans said the UNC Board of Governors
approved a resolution in support of Carolina
North at its March 7 meeting.
The resolution states that Carolina North
would promote the economic transformation of
North Carolina and would make a “significant
contribution to the recommendations of
the UNC Tomorrow report, especially by
making North Carolina more competitive in the
global economy, transforming the economy of
the community and the state, providing a home
for research to improve health and the environ-ment,
and engaging in civic outreach.”
The resolution said, “There is now an
urgent need to develop Carolina North to help
the state attract the talent and resources that
drive innovation.”
Evans also provided updates on two founda-tional
studies.
The first is the transit study that had been
scheduled for completion in late February.
The second is the fiscal impact study, which
would attempt to measure the myriad ways
the development of Carolina North would
increase tax revenues for the town of Chapel Hill,
and at the same time, require an expansion of
town services.
Evans said he hoped to have a written report
of the fiscal impact analysis by the end of May.
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Location: Front of Woollen Gym
Time: Registration and check-in: 11:30 am – noon
Run/Walk start: 12:15 p.m.
Prizes: All participants will be eligible for prize drawings following the run/
walk. An award will be given to the team with the most participants. An
award will also be given to the team with the most creative costumes
celebrating the spring season.
Food Drive: Collections will be made for two charities this season:
Non-perishable food items to be donated to a local food bank. Non-perishable
PET items to be donated to the local animal shelters (besides
food, old blankets, leashes, bowls, collars, etc., are all welcome). Those
making a donation to either cause will be eligible for a special drawing.
Refreshments: Free refreshments will be provided for participants after
the event.
Reminder: Pre-registration forms must be received by Monday, April 28
Participants may register on the day of the event, but only pre-registered
teams will be eligible for the team award. Please have each member of
your team fill out the attached team registration form, and return to
campus mail.
Mail to: Employee Fitness, CB# 8610, Fax: 962-0489, Phone: 962-7348
keep left-hand section as a reminder
I understand the potential health dangers associated with vigorous exercise and hereby
assume all risk of injury which may be associated with participation in the 2008 Spring
Fling. I waive any and all claims, and release, absolve, and indemnify the University
Administration and Department of Exercise and Sport Science/Campus Recreation staff
for any injury I may sustain while participating in this event. I further agree to obey all
pedestrian traffic laws (i.e. remain on the sidewalk, stop at all red lights, cross at crosswalks,
wait for oncoming traffic to pass, etc.) and release from responsibility the Town of Chapel
Hill and all of its officers and agents, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Name (please print)
Department/UNIT
	
e-mail		phone	
Signature
Spring Fling Friday, May 2, 2008 3-MILE FUN RUN — 1.5-MILE WALK Rain or Shine
journalism and mass communication,
who will receive the Student Service-Learn-ing
Award.
BOG solicits 2008 award
nominations
The UNC Board of Governors is accepting
nominations through May 12 for its 2008
Board of Governors Award for Excellence
in Public Service.
This award was created in 2007 to
encourage, identify, recognize and reward
public service by UNC system faculty.
Eligibility is limited to UNC system
faculty and should target sustained and
outstanding achievement in university public
service and outreach, and contributions to
improving the quality of life of the citizens
of North Carolina.
Send nominations, accompanied by
biographical information and a statement
of the nominee’s public service achieve-ments,
to Mike Smith, vice chancellor for
engagement and dean of the School of
Government, CB# 3300.
For information, contact Bart Corgnati
(962-4592 or bbc@northcarolina.edu).
Bell Tower parking deck
construction limits access
Access to the Bell Tower Lot is now
closed due to parking deck construction in
that area, except for construction, service
and emergency vehicles.
Deliveries to the surrounding buildings,
including the Stone Center and Coker
Hall, must be scheduled through the Bell
Tower Construction Management Field
Office (933-9822).
The traffic signal at the intersection of
South Road with the older, existing Bell
Tower Drive has been deactivated. Pedes-trians
now must cross with the new signal
that has been relocated at the intersection
of South Road with Old Bell Tower Drive,
one block to the east.
Refer to www.dps.unc.edu/NewsLinks/
BGClosedWeb/BGClosed.pdf to see a
map of the area. For more information, call
the Department of Public Safety (962-3951).
jon gardiner
Contact Jennifer Pruitt to register ((962-7757,
jennifer_pruitt@unc.edu).
NOTEWORT HY
APLES (Assisting People in Planning
Learning Experiences in Service)
www.unc.edu/apples.
4/17 Poster presentations, Annual APPLES
Service-Learning Showcase Celebration:
Fruits of our Labor. Faculty Commons,
Campus Y. 4-6:15 pm.
BEL TOWER TOASTMASTERS
Contact Doug Strong: 843-9377, strongd@med.
unc.edu. www.unc.edu/bellttmi/btmaster.htm.
Every Tuesday Practice formal and informal presen-tations
with feedback. 5th floor conf room,
Health Sciences Library. 11:45 a.m. -1 pm.
CAROLINA ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE
RSVP to rsvpkenan@unc.edu. www.carolinachal-lenge.
org.
4/19 Culmination of 2008 Carolina Challenge.
Includes presentations by four finalist
teams, announcement of winners.
Celebration with band, barbecue follows.
Aud, Koury. Presentations, 5-6:30 pm; an-nouncement
of winners, celebration, 7 pm.
CHANCELOR’S AWARDS
Call 966-3128.
4/16 Student Chancellor’s Awards presentations
and Student Undergraduate Teaching and
Staff Awards. Great Hall, Union. 3 pm.
FRIDAY CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep. Call 962-2643. $
What’s the Big Idea?
4/10 A Closer Look at Gene and Tissue
Engineering. David Gerber. 7-9 pm.
4/17 Genetic Research and its Medical Applica-tions.
Cam Patterson, James Evans. 7-9 pm.
JOHNSTON CENTER FOR
UNDERGRADUATE EXCELENCE
Call 966-5110, e-mail jcue@unc.edu;
www.unc.edu/depts/jcue.
Thursdays on the Terrace
4/10 Carolina Student Performers: Black
Swamp Bootleggers. Terrace, Graham
Memorial. Noon-2 pm.
LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER
Call Mary Seagroves, 966-5905. E-mail mary_sea-groves@
med.unc.edu.
4/12 Beach Ball, auction to benefit Lineberger’s
programs. University Mall. 9 pm-1 am. $
PURCHASING SERVICES
Call Jane Tornow, 962-3773. E-mail tornow@email.
unc.edu.
4/16 Vendor forum for campus research
community. MBRB. 10 am-2 pm.
RETIRED FACULTY ASOCIATION
Call 933-5098 for reservations.
4/15 Quarterly meeting: “On Being a Scientist
for 60 Years.” Oliver Smithies. Friday Ctr.
11 am-1:30 pm. Buffet follows.
UNIVERSITY MANAGERS ASOCIATION
E-mail duval@mail.fpg.unc.edu. uma.unc.edu.
4/16 Third Wednesday Conversations – brown
bag lunch. Campus Y. 11:45 am.
DEADLINES TO WATCH
BRIDGES Academic
Leadership for Women
fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/bridges. Call Annette
Madden, 962-1123; e-mail madden @email.unc.
edu.
5/1 Deadline to apply for fall BRIDGES program.
UNC Board of Governors
Call Bart Corgnati, 962-4592; e-mail bbc@north-carolina.
edu.
5/12 Deadline to make nominations for 2008
Board of Governors Award for Excellence in
Public Service. Send nominations with bio
information and the nominee’s public ser-vice
achievements to Mike Smith, CB# 3300.
FITNESS | RECREATION |
WELLNESS
CAMPUS RECREATION
203 Woollen Gym. Call 843-PLAY.
pomerant@email.unc.edu, www.campusrec.unc.
edu/events.html. Gym/pool privilege card required.
For complete listings of campus recreation facilities
and links to each program, refer to www.campus-rec.
unc.edu/Facilities.htm.
KIDS ROCK (RECREATIONAL
OPORTUNITIES FOR CAROLINA KIDS)
www.campusrec.unc.edu/heels.html#family_fun.
RSVP to tleighc@email.unc.edu at least two days
before scheduled event.
4/12 Rodeo. Bring bike/helmet and learn about
bike safety. Includes bicycle events.
Friday Ctr. parking lot. 10 am-noon. Free.
WALK FOR WELNES
E-mail lmangili@email.unc.edu. wwwcampusrec.
unc.edu/heels.html.
Walks held through the week from various
locations on campus. Refer to Web site for routes
and more info.
EMPLOYE RECREATION
Contact Lauren Mangili, lmangili@email.unc.edu,
962-7348. www.campusrec.unc.edu/heels.html.
Employee fitness program. For complete listings of
services, see Web site.
TRAININ G
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
E-mail LearnIT@unc.edu. LearnIT.unc.edu.
Refer to Web site for current schedule of work-shops
that include information technology topics
for faculty, staff, students.
News Briefs from page 5 Calendar from page 12
‘ a m a d e u s ’
Janie Brookshire as Constanze and Ray Dooley as Antonio Salieri appear in PlayMakers
Repertory Company’s production of “Amadeus,” playing through April 20. Dooley is a professor
of dramatic art. For ticket information, call 962-PLAY (7529) or see www.playmakersrep.org.
12 University Gazette
Exhibitions
n  “Perspectives on Public Justice.”
Through 5/4.
n  “The Pursuit of Learning.”
Through 5/18.
n  “Glorifying Patronage.” Through
8/17.
n  “New Currents in Contemporary
Art.” UNC-Chapel Hill Master of Fine
Arts Thesis Exhibition.” Opens 4/12
through 5/11.
n  “Contemporary Drawings from
the Ackland Collection.” Opens 4/19
through 3/17.
UNC GLOBAL
global.unc.edu. Contact Laura Griest,
lauragriest@unc.edu.
n  “Form in Translation: The Art of
Judith Ernst.” FedEx Global
Education Ctr. Through 5/30.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY
www.hsl.unc.edu.
n  “Great Minds/Great Finds.”
n  “Celebrating National Occupational
Therapy Month.”
RENAISANCE COMPUTING
INSTITUTE
n  “Spectacular Justice.” Joyce
Rudinsky. Fridays-Saturdays, through
4/25. 1-5 pm.
ROBERT AND SALIE BROWN
GALLERY AND MUSEUM
Stone Ctr, 150 South Rd. 962-9001.
Gallery hours: 10 am-7 pm, Mon-Fri,
closed University holidays.
n  “PepperPot: Multimedia Installation, Meaning
and the Medium in Contemporary African
Diasporic Art.” Through 5/11.
WILSON LIBRARY
Exhibit areas open Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm (NC Collec-tion
Gallery opens at 9 am.). Weekend hours vary
by exhibit; call 962-0114 for details. NC Collection
Gallery offers guided tours Wednesdays at 2 pm,
other times by appointment. Call 962-1172.
Special Events
4/17 John Branch speaks about his career in
a lecture related to “Lines of Humor”: “A
Tar Heel Cartoonist in Texas: Drawing the
Line in the Lone Star State.” Pleasants
Family Assembly Room. 5:45 pm.
Reception, 5 pm.
4/23 Panel discusson on the topic of avante
garde poetry in post-World War I Ameri-ca,
related to “The Beats” exhibit. 6 pm.
Second (Main) Floor
n  The History of the North Carolina Collection. Hall.
n  “Lines of Humor, Shades of Controversy: A
Century of Student Cartooning at UNC.” Through
5/31. Also, exhibits on Sir Walter Raleigh, UNC
history, rare bird prints, Eng and Chang, plus
historic rooms. NC Collection Gallery.
n  Recent Acquisitions, NC Collection Reading
Room.
Third Floor
n  “The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetry,
1950-1975.” Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Rm.
Through 7/3.
Fourth Floor
n  “Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns and
Ron Liberti.”
LECTURES | SEMINARS |
COLLO QUIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture with Knight
Professor Rich Beckman: “The Road Less Traveled
– Changing the World One Story at a Time.” 111
Carroll. 5:30 pm.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
ITS Teaching and Learning Distinguished Speaker
Series: “Teaching and Learning Innovation:
Taming the Tiger. Malcolm Brown, director of
academic computing, Dartmouth. Toy Lounge,
Dey. 10-11:30 am. its.unc.edu/tl/dss.
Injury Prevention Research Center “The Effective-ness
of a School-Based Social Skills Training
Program: Preliminary Findings from a Group
READINGS | FILMS |
PER FORMANCES
BUL’S HEAD BOKSHOP
Call 962-5060, bullshead@store.
unc.edu.
4/17 Eric Jerome Dickey reads
from his newest novel
“Pleasure.” 3 pm.
4/22 Poetry readings to celebrate
Wilson Library’s Rare Book
Collection exhibit “The Beats
and Beyond.” Readings by
Anne Waldman, co-founder
of Jack Kerouac School of
Disembodied Poetics at
Naropa, and Ed Sanders,
founder of the Fugs. 3:30 pm.
CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS
Call 843-3333. performingarts@unc.
edu. www.carolinaperformingarts.
org. $ Unless noted, all performances
in Memorial Hall.
4/10 North Carolina Symphony.
8 pm.
4/11 Carolina Union Activities
Board presents Musiq
Soulchild. 8 pm.
4/12 Bang on a Can All-Stars. 8 pm.
4/14, 19 Clef Hangers 30th Anniver-sary
Spring Concerts. 8 pm.
4/18 Merce Cunningham Dance
Company. 8 pm.
4/20 University Band, Symphony
Band, Wind Ensemble. 2 pm.
4/22 Brahms Requiem. 7:30 pm.
4/23 Spirit of Uganda. 7:30 pm.
DEPARTMENT OF DRAMATIC ART MAINSTAGE
E-mail ddamainstage@yahoo.com.
4/11-15 Tim Robbins’ “Dead Man Walking,”
based on the book of the same name by
Sister Helen Prejean. Kenan Theatre, Ctr
for Dramatic Art. 4/11, 13, 14, 8:15 pm;
4/12, 15, 5 pm; 4/14, 4 pm. $ (free for Play-
Makers subscribers). Buy tickets at door
up to one hour before performance.
INSTITUTE FOR The Arts and Humanities
www.unc.edu/depts/csas/Conferences/richcard-wright.
html.
Richard Wright Centennial
4/12 Staged Reading of the Paul Green Adap-tation
of “Native Son.” Gerrard. 7:30 pm.
Free, but tickets required: 843-3333.
4/13 Richard Wright Centennial Commemora-tive.
Memorial. 7:30 pm. Free, but tickets
required: 843-3333.
LORELEIS
www.loreleis.com. E-mail criswell@email.unc.edu.
4/26 Spring Concert and release of CD,
“On the Record.” Memorial. 4 pm.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Call 962-1039. music.unc.edu.
4/10, 11 An Evening of Zaruela Music. UNC Opera,
scholarship benefit concert. Aud, Hill.
4/10, 7:30 pm; 4/11, 8 pm. $
4/12 Garnet Ungar, piano. Aud, Hill. 8 pm.
4/13 UNC Guitar Ensemble Spring Concert.
Aud, Hill. 2 pm.
4/13 Masterclass: Garnet Ungar. Aud, Hill. 4 pm.
4/15 New Music from the Composition Studio.
Person Recital. 7:30 pm.
4/15 New Music from the Electro-Acoustic
Studio. Person Recital. 7:30 pm.
4/18 Carolina Symposia on Music and Culture.
David Cohen, Columbia U. Person Recital.
3:30 pm.
4/18 University Chamber Players. Person
Recital. 8 pm.
4/20 UNC Bands Concert. Memorial. 2 pm.
4/22 Newman Series and Music on the Hill:
Brahams’ German Requiem. Memorial.
7:30 pm.
PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY
Call 962-7529, www.playmakersrep.org. $
Through 4/20 “Amadeus.” Paul Green Theatre. See
Web site for times.
4/23-27 PRC² series: “Witness to an Execution.”
Kenan Theatre, Ctr for Dramatic Art.
4/23-27, 8 pm; 4/27, 2 pm.
Next calendar includes: april 24 – May 7
deadline for submissions: 5 p.m., mon., april 14
E-mail: gazette@unc.edu
Fax: 962-2279: Clearly mark for the Gazette.
CAMPUS BOX: 6205
The Gazette calendar is geared only toward items
of general interest. For complete listings of
Carolina events, see the Carolina Calendar at
www.unc.edu/calendar For complete listings
on Carolina athletics, see tarheelblue.com.
i t ’ s a l l o n l i n e
April 9 – april 23 Calendar
‘ b o y s w i t h c h i h u a h u a ’
Shown is a detail of Taj Forerr’s color print, part of the “New
Currents in Contemporary Art” exhibit opening April 12 at the
Ackland Art Museum. The opening reception, free and open to the
public, is April 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. All work is by the graduating
class of master of fine arts students.
See Calendar, page 11
ATTRACTIONS
MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM
Call 549-6863 for show times or 962-1236, mhplan-et@
unc.edu. www.moreheadplanetarium.org. $
Classes
4/16-5/21 Beginning Skywatching. 7-9 pm.
Skywatching
4/12 Mars, Moon, Saturn. 8:30-10:30 pm.
Exhibit
n  The Ancient Carolinians. Morehead South
Gallery. Free.
Special Event
4/21 “Our Vanishing Night.” Star Theater.
7:30 pm. Free.
NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN
www.ncbg.unc.edu.
Hours
Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm; Sun, 1-6 pm.
Piedmont Nature Trails: Dawn to dusk daily.
Call 962-0522.
Art at the Garden
n  “Flora, Friend and Foe.” Dale A. Morgan and
Claire Alderks Miller exhibit paintings of plants and
animals. Through 4/29
Classes/workshops
4/11 Digital Camera Workshop. $
4/14 Native Plant Studies: Spring Flora. $
Tours/Walks/Hikes
4/12, 19 Saturday morning tours of the plant
displays. Meet in front of Totten Ctr. 10 am.
4/19 Tour of Coker Arboretum. Meet inside
arboretum at Cameron Ave. 11 am.
Children’s Programs
Every Thursday Nature Tales: Story Time at the
Garden. Ages 3-5 (must be accompanied
by an adult). 10 am. $
GALLERIES | EXHIBITS
ACKLAND ART MUSEUM
Wed-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Call 843-1611
(tape), 966-5736 (voice), 962-0837 (TTY); ackland@
email.unc.edu, www.ackland.org.
Special Events
4/11 Art after Dark. Galleries open till 9 pm.
4/12 Drawing in the Galleries. 10 am-noon.
4/16 Lunch with One: One Work of Art, One
Expert, One Hour. 1-2 pm.
4/20 Music in the Galleries. Roger Akers,
Lucille Purser, Jon Baker. 2-4 pm.
4/22 Yoga in the Galleries. Noon-1 pm.
Randomized Trial.” Mark Fraser. Suite 500, Bank
of America Plaza, 137 East Franklin St. 3 pm.
University Minor in the Study of Christianity and
Culture, University Program in Cultural Studies,
Department of Social Medicine “What to Do with
the Dead in the 19th Century.” Thomas W.
Laqueur, U California. 116 Murphey. 3:30 pm.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11 – SATURDAY, APRIL 12
Institute for the Arts and Humanities, et. al
“Germany’s 1968: A Cultural Revolution?” Hyde.
Registration required. $ www.german.duke.edu/
ncgermanstudies/infopages/workshop.html.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
Institute for the Arts and Humanities Richard
Wright Centennial Colloquium. University Rm,
Hyde. 1 pm.
MONDAY, APRIL 14
Faculty Governance “Do Ideas Matter in American
Politics? A Conversation about Transcendentalism,
Fundamentalism and Liberalism.” Philip Gura,
Michael Lienesch, John McGowan. Faculty
Commons, Campus Y. 3:30 pm.
School of Public Health 40th Annual Fred T. Foard
Memorial Lecture: “Health Care Reform and
the 2008 Presidential Candidates.” Jonathan B.
Oberlander. Friday Ctr. 6:30-7:30 pm. Reception
precedes lecture, 5:30 pm. Free, but registration
required: www.sph.unc.edu/foard.
Carolina Center for Jewish Studies “Remember-ing
Survival: Postwar Testimonies of the Stara-chowice
Factory Slave Labor Camps.” Christopher
Browning. Theatre, Stone Ctr. 7:30 pm.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
UNC Horizons Program “Breaking the Bonds of
Addiction and Trauma: Implications and Treatment
for Women and Their Children.” Friday Ctr. 8
am-4:30 pm. www.unchorizons.com, 966-9803.
Technology Development Carolina Innovations
Seminar Series: “Stay Out of Hot Water! Managing
Tech Transfer Related Conflicts of Interest.” Juliann
Tenney, Sherrie Settle. 211 Chapman. 5:15-6:15 pm.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Department of Psychiatry 15th Annual Schizo-phrenia
Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP)
Symposium: “What’s New in Schizophrenia:
Reports from the Front Lines of Research at UNC.”
Friday Ctr. 8 am-1 pm. $ Call 966-8990 or e-mail
jlinn@med.unc.edu.
MONDAY, APRIL 21
Health Policy and Administration “Climate
Change, Natural Hazards, and the University:
Mitigation Planning for a Disaster Resilient Univer-sity.”
Peter Robinson, Steve Kenny, James Porto.
Toy Lounge, Dey. 3-4:30 pm.
College of Arts and Sciences “Truth, Justice and
the Evangelical Way”: Christianity and Culture
Speaker Series. Kristin Deede Johnson, Hope
College. Assembly Rm, Wilson Library. 5:30 pm.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
School of Education “Implications of Evidence-
Centered Design for Teaching, Learning and
Assessment: Lessons Learned in the Context of
the Advanced Placement Programs.” Kristen Huff,
senior director of AP Research and Assessment De-sign,
College Board, NY. 310 Peabody. 5:30-7 p.m.
Institute for the Environment Earth Day speech:
“Some Like it Hot, but Lots More Don’t: The Chang-ing
Climate of US Politics.” David Orr, Oberlin
College. 111 Carroll. 7:30 pm.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and
Economic Development, School of Public Health
“The Twelve Keys to Successful Grant Writing.”
Robert Lowman. Aud, Hooker. 1-4:30 pm.