Three staff members will have the opportunity to participate in January 2017. 

The Global Education Program (GEP) was introduced in January 2015 when three staff members accompanied faculty and students to Ireland, Europe, and the Dominican Republic. 

The GEP application is available on the website and the deadline to apply is June 17.  

Mail application to: Michael Williams 2995 Campus Box.  

Lew takes over for Ron Klepcyk, who retired at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. 

Lew most recently served at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center as associate vice president for human resources operations and strategy. He previously held senior human resource positions at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and at Partners HealthCare system’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts. 

No stranger to higher education, Lew has also served as director of employee relations and staffing for Berklee College of Music in Boston.

He officially started his new role on Sept. 14, 2015.

The individuals chosen will provide faculty and students support January 2016 during a three-week, Winter Term global engagement class.  

Staff representatives will not have to take vacation time for the approved period. Staff participants will receive a per diem for daily expenses. Meals, travel, and accommodations will be covered. Programs mirror dates for winter term classes.

Three 黑料不打烊  employees participated in the inaugural program Winter Term January 2015:

Dwight Davis
2015 Office Support Staff Representative Global Engagement Opportunity. 
“I left with more of an awareness.”

Stephanie Page  
2015 Administrative Staff Representative Global Engagement Opportunity. 
“I enjoyed seeing students through a different lens.”

Anthony Totten
2015 Physical Plant Staff Representative Global Engagement Opportunity.
“I saw a side of these students that made me proud. I’d give them an A+!”

Review program details and apply here
Only applications delivered to The Staff Advisory Council by June 15, 2015 will be accepted. Karen Pore CB 2050, email porek@elon.edu or

Darlene Boggs worked as an environmental services employee, most recently in Loy Center and Whitley Auditorium, before her July death. She acted as a mentor to younger employees and took pride in maintaining university facilities, friends said.

Boggs was praised at the April 22, 2015, dedication ceremony for both her humility and for being “brutally honest,” traits that endeared her to others.

黑料不打烊 dedicates benches in memory of faculty or staff who die while employed by the university to mark and continue their memory on campus. Boggs’ sister, Cheryl Riley, also works at 黑料不打烊 in environmental services and was joined at the dedication by her brother Ed Bell and his wife, Sandra.

Boggs began her work at 黑料不打烊 in August 2006 and had nearly eight years of service with assignments that also included Danieley Center.

“She changed our lives by being herself,” said 黑料不打烊 Chaplain Jan Fuller. “This is a moment and a place at 黑料不打烊 to give thanks for having her in our lives.”

黑料不打烊 President Leo M. Lambert and top administrators answered questions Tuesday morning from staff members who learned more from leaders about institutional priorities for the upcoming academic year.

Lambert and senior staff members met with university employees during two sessions at Whitley Auditorium. Details about the upcoming academic year were shared with听all faculty and staff earlier in August, and Tuesday’s session allowed staff members to ask questions and provide feedback.

Excerpts from the campus听update shared with staff听include the following:

Admissions

The university received a record 10,428 applications for the Class of 2018 and will welcome about 1,490 first-year students and 100 new transfer students to campus on Aug. 22.听An additional 15 first-year students will participate in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Gap Semester experience during the fall and arrive on campus in January for Winter Term.

The following is a snapshot of the Class of 2018:

鈥� Average GPA for incoming first-year students: 4.0

鈥� Average SAT: 1834; average ACT: 27

鈥� Ethnic diversity: 17 percent

鈥� First-generation students: 91 (6 percent of the class)

鈥� Top five states represented: North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut

鈥� Top 10 majors: Business Administration, Biology, Psychology, Communication Science, Finance, Media Arts and Entertainment, Journalism, Marketing, Exercise Sport Science and Political Science

Interest in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Health Sciences graduate programs continues to grow. Following last year鈥檚 increases, applications for the Doctor of Physical Therapy program were up 11 percent, while applications for the master of Physician Assistant Studies increased 101 percent. Both the DPT and PA programs are fully enrolled.

Expanded opportunities for graduate study in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, including the new Master of Science in Management beginning in fall 2015, look to increase overall graduate enrollment in the Love School. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 iMedia program, having experienced unprecedented yield from admitted applicants last year, enrolled 32 students this year.

While applications to law schools continue their downward trend nationally, including at 黑料不打烊, enrollment deposits are up 10 percent this year over last year at the School of Law, and a fully enrolled first-year class is expected. This year marks the first time that the entering class includes more out-of-state students than students from North Carolina.

Academic Affairs

黑料不打烊 Core Curriculum听

The university鈥檚 general education program has been substantially revised and reframed over the last three years. The incoming class of students will participate in the 黑料不打烊 Core Curriculum (formerly called General Studies), the First-Year Foundations (not the First-Year Core), COR 110 (not GST 110), Core Forums (not GST pods), a two-unit ELR (not one), and a COR capstone seminar (not a GST seminar) that includes an integrative capstone project.

The 黑料不打烊 Core Curriculum office is also undergoing a substantial change, moving to the second floor of the new Global Commons building. The new space will house 11 faculty from across the university who teach COR courses, particularly in the first year (Dr. Evan Gatti, Dr. Steve Braye, Dr. Matt Buckmaster, Dr. Mat Gendle, Dr. Mina Garcia-Soormally, Dr. Amy Johnson, Dr. Tom Arcaro, Dr. Ahemd Abdullah Fadaam, Dr. Hella Cohen, Dr. Jennifer Hart, and Dr. Jeffrey Coker). The second floor of the Global Commons building will serve as an incubator for interdisciplinary, global thinking, and integration across the curriculum.

Are You Ready?

The television studio in the School of Communications was busy this summer with live programming for incoming first-year students. Academic Affairs, Student Life, and Teaching Learning Technologies joined together to pilot a new series for incoming first-year students to raise academic expectations. Called 鈥淎re You Ready?,鈥� the series was offered online and allowed students to interact with staff from key offices on campus, ask questions, and most importantly hear from other students about life at 黑料不打烊. A dozen sections of 黑料不打烊 101 have already commenced online as another element of this work.

Second-Language Proficiency听

The study of a second language and understanding the cultural contexts of language are critical to preparing students to be engaged, contributing citizens in our increasingly interconnected global environment. The white paper on Creating a Climate of Second-Language Proficiency at 黑料不打烊, shared last spring, makes clear that more can, and should, be done to prepare graduates who are proficient in a second language, encourage students to study another language, and provide opportunities for students to employ their second-language skills. To continue this important work, a committee has been formed to study and make recommendations regarding ways to strengthen and enhance second-language acquisition at 黑料不打烊. The co-chairs of the committee are Dr. Cassie Kircher, Professor of English, and Dr. Maurice Levesque, Associate Provost for Assessment and Academic Operations and Professor of Psychology.

Writing Excellence Initiative and Belk Library听

This summer the first floor of Belk Library was renovated to more appropriately reflect the full integration of writing excellence across the 黑料不打烊 community. As outlined in the Quality Enhancement Plan of 2012-13, the renovation includes the visual and functional integration of the services of the Writing Center, Writing Across the University program, Belk Library, Academic Tutoring, and Teaching & Learning Technologies. Look for these inviting, highly functional spaces to encourage consultation with the consolidated experts, as well as spaces to foster collaborative and individual writing, research, and academic work.

Residential Campus Initiative

This fall marks several significant milestones for the Residential Campus Initiative, which is designed to integrate academic and residential experiences in order to further students鈥� intellectual, personal, and community development. More than 700 incoming students will be in 42 courses linked to the students鈥� residential neighborhoods, and 438 students will reside in 18 living-learning communities (students living together with a common intellectual theme or interest).

All four residential neighborhoods with large numbers of first-year students will now have a live-in faculty director working alongside a Student Life staff member to guide the programming efforts in the neighborhood, with Amy Allocco returning to the Global Neighborhood and three new faculty directors鈥擠r. Cara McFadden in Danieley Center, Dr. Nancy Midgette in the Historic Neighborhood, and Dr. Alan Russell in the Colonnades Neighborhood. All seven of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 neighborhoods will be led by a neighborhood association co-chaired by a faculty member and student life staff member.

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Physician Assistant Studies

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) will visit campus on November 6-7 as part of the multi-step accreditation process. The visiting team will review the program鈥檚 compliance in delivering the curriculum and assessment.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)听

The School of Education NCATE reaccreditation report will be submitted on August 22, 2014, followed by a visit this fall from the NCATE Board of Examiners team chair. The full team will visit campus April 19-21, 2015. In preparation for the visit, the School of Education website has been redesigned.

New Facilities听

Global Neighborhood

Opening in August are the three final residential buildings in the Global Neighborhood (total number of students is now 595), with three classrooms and the Global Commons building, which will feature Argo Tea and the Great Hall. The Great Hall is a beautiful large space for students to study and gather in small groups. It will also host a handful of large events during the year. The Global Commons will house the Global Neighborhood office, a computer lab, a 75-seat media room on the first floor, the Core Curriculum office with 12 faculty offices on the second floor, and the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center on the third floor. Global House C is the new home for the Residence Life Office and provides three apartments for full-time and visiting faculty.

The Inman Admissions Welcome Center

With the successful completion of fundraising last fall, including the lead gift by Trustee Bill Inman and his wife, Pat, a groundbreaking ceremony was held last October for the Inman Admissions Welcome Center. The two-story, 32,000-square-foot building is scheduled to open in January 2015 and will consolidate all campus visit, admissions and financial planning staff into one central location. The Inman Admissions Welcome Center will serve as the university鈥檚 front door for our many prospective students and their families.

The new center anchors a quadrangle directly north of Belk Library with the creation of new green space in what was the former Moseley Center parking lot. This new quad will allow visitors and members of our community to walk from Under the Oaks to the Colonnades through uninterrupted open space. Parking for Admissions visitors will be located on the north side of the building.

Scott Studios听

Located at Arts West on Haggard Avenue, construction of the new performing arts venue will be completed in late August, and a dedication ceremony is planned for late September. This 14,000-square-foot building houses a 160-seat studio theater, six music practice rooms, a workshop and dressing rooms. The facility also provides a 3,200-square-foot dance and rehearsal space, which enables students to practice for a show in a space similar to McCrary Theatre, where they will perform. 黑料不打烊 is grateful to Don and Ellen Scott, parents of Teddy Scott 鈥�10, an alumnus of our music theatre program, for their lead gift that made this venue possible.

Renovated Facilities and Additional Projects

Psychology and Human Services Studies

South Campus expansion continues with the relocation of Psychology and Human Services Studies now located in the building adjacent to the R.N. Ellington Center for Health and Wellness. Renovations include new offices, classrooms, and research facilities for these two departments.

Solar Farm听

As part of the 黑料不打烊 Commitment sustainability objectives, plans are complete for a 10-acre Solar Farm at the 黑料不打烊 Environmental Center at Loy Farm. The Solar Farm is scheduled to be in operation by December 2014. It will consist of approximately 5,800 solar photovoltaic panels and have a 1.66 megawatt capacity鈥攁pproximately the amount of energy it takes to power 550 homes for one year. The Solar Farm is expected to provide about 2,500 megawatts of electricity to the grid each year, which is the equivalent of removing more than 1,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere or 350 cars from the road. Duke Energy has agreed to purchase the electricity generated at the site. The addition of the Solar Farm will expand and enhance the educational opportunities for our students by enabling them to study the environmental, business, social and political implications of renewable energy.

Botanical Gardens

In 2004, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Board of Trustees designated the campus as a botanical garden as an educational, environmental and aesthetic resource to benefit 黑料不打烊. Since then, the university has developed a large plant collection, constructed numerous display gardens, conserved significant natural areas through the 黑料不打烊 Forest and established the Environmental Center (Loy Farm) as a significant educational resource facility. This year, efforts have continued to increase the botanical collections with renovations and/or additions to gardens, an information guide and labeling of collections, comprehensive tree inventory, and new species of plantings. A new interactive web page/map is complete and will go live in the fall.

South Campus听Gym听

This fall, McFarland Gym on South Campus will open as a recreation and activity space for students. The gym will serve as the practice facility for varsity cheerleading and dance, as well as club volleyball, and may be reserved via SPACES for student organization meetings (up to 200 people). The gym will also be available for retreats and trainings for student-led university programs (e.g., Orientation leaders, RAs), and student activities such as dance practices (e.g., Greek Week, Step Show rehearsals). One room will be available for student meetings and group exercise programs. These improvements represent the first phase of converting this facility to a student meeting/activity space.

Moseley Center 2nd floor

The Multicultural Center was expanded to include the space previously occupied by the Student Government Association and renovated this summer. The SGA and a new African-American Resource Room are now located in the space previously occupied by the Residence Life Office, which has moved to the Global Neighborhood, Building C. This fall, there will be four identity resource rooms on the second floor of Moseley. The Gender & LGBTQ and the Latino/Hispanic resource rooms opened last year. This fall, the new African-American Resource Room and the Asian Resource Room will open.

Parking on South Campus听

As part of the continued development of South Campus, a new 180-space parking lot has opened south of the Ellington Wellness Center. This lot is accessible from either South O鈥橩elly or South Antioch avenues.

Additional Projects in Design

Music Production and Recording Arts

Design is underway for a new expanded facility for Music and Music Production and Recording Arts at Arts West. Print Services will relocate across Haggard Avenue to the Manning Avenue building in September. Library Archives will move to a new storage location on Haggard Avenue in October. These vacated spaces, along with a 3,500-square-foot addition, will provide faculty offices, music practice rooms, and enhanced teaching space for the Music Department. Occupancy for the space is planned for the summer of 2015.

Danieley Center

Plans are underway to enhance residential facilities at Danieley Center. The Daniel Commons renovation will include an additional food venue, offices, a large gathering space and a demonstration kitchen. A new 15,000-square-foot recreation center will include a gym with two basketball courts, a 1,200-square-foot fitness center, offices and a catering kitchen. Construction of both facilities will be complete in the summer of 2015.

Co-op Space in Downtown Greensboro听

As part of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 continued expansion in downtown Greensboro, the university will work with Action Greensboro to develop co-op space on property the university purchased last year on N. Greene Street near 黑料不打烊 Law. This space will be used by individuals interested in developing entrepreneurial businesses. Action Greensboro is part of the non-profit Greensboro Partnership. Funding for this project comes from the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation.

School of Communications Expansion

An expanded School of Communications will form the second major new quadrangle on campus. The expansion will nearly double the amount of space in McEwen Building, the school鈥檚 current facility, and create a dynamic Communications quad and additional attractive entryway to our campus. The expansion includes the following components: 1) a new two-story, 45,000-square-foot facility that will connect to a renovated McEwen Building through a spacious, two-story glass atrium; 2) a new one-story, 3,000-square-foot facility on Lebanon Avenue adjacent to Long Building that will serve as a classroom building as well as an attractive space for campus receptions and events, particularly those held in Whitley Auditorium; 3) renovation of Long Building to house the iMedia graduate program; and 4) renovation of McEwen Dining Hall.

Additional Initiatives听

Philanthropy at 黑料不打烊

The Building a Vibrant Alumni Network (BVAN) plan was designed to greatly strengthen ties between alumni and the university. Since the BVAN plan was launched four years ago, we have nearly doubled the number of alumni chapters and clubs around the nation (now at 23), tripled the number of alumni volunteer engagement roles with the university, opened the Martin Alumni Center (more than 1,000 visitors last year), created National Networking Week events in 35 cities across the country, welcomed a record 3,500 alumni at Homecoming 2014, and increased alumni participation in annual giving from 16% to 22%. This year, our ongoing regional expansion will focus on markets surrounding institutions in the Colonial Athletic Association. We expect great alumni support when 黑料不打烊 plays on the road. This year we will also launch new lifelong learning and professional development opportunities for alumni along with strategies to continue increasing alumni participation in annual giving.

The second-annual #黑料不打烊Day will be held in conjunction with Founders Day next March following last year鈥檚 successful launch of the initiative, in which alumni and students wore 黑料不打烊 gear to show their support for the university. Alumni from around the world wore their 黑料不打烊 gear to show their support for their alma mater.

New 黑料不打烊 Website

University Communications is launching a new 黑料不打烊 homepage as part of a major transition of the university’s website. Over the next year, pages on the site will be transitioned to a new look known as 鈥渞esponsive design.鈥� The new pages will adapt to work well on regular computer screens as well as on all varieties of tablets and mobile phones. The new site design, which is based on a study of the best university and business website designs, also features improved site navigation, quick shortcuts to 黑料不打烊’s most frequently used web resources, and updated graphic elements and page templates.

New Leadership

Gabie Smith, interim dean of 黑料不打烊 College, the College of Arts and Sciences[/caption]Dean of 黑料不打烊 College

Planning will begin this year to recruit the next dean of 黑料不打烊 College, the College of Arts and Sciences, and to develop a shared vision for excellence in 黑料不打烊 College. In this context, Dr. Gabie Smith will continue to serve as interim dean of 黑料不打烊 College and Professor of Psychology. Dr. Michael Fels, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Art and Art History will serve as interim associate dean during the 2014-15 academic year.

Dean of the School of Education

As noted above, the School of Education is in the middle of NCATE reaccreditation review. In addition, this year the school will work to develop a new strategic plan, including possible ways to re-envision the school. Because Interim Dean Dr. Deborah Long has provided such strong and creative leadership during the past year, the search for the permanent dean will be delayed until fall 2016. Dean Long will continue in her role as interim dean for 2014-15 and 2015-16.

Dean of 黑料不打烊 School of Law

Dr. Luke Bierman began his duties as dean of the 黑料不打烊 School of Law on June 1. Bierman joined us from Northeastern University School of Law where he was associate dean for experiential education and distinguished professor of practice of law. Luke previously served as general counsel for the Office of the New York State Comptroller, executive director of the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University, founded the Justice Center and directed the Judicial Division at the American Bar Association, and served as chief attorney for the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in Albany.

Dr. Faith River James, Professor of Law, will serve as the founding Associate Dean of Experiential Learning and Leadership. James will provide guidance and coordination to the experiential and leadership programs and will help 黑料不打烊 enhance its national reputation as a leader in engaged learning in law.

Student Life听

Dr. Jon Dooley has been named assistant vice president for Student Life and dean of campus life. Dooley joins the 黑料不打烊 community after spending 15 years in student affairs and assessment at Marquette University in Wisconsin. He will sit on the Student Life Vice President鈥檚 Council and provide senior-level leadership for the Office of Residence Life, the Residential Campus Initiative, the Multicultural Center, the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, and, as a joint report with Interim Associate Provost Dr. Brooke Barnett, the Gender and LGBTQIA Center.

Multicultural Affairs听

Dr. Randy Williams will serve as presidential fellow and special assistant to the president/dean of Multicultural Affairs. Randy will provide overall leadership for the Multicultural Center while working closely with President Lambert and members of the senior staff to advance institutional diversity initiatives. Randy comes to 黑料不打烊 from North Carolina Wesleyan College, where he served as vice president for student affairs and dean of students. He worked previously as assistant dean of students at the College of William & Mary and associate dean of students at Hampden-Sydney College.

Multicultural Center听

Sylvia Munoz and Diana Prieto Vi帽as of El Centro have joined the Multicultural Center staff in a merger that creates greater synergy around providing support services to an emerging Latino/a population. Munoz, the associate director of the Multicultural Center and director of El Centro, will serve as a visible campus leader for enhancing the Hispanic/Latino/a student experience. She serves on a working group that has partnered with a research firm to develop an environment of support responsive to Hispanic/Latino students鈥� needs. Diana, assistant director of El Centro, will remain in Carlton Building, where she will manage the daily operations of El Centro while being a member of the Multicultural Center staff.

Alumni Engagement听

Brian Feeley, a 2003 黑料不打烊 graduate, has returned to his alma mater as the new director of alumni engagement. Brian will lead efforts to engage alumni of all ages, build the university鈥檚 alumni network, and help increase the alumni participation rate in annual giving. Previously, Brian worked for 10 years at The Washington Center, where he most recently served as vice president for admissions, institutional relations, and site relations.

International Admissions听

Hebe Fuller was named associate dean and director of international admissions.

Hebe comes to 黑料不打烊 having spent most of her professional life in secondary and higher education focused on international recruitment and is a highly regarded member of the Council of International Schools. She has served as director of admission and director of multicultural affairs at Lynn University in Florida, and assistant vice president/enrollment management at Hawaii Pacific University.

Athletics

The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)听

On July 1, 黑料不打烊 joined the Colonial Athletic Association, marking a major step forward for 黑料不打烊 athletics and the university as a whole. Being in the CAA is a great fit for 黑料不打烊 since many of our alumni and families live in the CAA region. The Colonial spans four of the nation鈥檚 eight largest media markets, including Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Baltimore鈥攇reat exposure for the university. The move to the CAA will allow 黑料不打烊 student-athletes to compete with peers at many excellent universities.

Track and Field Complex听

Renovations to the听Track and Field Complex are currently underway thanks to a major gift from Trustee Jeanne听Robertson and her husband Jerry. In addition to the renovation of Belk Track, the gift will add lights to White Field, where several 黑料不打烊 teams practice throughout the year. The project will be completed in October.

Rudd Field Upgrade听

The renovation of Rudd Field, home to both 黑料不打烊 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 soccer, includes a new press box, dugouts and new brick fencing surrounding the pitch. The project will be completed in August. This project is supported by Trustee Vickie and Sam Hunt.

Ratings allow for a standard comparison of sustainability efforts among participating colleges and universities.

黑料不打烊’s overall score of 63.42 marks an increase from its initial score of 58.60 in December 2011. The minimum score for a silver rating is 45 points, while the minimum scores for gold and platinum are 65 and 85 points, respectively.

The three facets of sustainability – social, economic and environmental – are assessed in STARS through the following categories: education and research; operations; planning, administration and engagement; and innovation. 

Programs highlighted in the Innovation Category of the most recent STARS Report are:

• The Village Project
• Pre-Serve Program
• Gap Year Program
• Peace Corps Prep Program

To learn about other programs and practices that earned 黑料不打烊 points, view 黑料不打烊’s .

The process of reporting and earning a STARS rating helps:

• …illustrate that sustainability includes social and economic aspects as well as environmental, i.e., sustainability promotes a healthy planet, people and economy.
• …demonstrate that working toward sustainability goals is a campus-wide effort.
• …guide future sustainability initiatives.

Data for the report are collected and organized by a STARS Committee consisting of faculty and staff and chaired by Elaine Durr, director of sustainability. The report contains information gathered from stakeholders across campus.

“I am grateful to all of the individuals who provided the necessary data to complete 黑料不打烊’s STARS Report,” Durr said. “It would not have been possible without their participation.”

STARS differs from other rankings in that criteria to determine a STARS rating are transparent and accessible to anyone. Stakeholders also are involved in the development process.

Criteria for scoring the most recent report can be found in the .

For many 黑料不打烊 students and alumni, the name Smith Jackson is synonymous with campus email alerts.
Indeed, as vice president for student life and dean of students, Jackson has sent plenty of emails about inclement weather or security notices. And while his emails are legendary—they even inspired a 2010 YouTube video—he is most proud of the Student Life programs he helps create.

In his nearly 20 years at 黑料不打烊, Jackson has been at the center of much of 黑料不打烊’s growth and development. When he joined 黑料不打烊 in 1994, the college had just shifted its course structure from three to four credit hours, which accelerated 黑料不打烊’s emphasis on experiential and engaged learning. Moseley Center was about to open and only two of the now seven residential neighborhoods existed. Under his direction, 黑料不打烊 developed living-learning communities and the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, among other initiatives.

“We keep our eye on the North Star—where we want to go—continuing to be ourselves but thinking of new and better ways to provide a student-centered environment and a strong community,” Jackson says, a task that at times can be monumental for a man who oversees 15 different departments—from campus recreation and Greek life to residence life and the university chaplain.

“I have a lot of meetings on a daily basis,” Jackson says. “That’s probably one of my biggest challenges—balancing all the meetings with spending time with students, parents, staff and faculty, and moving the university forward.”

While it has not always been easy, the end result makes it all worthwhile. “黑料不打烊 is a place that is so intentional about providing an environment where people can discover who they are … to go out into the world and live lives that are both satisfying and meaningful,” Jackson says. “If you can be a part of that, that’s a worthy vocation.”

‘Campus Uncommons’ appears in every edition of The Magazine of 黑料不打烊. What faculty or staff member do you think is uncommon? Send us a suggestion.

The station is accessible to any member of the 黑料不打烊 community with an EV and ChargePoint account. Drivers pull up to one of two available parking spaces in front of the station, swipe their credit card to release the plug, and then plug in to charge.

To stop, customers swipe their card again and hang up the plug. Mobile apps help users to locate stations around the nation, check availability and arrange to receive a text message when vehicles are fully charged and need to be moved.

The growing number of electric vehicles on American roads helps cut down on carbon emissions from car emissions. Carbon dioxide pollution from electricity is less than carbon dioxide pollution from using oil to power a conventional car.

According to the company website, ChargePoint stations dispense electricity each year equivalent to 3 million gallons of gas. Its stations also avoid 43 million pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, and in locations where electricity is generated with renewable resources, driving an electric vehicle has an even greater positive impact on emission reductions. 

Jan Pagoria, director of internships in the Love School of Business, owns an electric vehicle and makes a daily 110-mile round-trip commute using just over one gallon of gas.

“I believe that taking this step demonstrates, once again, just how much of a leadership role 黑料不打烊 plays in the local and global community,” she said.

Lambert and his senior staff met with university employees during two sessions at Whitley Auditorium. Details about the upcoming academic year were emailed to all faculty and staff earlier in August, and questions on Tuesday ranged from changes to General Studies requirements to the impact of recently passed legislation by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Excerpts from the emailed update include:

Admissions

The university received 9,950 applications for the 2013-14 academic year and will welcome about 1,460 first-year students and 100 new transfer students to campus on Aug. 23. An additional 15 first-year students will participate in 黑料不打烊’s Gap Semester experience during the fall and arrive on campus in January for Winter Term.

The following is a snapshot of the Class of 2017:

• Average GPA for incoming first-year students: 4.0 (includes weighted grades for Advanced Placement and IB courses)

• Average SAT: 1830; average ACT: 27

• Ethnic diversity: 17%

• First-generation students: 102 (7% of the class)

• Top five states represented: North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland

• Top 10 majors: Business Administration, Biology, Psychology, Journalism, Communication Science, Exercise Science, Elementary Education, Finance, Marketing, and Media Arts and Entertainment

The School of Health Sciences experienced significant growth in applications for the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, which are up 30%. Applications for the master of Physician Assistant Studies program increased 353% thanks to a growing national interest in this field and the university’s participation in the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants.

黑料不打烊’s MBA, Interactive Media, and newly enhanced M.Ed. programs are also fully enrolled. While applications to law schools are down nationally, including at 黑料不打烊, deposits are up 16% over last year at the School of Law.

Academic Affairs

General Studies

Faculty have approved a proposal to increase the Experiential Learning Requirement from one to two units, obtained either through a sustained and deeper individual experience or two different experiences. Research shows that tudents who participate in at least two ELRs are three times more likely to secure employment by graduation than students who complete only one experience.

Students’ General Studies experience has been reaffirmed by enhancing the first-year core, which is composed of GST 110 The Global Experience, ENG 110 Writing: Argument and Inquiry, and MTH 110 General Statistics. In addition, the General Studies Interdisciplinary Seminar is more clearly recognized in its title as a capstone to the General Studies experience.

黑料不打烊 this year will begin implementing the Writing Excellence Initiative, the focus of its Quality Enhancement Plan and a critical part of the university’s recent Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaccreditation. The most substantive aspect of the first-year implementation is the First Flight Program designed to guide a pioneering group of academic departments through the first two phases of the Writing Excellence Initiative’s four-phase process. During phase one, department faculty will define their writing goals for graduates of their programs. During phase two, they will plan ways to coordinate the writing instruction, activities, and assignments in their courses to progressively develop their students’ writing abilities as students advance from introductory courses through capstone courses. In the final two phases, departments will pilot and then implement their plans.

The following departments were selected to participate in the First Flight pilot program: Accounting, Chemistry, Education, History and Geography, Political Science and Policy Studies, Religious Studies, and World Languages and Cultures, as well as the School of Law.

Launch of the Center for Engaged Learning

黑料不打烊’s Center for Engaged Learning, led by Executive Director Peter Felten and Associate Director Jessie Moore, will be formally launched this fall. An international center for research on engaged learning, CEL brings together preeminent leaders in higher education to develop and synthesize rigorous research on central questions surrounding the quality of undergraduate learning and to develop best practices that will be shared nationally and internationally. In support of this work, CEL will host international conferences related to engaged learning and host and sponsor multi-institutional research through the 黑料不打烊 Research Seminars.

This fall CEL will host the 2013 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center. It will attract leading educators from around the world and include four plenary sessions led by 11 global leaders in higher education.

School of Law Dean Search

黑料不打烊 this fall will conduct a national search for the next dean of the School of Law following the announcement last spring that George Johnson is stepping down as dean to return to the faculty following the 2013-2014 academic year.

Reaccreditations

Faculty and staff in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business will spend the academic year preparing a self-evaluation report for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International to be submitted in fall 2014 for a site visit in February 2015. Colleagues in the School of Education will spend the year preparing their institutional report for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education to be submitted next summer for a site visit in April 2015. The School of Law is preparing a self-study and questionnaire for the American Bar Association to be submitted next fall for a site visit in March 2015.

New Facilities

The center will be a vital part of recruiting efforts and provide a facility to greet tens of thousands of visitors to campus each year. Nearly 40% of incoming students came to the university’s attention through the campus visit, demonstrating the critical importance of offering prospective students and their families a welcoming place to begin exploring 黑料不打烊.

黑料不打烊 leaders anticipate construction beginning this fall and to take about 14 months with a tentative opening date in January 2015. The 32,000-square-foot Inman Admissions Welcome Center will consolidate all campus visit, admissions, and financial planning staff into one central location. The center, to be located on the north end of the Moseley Center parking lot near Loy Center, will anchor a new quadrangle directly north of Belk Library and create more green space on campus. Trustee Bill Inman and his wife, Pat, are 黑料不打烊 parents who made the lead gift to fund the facility.

School of Communications Expansion

An expanded School of Communications will form the second major new quadrangle on campus. The expansion will nearly double the amount of space in McEwen Building, the school’s current facility, and create a dynamic Communications quad and additional attractive entryway to campus. This expansion is an important step forward for our School of Communications, one of the top-20 programs in the nation.

The expansion plans include the following components:

• A new two-story, 45,000-square-foot facility that will connect to a renovated McEwen Building through a two-story glass lobby, which will create an inviting entrance to the Communications commons; the strategic use of glass exteriors throughout the project will enable visitors to see student media in action

• A new 3,000-square-foot facility on Lebanon Avenue adjacent to Long Building that will serve as a classroom building as well as an attractive space for campus receptions and events, particularly those held in Whitley Auditorium

• Renovation of Long Building to house the Interactive Media graduate program

• Renovation of McEwen Dining Hall to create a communications-themed eatery

• An overall expansion from 38,330 square feet in McEwen Building to 96,000 square feet

Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2015 and take about two years to complete.

Martin Alumni Center

The Alumni Engagement staff has moved into the Martin Alumni Center, an attractive new gathering space for alumni made possible following a generous gift from trustee Chris Martin, a member of 黑料不打烊’s Class of 1978, and his wife, Nicolette, parents of Nick Martin ’13. Located at the corner of Haggard and O’Kelly avenues near Belk Library, Martin Alumni Center will serve as an important home base for alumni visiting campus. The center, which formerly housed Financial Planning, features outdoor spaces lined with bricks inscribed with the names of alumni who participated in the university’s successful “Pave the Way” annual giving campaign as a precursor to its 125th anniversary celebration. The building will be dedicated during 黑料不打烊’s 125th Anniversary Homecoming celebration from Nov. 8-10.

Renovated Facilities & Additional Projects

Health and Wellness Center

The R.N. Ellington Center for Health and Wellness, located at 301 S. O’Kelly Avenue, is the new home for Student Health Services, Counseling Services, Faculty/Staff Wellness, and the Office of Student Health and Wellness. At 14,000 square feet, the facility is more than twice the size of the previous health center and faculty/staff wellness centers. This year also marks the beginning of a new partnership with Alamance Regional Medical Center, which is part of Cone Health, one of the region’s largest networks of health-care providers. Beginning this fall, ARMC staff, including a full-time physician and three advanced care clinicians, will provide improved staffing and expanded medical resources for students, faculty and staff.

South Campus will also be the location for future expansion of arts and sciences programs, including the departments of Psychology and Human Service Studies and the Music Production and Recording Arts program.

Renovations are underway on the former Octagon and Hearth Lounge areas on the first floor of Moseley Center as part of the university’s commitment to provide more space for student activities. The renovated space will include study areas, student organization meeting spaces, an enclosed kitchen, and a large gathering area that will open to patios overlooking Young Commons and the West Lawn.

On the second floor of Moseley, administrative offices have been relocated to create additional student identity spaces in the heart of campus. A new Gender & LGBTQIA Resource Room and Latin@/Hispanic Resource Room have been created in addition to the current African American/Black Resource Room.

Hunt Softball Park

The second phase of construction at Hunt Softball Park is underway thanks to lead gifts of more than $1.25 million from Trustee Vicky Hunt and her husband, Sam Hunt, and a generous gift of $500,000 from BB&T Corp. The second and final phase of this project, to be completed in December, includes a field house with a locker room, team lounge, coaches’ offices and athletic training facilities.

Koury Field House

The summer renovation of Koury Field House in the North Athletics Complex is complete and includes new locker rooms for the baseball, women’s lacrosse, soccer, track and cross-country teams, as well as new coaches’ offices, an equipment room and improvements to the athletic training facility. Gifts from Maurice and Ann Koury made the renovation possible.

Scott Studios

Located at Arts West on Haggard Avenue, the 14,000-square-foot Scott Studios will include a black box theatre with seating for 160, six practice rooms, a workshop, dressing rooms, box office, and a 3,200-square-foot rehearsal/dance studio equivalent in size to the main stage in McCrary Theatre. Don and Ellen Scott, parents of Teddy Scott ’10, an alumnus of our music theatre program, made the venue possible. Construction begins Sept. 1 and is expected to be complete in February 2014.

Solar Farm

As part of our 黑料不打烊 Commitment objective to protect the environment, work will begin this fall on a 10-acre Solar Farm at Loy Farm. The Solar Farm will consist of 5,615 solar photovoltaic panels and have a 1.66 megawatt capacity—approximately the amount of energy it takes to power 550 homes for one year. The Solar Farm is expected to provide about 2,500 megawatts of electricity to the grid each year, which is the equivalent of removing more than 1,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere or 350 cars from the road. Duke Energy has agreed to purchase the electricity generated at the site. The addition of the Solar Farm will expand and enhance the educational opportunities for students by enabling them to study the environmental, business, social and political implications of renewable energy. Construction will begin in September and be completed in November.

Expanded Dining Options

Biscuitville and Qdoba Mexican Grill will be added this fall to a lineup of campus dining choices. The Winter Garden Café, which opened in Lakeside Dining Hall last winter, will be complete with the additions of Biscuitville and Topio’s, which join the previously opened Freshii. Biscuitville is scheduled to open Aug. 27, while Qdoba is scheduled to open in mid-September in Daniel Commons in the Danieley Center residential neighborhood. Chick-fil-A will relocate to McEwen Dining Hall late in the fall semester.

Parking

Ongoing and future construction projects, including the Inman Admissions Welcome Center, expanded School of Communications, and future academic and student life facilities on South Campus, will require changes to our campus parking plan. Parking updates for 2013-2014 include the following:

• The parking lot at Hunt Softball Park has 266 spaces, which will supplement parking in the Harper Center lot adjacent to the Global Neighborhood, currently under construction.

• A new parking lot with 197 spaces is under construction on the former softball field on Lebanon Avenue, south of East Gym. Rain has delayed completion of this project, which staff hopes will be finished by Sept. 6.

• An additional 182 parking spaces will be added on South Campus. Forty-two of those spaces will be ready for opening of school and the remaining 140 will be completed by Oct. 15.

• Expansion of the Francis Center lot is complete with 200 additional spaces.

• The Moseley Center lot will be reduced from 287 to about 50 spaces beginning this fall once construction begins on the Inman Admissions Welcome Center.

• To compensate for lost parking in Moseley, additional spaces will be available for faculty and staff in the McMichael Science Center lot by relocating most student cars from the Moseley and McMichael lots.

Anti-Defamation League Training

Twenty-one faculty and staff members from across campus became certified facilitators of the Anti-Defamation League Campus of Difference program. Leigh-Anne Royster, director of inclusive community well-being, serves as coordinator of the ADL trainings and can help schedule a session for individuals or departments and divisions.

Doing Business with 黑料不打烊

The university is responding to the recommendations of the Vendor Policy Study Committee and has made several improvements to purchasing processes and documents. The university’s Purchasing website has been updated to include 黑料不打烊’s non-discrimination policy and our expectation that this policy is in force whenever businesses operate on campus. The vendor registration forms have been updated to better document and promote 黑料不打烊’s desire to do business with organizations owned and operated by underrepresented groups. Purchasing Card holders will be encouraged to use their power to do business with organizations that reflect the university’s values. The Purchasing Department is prepared to assist P-Card holders with questions about any vendor or business.

Philanthropy at 黑料不打烊

During 2012-2013, generous faculty and staff, alumni, parents, friends, and corporations and foundations contributed $17.5 million in gifts to the university. A record 67 percent of employees contributed $420,000 to support key priorities, including scholarships, academic programs and schools, engaged learning programs, and Phoenix athletics.

In addition, alumni giving rose from 19% to 21% thanks, in part, to the “Pave the Way” brick campaign, which attracted more than 2,400 alumni donors.

黑料不打烊 hired three additional staff members in the Office of Alumni Engagement who will be on the road visiting with thousands of alumni and encouraging them to stay connected to 黑料不打烊. The university this fall will celebrate the release of a new alumni video produced by Max Cantor ’10 and Tim Johnson ’09, the creative forces behind the university’s admissions video. The video will premiere Sept. 12 at an Evening for 黑料不打烊 in New York City.

New Leadership

School of Education

Deborah Long, professor of education and director of the 黑料不打烊 Academy, will serve this year as interim dean of the School of Education. As director of the 黑料不打烊 Academy, Long has led a life-changing college access and success program at the university that serves high school students in Alamance County with high financial need or no family history of attending college.

Center for Access and Success

President Lambert has appointed Jean Rattigan-Rohr, associate professor of education, to a two-year term as Faculty Administrative Fellow and Assistant to the President. In her new role, Rattigan-Rohr will serve as a member of the senior staff and focus her efforts on leading 黑料不打烊’s major college access and success initiatives. She also serves as the inaugural director of 黑料不打烊’s Center for Access and Success, which brings together the following important initiatives:

• It Takes A Village project, an outstanding literacy and tutoring program founded by Rattigan-Rohr that assists struggling young readers in the community

• The 黑料不打烊 Academy

• The Watson and Odyssey scholar programs, which provide need-based financial aid and academic support for talented first-generation college students and those who have overcome hardship to attend college

• Collegiate Start, a partnership with Alamance-Burlington Schools that allows high school students to take 黑料不打烊 classes for college credit

School of Law

Andrew Haile, associate professor of law and formerly the Jennings Professor and Emerging Scholar, will serve as associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Law to help advance 黑料不打烊’s innovative program of legal education.

Gender and LGBTQIA Center

Matthew Antonio Bosch has joined the university as the first full-time director of 黑料不打烊’s new Gender and LGBTQIA Center. Bosch comes to 黑料不打烊 from the University of Minnesota, where he served as director of the GLBTA Programs Office within the Office for Equity and Diversity. He will work to advance education and dialogue about sexual orientation, gender identity and the intersections of identities both in and out of the classroom.

This fall searches should be concluded for the following key leadership positions:

Assistant Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Campus Life

This individual will provide a new level of coordination and campus visibility to help create a premier residential experience for students and oversee Residence Life, the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, and the Multicultural Center. Finalists will be on campus during the first two weeks of September.

Multicultural Center

A national search has been launched to fill three positions in the Multicultural Center: the director, associate director for diversity education, and a new position, the assistant or associate director for race and ethnicity, focusing on the black student experience. Candidates for each position have been identified and will be on campus early in the fall. Melissa Jordan, who has served as associate director of the center for the past four years, serves as interim director through the fall semester.

Information security problems make the news regularly with stories detailing the breach of one database or another that put people’s personal information—from email addresses to social security numbers—at risk. Threats can originate from a variety of sources, whether they be natural disasters, sabotage, malicious software or theft, so learning how to protect data and secure information at a time when technology is continually changing is important for individuals and organizations.

An interest in data security and privacy drives the research that Lynn Heinrichs, associate professor of computing sciences and business administration, has conducted throughout her career. She has looked at small business disaster planning, privacy policies of large organizations and most recently, smartphone security practices of undergraduate students. This past spring, she started sharing her knowledge in an information security course that will be offered every spring and is required for information science majors, though it’s also beneficial for students from other disciplines.

The course looks at managerial approaches, such as acceptable use policies and security training, as
well as technical approaches for protecting data, such as firewalls and encryption. Students’ assignments emphasize both skill sets.

“For example, during the most recent course offering, the information security students partnered with students in multimedia authoring to develop information security posters,” Heinrichs says. “This was
a great project that emphasized the role of security education, the use of project management skills and the importance of team collaboration.”

Students also complete hands-on lab assignments that focus on securing a windows network. Just like
technology, the course will continually evolve, and heinrichs anticipates students will play a large role in
highlighting some of the changes that will be discussed in the future.

“It is impossible for one individual to read or learn everything,” she says. “In a classroom, students are a
great resource. I [often] ask them to bring in a media story about a recent security breach to discuss in class. No two students ever bring the same story.”

Regardless of a student’s major, learning sound security practices is a vital skill, Heinrichs says. “Today’s students are tomorrow’s employees,” she says. “They will be information stewards in their workplaces. It is essential for them to understand how to protect their own data as well as the data that they have been entrusted with.”

About the professor
A member of 黑料不打烊’s faculty since 2003, Lynn Heinrichs has developed and taught several computer information systems courses. Throughout her career, her research has highlighted problems relating to safeguarding data, including her most recent focus, students’ smartphone security practices.

Recommended readings

• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
• The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers
• Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

(All works by Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon)

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