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3 Done Deal! - Football 4 News Briefs
Gets Final Approval 16 49ers Notebook
22 Center Stage 18
8 Bioinformatics - Seeking
38 Class Notes
Great Discoveries
in Nutrition 40 Building Blocks
41 Perspective
10 A Gallery of One’s Own
stake your claim profiles
18 Unearthing the
Origins of Empire 7 Kaitlyn Tokay
14 Shannon McCallum
24 Tell It Like It Was 26 Nicole Cheslak
36 Harvey Murphy
28 The Big Picture - Model
U.N. at UNC Charlotte 28
34 Helping Women
Faculty ADVANCE
On the cover:
UNC Charlotte alumnus Duy Huynh has enjoyed success as an artist and proprietor of Lark and Key
gallery. This painting, among his latest works, is titled “Transfer of Grace (2),” acrylic on canvas.
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It’s official. The Charlotte 49ers will start of construction of our football-related
football in the fall of 2013.
In early August, nearly three and a half
“There are no facilities, we open a new chapter in the
dynamic history of UNC Charlotte,” said
years after the UNC Charlotte Board of more ifs, no more UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip L.
Trustees authorized a study of the feasibility Dubois. “The path to this point has been
of establishing an intercollegiate football votes, no more a lengthy but carefully considered one,
program, Governor Beverly Perdue signed from the Trustees’ decision in late 2006
the University Non-Appropriated Capital approvals. We to authorize a study of the feasibility of
Project bill that included the funding plan football to final approval by the Board of
for the 49ers football stadium construction, will play football Governors this past spring.”
effectively placing the final piece of the 49ers The 49ers have cleared no less than
football puzzle. in 2013. It’s eight hurdles since that Sept.18, 2008
“With the Governor’s signature
endorsing the General Assembly’s approval
a done deal.” recommendation – most in unanimous
fashion.
The Charlotte 49ers will play football
in 2013.
“We’ve done it,” said 49ers Director
of Athletics Judy Rose. “To think that
what was started way back with the initial
feasibility study – and even before that with
the grassroots movement – has now received
the final go-ahead – it’s extremely satisfying.
This has not been an easy process, but
nothing worthwhile ever is. There are
no more ifs, no more votes, no more
approvals. We will play football in 2013.
It’s a done deal.”
The 49ers first pushed forward with the
premise to start a football program when an
appointed Football Feasibility Committee,
chaired by community leader Mac Everett,
presented its unanimous recommendation
to Dubois in February of 2008. On Sept. 16
of that year, two days before the Chancellor
was to make his recommendation after
months of his own due diligence, the
University’s student body held a pep
rally in support of adding football. With
the student’s backing, the University
gave its approval, first in the form of the
Chancellor’s recommendation and then on
Nov. 13, 2008 when the University’s Board
Continued on p. 17
news briefs
RESEARCHERS NOTED FOR
INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION
A research team of engineers from the
U.S. Department of Energy’s Y-12 National
Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and
UNC Charlotte has won a coveted 2010
“R&D 100 Award” from R&D Magazine.
The innovation award, which is given
annually to recognize the 100 most
technologically significant new products Ed Babelay, Bill Barkman, Scott Smith, David Tursky, Thomas Assaid, Bethany Woody,
of the year, was for the development of a Justin McFarland, David Adams
sophisticated new method that eliminates
the formation of long, dangerous strips of Charlotte’s Department of Mechanical “We have also shown that the same
metal (“chips”) in the process of machining Engineering, noted that ductile metals strategy can be used to control the tool
ductile materials. “have a tendency to make long stringy temperature, which is strongly related to
The team included William E. Barkman chips, which tangle up and often make the tool wear, and tool wear is a big driver
and Edwin F. Babelay Jr. from Y-12 and a big ‘bird’s nest.’” These tangled chips for difficult-to-machine materials including
K. Scott Smith, Thomas S. Assaid, Justin can damage the workpiece or cause titanium, stainless steel, and nickel alloys,”
T. McFarland, and David A. Tursky operator injury. Smith said. “For this reason, the technology
from UNC Charlotte, and former UNC Manual removal of the chips is a has applications in power turbines and jet
Charlotte students Bethany Woody (now at dangerous process, Smith notes, so the engines, for example.”
InsituTec) and David Adams (now at Moore innovation is likely to prevent numerous
Nanotechnology Systems). injuries. The procedure will also AFRICANA STUDIES TO
Smith, who headed the university-based have a significant impact on costs in COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS
group and is professor and chair in UNC metal manufacturing. OF HISTORIC CEMETERY
UNC Charlotte’s Africana Studies
department announced that it is
FELLOWSHIP HONORS SUSAN BURGESS collaborating with The Friends of Old
To honor the legacy of long-time public servant, Westview Cemetery, Inc. to develop a long-
city council member and mayor pro tem Susan range plan to help restore the more than
Burgess, who died in June, UNC Charlotte is 150-year-old cemetery in Wadesboro.
establishing an endowed fellowship in her name. Since the passing of the cemetery’s
The Susan M. Burgess Fellowship in Public caretaker in the 1960s, the cemetery has
Administration at UNC Charlotte will be given become overgrown and neglected, according
annually to help a master’s student become a to friends of the cemetery.
community leader. Participating in the Martin Luther King
An at-large member of city council since 1999, Day of Service earlier this year, members
Burgess chaired the City Council Housing and of the Africana Studies Club, a student
Neighborhood Development and Economic organization at the University, led a
Development committees during her tenure. In project which involved cleaning and
Susan Burgess addition to serving as mayor pro tem for six years, documenting grave markers. The
Burgess served on the Charlotte Mecklenburg collaboration grew out of the service project
Board of Education from 1990 to 1997, the last two years as chair. and was recently announced during a
According to friends and admirers, they wished to establish a lasting legacy Friends of Old Westview Cemetery board of
in her honor, in the city she loved and served. Her friends felt it fitting that the directors meeting.
fellowship be created at UNC Charlotte because so many city, county and police Old Westview Cemetery was founded
members are graduates of the Master in Public Administration program, housed in in the mid-19th century and has served as
the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Department of Political Science. the primary burial ground for Wadesboro’s
Contributions to the Susan M. Burgess Fellowship in Public Administration can African-American community. Many
be made through the UNC Charlotte Foundation Web site https://giving.uncc. citizens who contributed to Wadesboro’s
edu; click on the “make a gift” link or mail contributions to the UNC Charlotte post-emancipation African-American
Foundation, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, N.C. 28223. community are buried in Old Westview.
news briefs
TEXTBOOK RENTAL PROGRAM books just as they would a purchased book NURSING STUDENTS WIN
WILL HELP STUDENTS ECONOMIZE with plans to sell it back. VIDEO COMPETITION
Barnes & Noble at UNC Charlotte • Students may pay the rental fees by cash, In May, three teams of UNC Charlotte
will provide a textbook rental option for check, credit, debit, 49er Account or Barnes nursing students topped the competition
Fall 2010 semester. The new program will & Noble gift cards. (For security purposes, for the Innovative Nursing Education
allow students to rent textbooks for 45 a valid credit card must also be provided Technologies (iNet) “Get the Picture Patient
percent of the cost of purchasing a regardless of the rental payment method). Education Video” awards.
new textbook. • Students may convert their rental to a Each group of senior nursing students
Students will be able to rent books in the purchase during the first two weeks of class. won $1,000, and the videos were showcased
store or from the bookstore’s Web site. • An e-mail to remind students to return at the iNET 2010 conference “Enhancing
The new rental option is a cooperative their books will be sent near the end of the Nursing Curriculum with Technology: High
commitment between UNC Charlotte semester. Books not returned, or returned Touch, High Tech” held at UNC Charlotte
Business Services and Barnes & Noble in unsalable condition, will be subject to in August.
College Booksellers for textbook replacement and processing fees. Innovative Nursing Education Technologies
affordability. “UNC Charlotte is dedicated to giving (iNET) is a collaborative among the schools of
Textbook rental program features: our students as many options as possible nursing at Duke University, UNC Charlotte
• Rental period is for the duration of the and to let students drive the decisions about and Western Carolina University. It is federally
semester. Books are due back at the textbook affordability,” said Karen Natale, funded through the Health Services Research
bookstore 10 days after the last day of the University’s bookstore and licensing Academy. Nursing teams developed a video
finals. Students can return the books in contract manager. “Whether they want to educate the public about a selected list of
person or mail them to the bookstore. new, used, digital, open source, or rentable health concerns, including smoking cessation,
• Students may highlight or mark the rented textbooks, it’s all available at the University.” hypertension and risk factors of stroke.
Kaitlyn Tokay, who espouses a “freegan” lifestyle, was surprised by the amount of food items wasted on a
daily basis. Pictured here are some of the items she recently salvaged from a local grocery store dumpster.
The refrigerator door swings open to adherents buy and use as little as possible.
reveal fully stocked shelves of food —
far more than one person would need.
Kaitlyn Tokay From the clothes she wears to the bike
she rides to and from her job as a YMCA
According to Kaitlyn Tokay, that’s kind of hopes to lifeguard and swim instructor, Tokay lives
the point. Tokay removed all of the food the principles of freeganism. Tokay recently
from a dumpster at a nearby grocery store. raise awareness decided to extend the practice to what
The UNC Charlotte junior hasn’t paid for she eats.
groceries in well over a month. of poverty, While dumpster diving fits with
During her experiment in “dumpster her freegan lifestyle, Tokay said she is
diving,” Tokay has rescued countless cakes, homelessness experimenting with the practice to raise
pies, loaves of bread, fruits and vegetables, awareness of poverty, homelessness and
and even dairy and meat products, from and wastefulness.
the trash heap. The international business
major practices freeganism, a lifestyle whose wastefulness. Continued on p. 31
Great Discoveries
in Nutrition
Bioinformatics stakes its claim at N.C. Research Campus
By Paul Nowell
A
Gallery
ofOne’s
OwnBy Lisa A. Patterson
comic book art. Looking back, he says his painting classes and multiple
career path was clear as early as the influential professors later, Huynh
third grade. was hooked. He graduated from
“Art seemed instantly gratifying – I UNC Charlotte with concentrations
could make something tangible. That still in painting and illustration and has
motivates me,” Huynh said. since gone back to the University
Eager for a change of pace, Huynh’s several times to speak to senior
family relocated to Charlotte in 1994. The seminar classes.
high school senior was immediately struck Huynh’s fellow students played
by the number of trees lining the city’s as much a role in his education as
“Art seemed streets, filling its neighborhoods – the trees his professors.
were as prolific in Charlotte as the concrete “I had already started showing my
instantly pylons supporting vast expanses of southern work when I was still in school. Me and
California freeway. four other guys got together and rented
gratifying – I A man and woman rest gently in each a space called the Wrightnow Gallery, in
other’s arms cradled by the branches of a NoDa. We rented the space for a month,
could make great tree, its curled roots visible below the split the cost and put on our first public
ground’s surface. The painting, “Place of exhibitions. That was my first taste of doing
ing
something Steadiness,” suggests respite. a gallery exhibition. Most of us weren’t
Huynh’s natural talent and enthusiasm really that interested in selling work – it was
tangible. for art were the foundation for his entry just having the exposure to it.”
That still into UNC Charlotte as an art major. But
the many transformational experiences
After that Huynh sought every
opportunity to show his artwork. It could d
motivates Huynh had while an undergraduate student
laid the groundwork for his career as a
be in a coffee shop, a friend’s restaurant, at
a music venue – he wanted his work “outt
me.” working artist.
As a freshman, Huynh bought into the
there,” and he wanted to know what people
thought of it.
ple
accepted wisdom that graphic design is the Huynh was doing what he loved, but he
only way to make money from the arts. also had to pay the bills. He waited tables,
It wasn’t long before Huynh tired of washed dishes, worked for a gallery in the
graphic design and decided to concentrate mall delivering artwork, worked the cash
on illustration. That is, until he took a register at Hardees, and even did the 9 to 5
paintingg class as a sophomore.
p p Numerous at a company that specialized in stage design
and backdrops for performances. All of
those experiences served as motivation for
the artist to keep creating.
And then he gave up paying the bills,
sort of. When Huynh secured space at an
uptown studio, he gained the exposure
he needed.
“They were doing a lot of group shows.
I fell in love with the whole Bohemian
starving artist life there – I gave up my
apartment and lived out of the studio for
a while without a shower or a kitchen,”
Huynh said. However, “I didn’t live there
too long because you’re not supposed to,”
he noted. “You definitely learn to
be resourceful.”
At some time or another, every working
artist must confront the question of how to
price his or her work. Demand can drive up
prices, but where to start?
“You have to look at how much time
you put into the work, the complexity of
Adjusting to the rigors of college 10 Conference tournament championship, gym without seeing McCallum hard
academics took some adjustment, but the first in school history. at work.
basketball is what sparked McCallum to McCallum won the conference’s Sixth “She is a gym rat,” Aston said, laughing.
improve in the classroom. Player of the Year award, and was named “She’s an atypical player who enjoys
Her grade point average is now close to a to the all-conference tournament team. practice, even though that grind is hard on
3.0, and Aston said McCallum “now takes “My goal is to try to win another the body. It’s an outlet for her.”
pride in what she does academically.” championship,” McCallum said. “Also, McCallum’s dedication also spilled into
On the court, McCallum’s transition was personally my goal is to be a better person her class work, where she’s closing in on a
more dramatic. as a teammate. I want to become a leader degree in Africana studies.
Last season, she led the 49ers in scoring on the team, but it’s hard. I’m trying to do “I do take pride in my work,” she said. “I
(14.2 average), rebounding (7.3 per game), more talking, and saying positive things to need to get that diploma. I didn’t want to
assists (87), steals (80) and blocked shots (30). my teammates.” come to school for nothing.”
Can’t Coach
McCallum will be a key component Aston said she “puts a lot of weight This season also will be special as
on a team that was 18-14 last season, on my seniors,” a challenge McCallum is McCallum’s sister Paige – a 5-foot-11 guard
but missed the NCAA Tournament. eager to accept. – joins the 49ers. The sisters played together
The 49ers advanced to the second round “The good part is Shannon’s been two years in high school, and against each
of the Women’s National Invitational through the wars of the A-10, and other countless times.
Tournament. understands the grind of the season. She’s Shannon McCallum will add big-sister
As a sophomore, McCallum was been part of a championship team, and duties to her fledgling role of team leader.
dynamic as Aston’s first substitute off the has that feeling you can’t coach. She wants “I’ve already told (Paige) that when we’re
bench. She started only four of 31 games, to get back to the NCAA Tournament. on the court, she can’t get the ball all the
but averaged 12.2 points. McCallum Ultimately, Shannon wants to win.” time. But, she’s already a good leader.”
averaged more than 25 minutes per game, Aston said that during McCallum’s
as much as most of the starters. She helped freshman and sophomore seasons, she Cliff Mehrtens is a Charlotte-based writer
the 49ers win 23 games, and the Atlantic couldn’t recall walking past the practice with a background covering sports.
Hailey Beam
Unearthing
an
Empire
By Lisa A. Patterson
“Archeology
bears witness to
the past: That
once upon a time,
children roamed
these overgrown
alleys, and that
there were shouts
of joy and sorrow
in the everyday
cycle of life.”
— Akinwumi Ogundiran
historiography, Ogundiran has peeled back The Oyo were 200 miles inland and began to “When we study empires we tend
layers of misconception about the empire expand outward in order to protect traders from to study the capitals (metropolises). To
and its origins, revealing a complex polity attack. A majority of the traders were women. understand how an empire developed,
with fully developed and firmly entrenched “Women were engaging in all kinds of you have to go to the peripheries,”
civic, cultural and economic structures. crafts, including cloth weaving and jewelry Ogundiran explained. “The answers lie
From 2002 to 2007, Ogundiran’s research making, so I began to look at the domestic in the peripheries.”
focused on the role of military men in level of production in this pre-industrial Historical sources, consisting of oral
imperial expansion. society,” Ogundiran said. “Women were interviews and published/unpublished local
“By mapping the direction of the traveling 50-plus miles to trade – they accounts, led Ogundiran to focus on the
expansion between 1580 and the 1830s, contributed a great deal to the economy.” Upper Osun area of central Yorubaland.
I realized that the reason military actions Ogundiran’s current study focuses Ogundiran began an excavation of
were continued was to control trade routes. on one strategy of empire formation – Ede-Ile, likely the first successful colony
When the Europeans arrived on the coast of colonization. He believes that provinces established by the Oyo to advance their
West Africa they wanted to trade, and the or frontiers of empires, rather than imperial ambitions.
purpose of the empire’s expansion was to imperial capitals, hold the key to His team is currently working to
secure trading routes that led to the coast,” understanding the dynamics of determine the nature of the Oyo’s intrusion
Ogundiran said. empire formation. into central Yorubaland and how the Oyo
metropolis maintained its presence in a
foreign (and presumably hostile) territory.
“Much recent scholarship has focused
on colonial encounters between the
colonizers and the local populace. My
study emphasizes the cultural and political
relationship between colonists and the
metropolis/homeland,” Ogundiran said.
Now a landscape overtaken by secondary
forest and wild animals, Ede-Ile was once
a prosperous town ringed by Baobab trees
and bustling with commerce.
Ogundiran holds an ivory hair pin dating to the 16th Century. The pin was among an
assortment of craft objects unearthed during an archeological dig in modern Nigeria.
Domestic production was essential to economic success for pre-industrial societies. Women drove much of this production and actively participated in
trade. Pictured here are craft objects including a brass bangle, ivory jewelries, beads and spindle whorls.
The first excavations at Ede-Ile were carried Though the Oyo Empire protected its Reactor Center, National Endowment for the
out in four locations. All the excavated units citizens from enslavement, it did not spare Humanities, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation
show that there was no prior settlement or those outside of the empire. Conquered for Anthropological Research, Ogundiran
occupation before the Oyo colonists settled on peoples were made to supply a proscribed traveled to Africa this summer to conduct the
the site that later became Ede-Ile. number of slaves to be sold on the coast next phase in his research.
While evidence of widely varied forms of every year. Ogundiran and his team currently
commerce are visible at Ede-Ile, the colony When Britain outlawed the slave trade are studying the impact of Oyo imperial
might have served another distinct purpose – in the 1820s, the decision touched off an expansion on the environment, focusing on
to protect Oyo citizens from the slave trade. economic crisis in the empire. At the same how activities such as hunting and fishing
“Either you joined the slave trade or time, political unrest in the metropolis and affected the ecosystem. They also will
you were destroyed by it,” Ogundiran said. an Islamic uprising in the north contributed extend their examination of crafts work and
“As soon as it was established it was almost to the eventual collapse of the empire. specialization of production.
impossible for African nations to get out of it. “Over a period of 300 years, 500,000 The results of Ogundiran’s investigations
The dilemma became what to do with it.” Yoruba people were enslaved. As soon as the not only enrich understanding of the
The empire’s expansion proved to be a empire collapsed the protections the citizens formation of an African Empire during the
double-edged sword. By expanding to the enjoyed were no longer available; in just a Early Modern period, but also reveal the
coast the empire was better able to protect 50-year period, from 1800 to 1850, half a cultural background of the African Diaspora
the vast majority of its citizens. Conversely, million Yoruba people were enslaved and peoples in the Americas — from Cuba to
profits from trade, including the slave trade, brought to the United States, Brazil and Brazil to Trinidad to Miami to Charlotte.
were necessary to purchase horses for the Oyo Cuba,” Ogundiran said. Ogundiran collaborates with students and
cavalry, which was crucial to the empire’s These late arrivals brought their rich institutions in Nigeria, including the National
imperial ambitions. heritage and traditions to the Americas. Commission for Museums and Monuments,
“The European empires grew out of feudal Many of which are still alive today in the but hopes to extend the opportunity to
systems. The Oyo Empire wasn’t feudal — lyrics of Brazilian pop music, in the practice participate in fieldwork in Africa and laboratory
every child born in the empire had the right to of Santeria and even in the governance of analysis on campus to UNC Charlotte students.
own and farm land, so the state was financed Oyotunji (“Oyo Rises Again”), a village However, he warns, you can’t be afraid of snakes,
through commerce,” Ogundiran said. “This located in South Carolina. The Oyo Empire or very big bugs, if you’re going to dig deep into
structure made it necessary to engage in more collapsed, but its culture was transplanted to the lives of traders, kings and cavalry men.
and more trade. Financing for the military and the New World.
a whole retinue of government functions came With funding from the National Lisa A. Patterson is senior writer
from the slave trade.” Science Foundation-Missouri Research in the Office of Public Relations.
“This big book is the autobiography of the town, and to fulfill a community
of an illiterate man.” So begins All God’s service requirement mandated by the UNC
Dangers, the award-winning autobiography Charlotte University Honors Program.
by Theodore Rosengarten, a MacArthur With funding from private donations,
Genius Grant recipient and long-time the students were transported to
resident of McClellanville, South Carolina. McClellanville, housed and fed for the
Rosengarten is among an eclectic mix weekend. Upon arrival, the students toured
of artisans, laborers, writers and retirees town and enjoyed dinner with the residents.
who call the town of McClellanville home. Arnold said the dinner served to move
Rosengarten and 14 of his neighbors added many of the students from reticence about
“interviewee” to their resumes, as they the project to excitement.
relayed stories about their lives, and the The next day, the students paired off in
history of their town, to a group of UNC teams of two and conducted the interviews.
Charlotte honors students. After collecting the material the students
The 14 students, their instructor, returned to campus where they transcribed
Robert Arnold, and University Honors the interviews and are compiling them as a
Program (UHP) Director Connie Rothwell, collection to be sent to The Village Museum
descended on the tiny fishing village at McClellanville.
University Honors Program students greet Miss
(population 400) as part of a project Eugenia Deas as she joins them for dinner and Though the students received
designed to capture the rich oral history the official launch of the oral history project. interviewing and equipment training from
Students from the UNC Charlotte University For more information about the UNC
Honors Program gathered with McClellanville
residents to learn more about the village as Charlotte University Honors Program,
part of a project to collect oral histories. please visit www.uhonors.uncc.edu
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skills for virtually any career – public of the Model U.N. program, the bulk of can be attributed to the dedication of its
speaking, writing, intensive research, time the preparation occurs before students 30 members and the leadership team of
management and the ability to work with attend an event. Model U.N. relies upon its Smither and club vice president Jay Patel.
others from diverse backgrounds. Students members to be ready for conferences. The “The members met twice a week, but
attend conferences as delegates representing work begins at the start of the fall semester Matt and Jay got together several times
a particular nation, its policies, programs as the club determines which countries it each week to plan,” Combs said. “They
and government. will represent in the Southern Regional invested a great deal of time with students
Beyond the skills that students learn, Model United Nations conference, held in individually. They encouraged, mentored
they become aware of the world beyond November. During the spring, Model U.N. and empowered members to feel like they
our borders, stated Cindy Combs, UNC members can enroll in a three-hour senior could manage the tasks. Students felt they
Charlotte professor of political science and seminar for academic credit and continue could handle the workload and knew their
Model U.N. faculty advisor. “As global preparations for national conferences and peers had confidence in their ability to
citizens, they discover the reasons why the the international Harvard World Model complete their projects. In my 21 years of
world matters to us here. They generate an United Nations – considered the Olympics involvement with Model U.N., I’ve never
interest in the world and the desire to travel of Model U.N. competitions. seen leadership like this.”
and make a difference.” Everything Model U.N. does is through
the students; we train each other, Smither
noted, adding Model U.N. is student-led,
student-organized and student-funded.
Besides various fund-raising events, the
club receives support through corporate
donations and area international groups.
In addition to attending four conferences
this past academic year, UNC Charlotte
Model United Nations hosted its 21st
annual College Carolina’s Conference
to teach delegate skills to participating
university students from across the country.
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Visionary teacher,
researcher, coach
Endowment honors Harvey Murphy
When Harvey Murphy visited Charlotte recreational, athletic and health and physical
College in 1965, he wasn’t impressed. At the education efforts. Charlotte College became
time, the College was vying to become part The University of North Carolina at
of the UNC system. “There is no way the Charlotte that year.
state of North Carolina will grant university There were no athletic facilities or
status to this college,” thought Murphy. university housing at the time. The
Then he met UNC Charlotte founder Dr. basketball team practiced in area elementary
Bonnie Cone. schools and played games in high school
Cone learned about Murphy through gyms. “The showers were made for little
Jim Matthews, a biology professor at UNC people and the boys towered over the
Charlotte. The College, soon to become a lockers,” Murphy said. The players drove
University, was in need of a health and physical themselves to practices and games. When
education program and Cone was recruiting. they couldn’t find a ride, Murphy picked
It didn’t take her very long to convince them up and drove them home, which
Murphy that he needed to take on the he did with regularity. Murphy and the
job (Cone remains legendary for her team manager had to substitute at times
persuasiveness and her attitude of not and scrimmage with the team. “Those
accepting no for an answer). young men gave a lot and they inspired
“Within 20 minutes I was sharing my me.” The 49ers won the Dixie Conference
ideas about how to make Charlotte College championships in 1969 and 1970.
into a first class university,” Murphy “We also integrated the team while I
remembers. “The opportunity to help build was coach. We recruited the first African
a university from the beginning was just American player, T. J. Reddy, who played
too good to pass up and Dr. Cone — Miss for a year. I received some phone calls about
Bonnie — was a remarkable woman.” that,” said Murphy.
There was only one more thing that Murphy blazed new trails while building
Cone needed: An “interim” men’s basketball the physical education department. He
coach. So it began. decided that men and women should
Murphy joined Charlotte College in the participate together in the same physical
fall of 1965 as the Athletic Director and education classes. It was a very progressive
men’s basketball coach. He was charged notion at the time. “It provided economical
with developing all aspects of campus savings as well,” he said. He is particularly
visit www.health.uncc.edu or
704.687.7737 or hshaughn@uncc.edu.
proud of the fact that in 1975, he helped to establish the first cardiac rehabilitation Buddy McCollum, the basketball coach
hire current Athletics Director Judy Rose program at what is now Carolinas Medical at Troy State Teachers College saw him
as women’s basketball and tennis coach and Center using a grant from the Heart play basketball.
physical education teacher. Association and the state of North Carolina. “McCollum — we called him Batman
He also established the now robust “Physicians at the time were afraid of exercise — recruited me and he changed my life
intramural program at UNC Charlotte. therapy after heart attacks,” said Murphy. “We forever. You never know what opportunities
“We began a women’s intramural football convinced a few emergency room physicians to will come to you. I knew I didn’t want
team and played power puff football; not so monitor our exercise sessions and they became to be a farmer. So many people gave me
politically correct these days.” more comfortable with the concept.” Murphy opportunities,” said Murphy.
Murphy is lauded for his vision and also helped the Charlotte Fire Department That is the philosophy he has lived by
approach to health and physical education. establish a fitness program. during his 44 years of teaching. Murphy
He was a pioneer who helped establish According to Kinesiology Department has presented opportunity to students
the fact that exercise is indeed healthy and Chair Mitch Cordova, “Dr. Murphy was and faculty over the years and did it
essential to a long life-span. During his 31 a true visionary in understanding the intentionally, paying tribute to those who
years at UNC Charlotte, the Department of importance of exercise and preventing chronic offered him the same.
Health and Physical Education transformed diseases such as cardio vascular disease, obesity, As a tribute to Harvey Murphy, the
into the Department of Kinesiology in the and diabetes, the importance of exercise in Department of Kinesiology at UNC
College of Health and Human Services. rehabilitating people with these conditions. Charlotte honored him this year by
“I was allowed freedom to run my He was a leader in organizing some of the endowing a scholarship in his name. The
department and the camaraderie we had early conferences and workshops within the Dr. Harvey Murphy Scholarship will benefit
among us was palpable. We helped faculty profession at the time.” students in the Department of Kinesiology.
get the resources they needed to do good While at UNC Charlotte, he served on the UNC Charlotte faculty and staff — past
research,” said Murphy. “Mike Turner, Tim YMCA Board of Directors of the Southeast and present — former students and athletes,
Lightfoot, Mitch Cordova, and Linda Berne Region and helped develop training programs friends and family all have contributed to
have done tremendous applied research in the for Y staff and volunteers. He established the scholarship fund.
area of exercise physiology, sports medicine certification programs. Murphy visited the “I’m thrilled,” said Murphy. “I must have
and health promotion. That caliber of faculty Soviet Union in 1977 to observe Soviet fitness left the department in good shape,” he added.
has helped to establish UNC Charlotte as a and sports program for the YMCA. Good shape, indeed.
major research university.” Growing up in Enterprise, Ala., Murphy
Murphy himself has made enormous didn’t think he had the resources to attend Buffie Stephens, a UNC Charlotte
contributions to the health and well-being college. Murphy played basketball, football alumna, is media relations manager
of Charlotte and the region. He helped and baseball at Coffee County High School. in the Office of Public Relations.
Helping Women
Faculty ADVANCE
Grant funds program to nurture STEM faculty
By Lynn Roberson
members through these workshops, giving Kim Buch of the psychology department Du says. “She is so gracious. She has sent
them resources to guide their work and directly oversees the mid-career mentoring me articles and told me about workshops.
allowing them to share effective practices.” effort, while Huet coordinates the early She has a broader perspective. She gives
career mentoring. specific solutions when I have issues, but
ADVANCE HELPS FACULTY “Mentors can help new faculty become she also sees deeper.”
GROW IN THEIR VARIED ROLES socialized to the university culture and to Mentor Lisa Slattery Walker, professor
While much of the work by ADVANCE learn about resources and opportunities,” and chair of the Sociology Department, and
is systemic and large-scale, other efforts are Huet says “We think this also enhances her mentee Janaka Lewis, assistant professor
geared toward individual faculty members. our intellectual community and builds in the English Department, consider ways
Mentoring and leadership development bridges between colleges and departments. to balance teaching and research, as well as
opportunities can be key to faculty success, As our university raises its stature in professional and family life.
says ADVANCE Faculty Director Yvette interdisciplinary research, the mentoring “How I see my job as a mentor is not
Huet, who also is a biology professor. efforts can be an efficient and personal way to tell people how to do things but to help
“Attracting diverse faculty is important to grow connections.” them figure out what works for them,”
for the continued growth of our university,” Walker says. “The way to be successful as a
Huet says. “We also believe it is essential to faculty member is to figure out what works
help our new and existing faculty expand for you. I try to see where the person is and
their leadership and their knowledge.” what they need.”
The mentoring program offers Lewis has applied what she gained from
professional support for tenure-track Walker as well as her department chair and
faculty, as they move towards promotion others in her department. “This has also
helped to supplement the information I was
receiving in my department,” she says. “It
helps the interactions to be very human. I see
what is possible at UNC Charlotte. I haven’t
seen limits. Being here this first year and
being with people who were encouraging me
has extended that view for me.”
Other ADVANCE initiatives include:
Leadership UNC Charlotte, a year-long
seminar series focused on issues rising
leaders face and offered to a group of no
Mentor Robin Coger and mentee Xiuxia Du say
trust is critical to mentoring partnerships. more than 24 selected faculty;
A year-long new faculty orientation
covering issues including plagiarism,
To be successful, mentors and communication and effective use of new
mentees need to understand each other’s media and information technology;
expectations, say mentor Robin Coger and Facilitated sessions between long-
her mentee, Xiuxia Du. “You have to be standing and newly appointed chairs;
ADVANCE offers leadership development courses, on the same page as to what the mentee Forums when the deans and the provost
such as this one attended by Ying Lu of the Belk is hoping to gain from the relationship,” discuss promotion criteria with associate
College of Business (center.)
Coger says. “It’s important to have that professors;
discussion early. Another critical step is Informal gatherings of faculty peer
and tenure. One signature program establishing trust.” groups, called Focus Energy Fridays;
matches junior faculty members with senior Du joined UNC Charlotte’s Department A women’s speakers series highlighting
colleagues who are outside their home units, of Bioinformatics & Genomics as an practical ideas for growing leadership and
as a supplement to the mentoring that also assistant professor in 2008. She has found an inclusive climate;
occurs within a faculty member’s discipline invaluable the relationships and knowledge Bonnie Cone Fellowships, awarded
or program. that Coger has amassed and shared, most to new and mid-career female faculty in
ADVANCE also directs peer-mentoring recently in Coger’s roles as professor of STEM fields, to help grow their careers and
programs with mid-career faculty, and Mechanical Engineering and Engineering leadership; and Faculty climate surveys.
senior faculty members from across Science and director of the Center for
the university meet as groups to share Biomedical Engineering Systems. Lynn Roberson is project director
information and support each other, “Robin thinks of me not only when we’re for communication in the
especially regarding career advancement. talking in person but also at other times,” ADVANCE Faculty Affairs Office.
Continued from p. 25
The wall
Since the advent of the printing press the between diverse
art of oral story telling has been eclipsed
by the written word. The shift has become communities
more pronounced in the present digital age,
when it seems people are eager to share even crumbled a bit to
the most mundane details of their lives in
writing. But oral historical accounts have create an opening
distinct value apart from the written record.
Buried in the memories of the
for dialogue and
townspeople are the reminiscences of events
and personal interactions that form the
mutal interest.
foundation of a community’s collective
identity. Oral histories uncover and preserve
these reminiscences; and sometimes they
even help level the historical playing field.
“You are probably
familiar with the
McClellanville resident Charlotte Morris is
old adage ‘History pictured here in her youth.
is written by the
winners.’ In a very the nexus between tradition and cultural
basic sense, sharing transition.
one’s story and having “It’s the sort of place that still has
a voice is an exercise a distinctive identity,” Watson said.
in power; it is a way of Robert Arnold “McClellanville never really went through
adding one’s version of the Civil Rights movement.”
events to complement The racial divide is both physical and
and compete with the stories of others,” metaphorical. Whites live within the literal
Arnold said. boundaries of the village, and the Black
Implicit in the act of listening is the community surrounds the village proper.
message that everyone has a story to tell, Many of the townspeople are descendants
that no one is anonymous. of slaves or plantation owners, and there is
“Even in a place like very little contact between the races.
The sun sets in the village of McClellanville,
McClellanville people Since her oral history interview with population 400.
become more aware two African-American honors students,
they have stories when that has changed for Charlotte Morris, a
they encounter people McClellanville native now in her 70s. After feel the town is “in danger” of becoming a
who haven’t heard the the interview, Morris told Watson that she resort community.
stories and are eager to really enjoyed talking with the students In recent years, land and property
listen. I hear it in the and that her experience made her think prices in McClellanville have skyrocketed,
pride of their voices Connie Rothwell differently about issues of race. rendering it nearly impossible for the
when we talk with one “The wall between diverse communities younger generation of inhabitants to remain
another,” Watson explained. crumbled a bit to create an opening in their hometown.
Rothwell conceived of the project after for dialogue and mutual interest,” Whatever changes lie ahead for the town,
visiting Watson. Rothwell said. the oral history project has helped capture
Rothwell said she often is asked, “Why Continued dialogue among community the character of McClellanville as it was,
McClellanville?” In tandem with the members, Black and White, might be the and as it is – and with a little moral and
connection to Watson, and considerations only thing standing between McClellanville financial support, UNC Charlotte’s UHP
of student well-being — the town can and major demographic changes. students might return to document the
be traversed on foot and provides a safe Many residents remarked to student town’s future.
learning environment — McClellanville interviewers that their village has become
not only is a place where the past has a popular sanctuary for transplants, mostly Lisa A. Patterson is senior writer
been preserved, but also is an example of retirees, and tourists. In fact, some residents in the Office of Public Relations.
10-23-10 REGISTER
TODAY
Nursing students express their appreciation for the new hospital beds donated by Linet Americas, Inc.
The School of Nursing at UNC Charlotte Americas for their generosity and ongoing Linet Americas is the operating division
would like to thank Linet Americas, Inc. for partnership with the School of Nursing.” of Linet that services the Americas
their generous donation of three state-of-the- By incorporating feedback from nursing marketplace. The company is headquartered
art hospital beds to the School’s Learning faculty and students into the design of their in Charlotte and provides localized sales and
Laboratories. Two Eleganza 3 beds, and products, this ongoing partnership will service to customers in the region.
one Eleganza EZ bed, valued at more than benefit both the School of Nursing and The School of Nursing prepares a
$23,000, were personally delivered by Colin Linet Americas, Inc. Founded just outside diverse nursing workforce to care for the
Bain, president and CEO; Bill Mauze, account of Prague, Czech Republic in 1990, Linet representative populations of the region,
executive and UNC Charlotte alumnus and has quickly become a leading producer of generates and disseminates knowledge
their team. hospital beds and patient room equipment through research on the life transitions
College of Health and Human Services throughout the world. Linet’s products – that affect the health outcomes of diverse
Dean Karen Schmaling stated that “Integrating hospital beds, mattresses, furniture and populations, and is a leader in its offering
the latest technology in hospital beds in our other medical care products – are sold in of quality academic programs and use of
Learning Resources Center will greatly enhance more than 70 countries on all continents. information technology to enhance learning
the clinical and simulation training for our Linet products are developed in close and to provide greater student access to both
nursing students. We would like to thank Linet collaboration with healthcare professionals. undergraduate and graduate education.
THE
JOYOF GIVING
Three of UNC Charlotte’s legendary benefactors, Rowe was a University Patron of Excellence and
(left to right) Oliver Rowe, Addison Reese, and J. was president of the Rowe Corp., an enterprise
Murrey Atkins welcome a gift into the University’s making products ranging from farm equipment to
coffers. The November 21, 1960, event was a synthetic fiber machinery. Reese was a longtime
presentation of a check for $2,500 by Reese, banker who became chairman and CEO of NCNB
on behalf of North Carolina National Bank and served as chairman of the site selection
(NCNB), to the Charlotte College Foundation. The committee that chose today’s campus location.
presentation was made at a luncheon following He also served as chairman of the University’s
the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Charlotte board of trustees from 1965-1972. Atkins was
College campus (on Highway 49). The Rowe Arts a civic leader in education and was president
building, Reese administration building and the J. of R. S. Dickson & Company, a textiles
Murrey Atkins Library are named for these leaders. brokerage firm.
After working with enthusiasm and My meetings provided a platform from practiced at UNC Charlotte can be
dedication for the last three years as Student which I built relationships and strengthened incorporated in my parent university,
Affairs and Marketing Officer at NUST School my understandings of policies, system back home.
of Electrical Engineering and Computer and rules. Through this experience and I enjoyed life in the United States,
Sciences, in Islamabad, Pakistan, I was interaction I have learned a lot. It has including traveling, shopping and cooking. I
highly motivated and engrossed in learning enhanced my ability to think and helped me have a passion for cooking and trying dishes
more about the world and convinced of in diverse perception of things. from around the world and loved seeing the
the importance of global perspective. My Apart from scheduling myself with all behind-the-scenes-work of the Chartwells
Director General Dr. Arshad and I contacted these departments with my supervisor Marcia culinary team at UNC Charlotte. In my last
a colleague at UNC Charlotte to arrange for a Kiessling every week, I have also been keenly two weeks in the United States I traveled
professional internship dedicated to examining engaged on the UNC Charlotte campus. I from lush beautiful greenery of Charlotte
and understanding student affairs and higher led a discussion during Graduate Education to the amazing Golden Gate Bridge of San
education in the United States. Week in March and presented about NUST Francisco to Malibu on the Pacific Ocean,
On my home campus in the School of and Pakistan to the campus community in and then to Manhattan in New York,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, April 16. I took professional development experiencing different yet amazingly diverse
I am responsible for the management of the courses at UNC Continuing Education. cultures in three states.
student affairs office and activities; developing, Lastly as part of my internship experience I My camera was always at-the-ready from
coordinating and distributing marketing worked with UNC Charlotte’s Intercultural my first ever experience with snow and then
materials reflecting School and University Outreach to help connect with a group of twice again, to the beautiful colorful spring
interest and services; overseeing large events MBA students from India. and in the end to the blazing hot summer,
for students including annual Open House, I attended an array of seminars, workshops giving me the best six months of my life.
Alumni Homecoming, Convocations, and and various other campus activities that are I was recognized at 5th Annual
International Culture Day. I also manage the being arranged for the students, faculty and International Women’s Day. I made
Alumni Office of the school. As an alumnus of staff. I find people working in a collegial and extremely wonderful and talented mentors
the school’s program (I graduated in 2006 with organized manner. During my interactions and friends and had an experience which I
a degree in Information Technology), I bring I have tried to study and observe how these never thought was meant to happen. At the
specific understanding of the school’s academic good quality methods and procedures end, I hope my experience will bring about
offerings and the individual student experience. a positive change in terms of innovation
Warmly welcomed by the UNC Charlotte in NUST processes that enable maximum
community, I immediately took advantage of support to students and faculty members.
all the opportunities and within a month had Through this internship opportunity I
visited with a staggering number of campus have tried to establish a strong partnership
departments and units including: Student through collaborative exchange programs
Union, Student Activities, Career Services, between NUST and UNC Charlotte.
Counseling Center, Graduate School, Human I take this opportunity to express
Resources, Housing and Residence Life, my gratitude to UNC Charlotte for
Continuing Education, Development and providing me this international exposure.
Alumni Affairs, International Students and It has enhanced my life and polished my
Scholars, and Student Affairs. professional skills beyond my expectations.