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The faculty senate voted to re
scind the engineering fee to the
Board of Trustees Rucker said.
“The main thing that got the sen
ate very upset about this is because
they kind of went behind every
body's’ back to get this pushed in,”
Rucker said. “They kind of used the
cover of us switching chancellors as
a means to push it through without
having it looked over by the senate
and everybody else.”
Michael Bratton, chair of the
faculty senate, gave the Board of
Trustees copies of the resolution
from the Feb. 8 meeting.
The first meeting about the fee
listed where the funds would go,
according to Rucker.
“The break-down that they gave
us of the current fee is 50 percent
is going to the STEAM studio, 30
percent is going toward engineer
ing enhancement fees and then 20
percent is going toward academic
affairs,” Rucker said. “The other 30
percent we don’t understand why
they’re asking for that either for the
engineering department because the
majority of our equipment comes
from State. They pay for all of our
lab equipment, all of our programs,
all that stuff.”
Joe Urgo, interim chancel
lor, said the percentages were not
accurate in the Board of Trustees
meeting.
N.C. State provides for the two-
plus-two program at UNCA finan
cially. Another component of en
gineering at UNCA includes some
usage of the STEAM studio.
“So you have to take a course in
order to use anything in the STEAM
studio,” Rucker said. “And that
course is open to engineering and
art students, and only takes in about
30 students per semester. And none
of our classes require it. The only
class that really uses it is our senior
design class.”
Sara Sanders, director of the
STEAM studio said she hopes
funding for the studio could help
with management and purchasing
supplies. Currently, programs or
students fund the projects in the
studio.
“Generally if its a personal proj
ect like sculpture, the students self
fund it,” Sanders said. “If its an en
gineering project its usually funded.
Senior design is funded by whoev-
ers commissioning the project.”
Rucker said the engineer
ing department did not completely
oppose to the fee.
“We are concerned and we are not
asking for no fee. We’re just asking
for a delay in approval and a redefi
nition of the fee,” Rucker said.
Cissie Stevens, member of the
Board of Trustees, asked for more
time to review the information giv
en out by Bratton in order to make a
decision at a later date.
“It seems to me there is
enough discussion around this, and
I think Stevens has expressed con
cern to perhaps take some time for
further consideration,” Briggs said.
Briggs suggested to move the
topic back to academic affairs for
more discussion before anything is
passed.
During the meeting it was noted
that the fee needs approval from
the Board of Governors, but the the
proposal for the fee does not need to
have a specific charge. If the Board
of Governors does not approve the
fee then it will be a full year until it
could be approved.
“One of our professors. Dr.
Bruce, emailed our representative
at N.C. State, and she replied back
with they didn’t know about the fee
either,” Rucker said. “They didn’t
know that they were imposing the
fee on our students, and they also
recommended to not do it because
the facilities that we have here are
nothing compared to the N.C. State
students.”
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leg to create a faux prosthetic. King
said she has to think of not feeling
her foot hit the ground in order to
simulate the correct body move
ment.
“Watching the student designers
and actors challenge themselves
artistically and support each other
through the process is very reward
ing,” Kloeppel said.
As a psychology major. King had
background knowledge of what pa
tients go through with PTSD.
“Jenny was very interesting to
me, due to her trauma and all she
has to deal with in her healing pro
cess,” King said.
King used the Alba Method to get
into the skin of Sutter. Developed
in the early 1970s, Alba acting uses
the body to access emotions.
“You focus on the outer body, the
physicality of it before you think of
the inner. Lise the director taught
me that since I (Jenny) have night
mares, I should use shocked breath
ing. So it’s through the chest,” King
said, drawing a sharp breath in,
“Then out, slow, through the mouth.
And then the emotions come out of
nowhere. It’s really crazy how it
happens.”
Following the Alba Method actu
ally brought her to tears for a crying
scene. King said.
“I like acting so much because
you have to find the inner mono
logue, what that person is think
ing,” King said.
Maxwell Roberts, stage manager
and junior drama student, serves as
the powerhouse of communication
between all the show departments.
Roberts takes care of actor welfare
and other necessary details.
“This production comes from
the perspective of a female veteran
of color, which is often a perspec
tive you don’t really hear,” Roberts
said. “I also think it’s super relevant
because the veteran community in
Asheville is so large.”
Kelleher arranged for local veter
ans organizations to speak with the
audience after each performance
and table information before and
after each show.
“I didn’t want to see this just be a
play about veterans without giving
veterans a voice,” Kelleher said. “I
will try and involve the audience by
facilitating a discussion.”
A UNCA Student Veteran Alli
ance representative will speak af
ter the first performance Thursday.
Also scheduled are Kevin Rumley
of the Buncombe County Veter
an Treatment Court, Jake Larue of
Horse Sense and Alyce Knaflish of
Aura Home.
“It’s been really neat to engage
with the veteran conununity here,
so not leaving the culture totally
behind,” Kelleher said. “It’s been
really helpful transitioning.”
Reintegration into everyday life
is a concern for all veterans, but es
pecially for women as the resources
can be scarce, Kelleher said. Home
less female veterans are one of the
fastest growing populations in the
U.S., with an estimated 4,000 to
8,000 living in Buncombe Coun
ty, as reported by Aura Home for
Women Veterans.
“We have more female veterans
coming home, but they’re coming
home to less than there should be,”
Kelleher said.
Kloeppel has never served in the
military, but has family members
who have served and said she has
witnessed their experiences of iso
lation and process of recovery after
the military.
“I believe there is more we could
be doing collectively to help these
individuals feel more supported and
heard as they work towards reinte
gration into civilian life,” Kloeppel
said.
The UNC Asheville Drama
Department will bring Welcome
Home, Jenny Sutter to life Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday March 1,
2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee
on Sunday March 4 at 2 p.m.