September 20, 1971/the journal/page three
Campus news
Accreditation team No longer
on campus
A team of educators from institutions in the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools will visit the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte Sept. 19-23 as a part of the association’s program of periodic
self study of campuses.
Every member of the association is visited once in each decade by a
committee of administrators and faculty from other campuses to help
the institution assess its progress since its last visitation and its plans for
the future.
The visiting committee will report to the commission on Colleges of
the association at the annual meeting in December.
Reaffirmation of accreditation is also based on the visits of these
committees, according to Vice Chancellor Wm. Hugh McEniry,
chairman of the UNCC self study.
Chancellor Archie Dykes of the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville is chairman of the visiting committee. Fourteen other
administrators and faculty members will join him in the work.
The committee will arrive Sunday and conclude its study by noon
Wednesday.
Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Fall elections
upcoming
by Stan patterson
student body president
Students are needed to serve in the Student Legislature and in
Student Government offices. Also, students are needed to serve on the
Chancellor’s Committees. These positions, too, are the only channels,
however token it may be, that students have open to participate in the
decision-making within the University.
There will be elections for Student Legislature representatives on
September 30 and October 1. Nominations for positions must be
turned into the SGA office by Wednesday, September 22. Listed below
are the vacant offices:
Student Body Vice-President (1)
Freshman Class President (1)
Representative/College of Social Sciences (1)
Representative/College of Economics and Business
Administration (1)
Representative/College of Architecture (1)
Commuter Representatives-at-large (6)
Representative/Sanford Hall (1)
Representative/Moore Hall (1)
The following positions are available in the Student Government
offices:
Presidential assistant (1)
Student Body Treasurer (1)
Student Body Parliamentarian (1)
The following are positions available in the Student Court: elected
Judges (5) and appointed Judges (2).
The below committees of the Chancellor have openings on them for
interested students:
Belk Carillon Committee - The purpose of the committee is to
establish times and select musical arrangements for regular concerts and
to handle arrangements for special concerts on appropriate occasions.
Black Studies Committee - This committee is advisory to the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs and is charged with studying and
making recommendations for a program of Black Studies at UNCC.
Academic Calendar Committee - The purpose of this committee is to
make recommendations to the Chancellor concerning the UNCC
Academic Calendar.
Campus Stores Committee - This Committee is Advisory to the
Director of Administration and is to serve as a means for effecting
campus store services. It should be responsive to the suggestions,
criticisms, and needs of the campus community.
Chemistry Building Advisory Committee - The general charge of this
committee is to develop a program for the new Chemistry Building
which has been requested.
Commencement Committee - The purpose of this committee is to
advise and make recommendations to the Chancellor on plans
concerning many various phases of commencement.
Committee to Coordinate Administrative Use of the Computer - The
purpose of this Committee is to facilitate the coordination of the
various administrative units in their use of the Computer Center.
Counseling Program Committee - This committee serves to consider
ways and means of using business and professional people in our
community in the career counseling for our students and to consider
other ways of improving our Counseling Program.
University Discipline Committee - This Committee’s purpose is to
handle cases of sexual offenses and cases involving drug abuse.
Faculty Club Committee - This Committee is being established to
make recommendations for the future use of the Lake Norman
property and the Van Landingham home and grounds.
UNCC Faculty Patent Committee - The purpose of this committee is
to take those steps necessary to assure UNCC’s compliance with the
Patent Policy Statement.
Food Service Committee - This Committee, advisory to the Director
of Administration, is to provide a means of effecting University food
services that are responsive to the needs of tire campus community.
University Center Building Committee - The general charge of this
committee is to design a program for the proposed addition to the
University Center.
nameless
No longer will UNCC students
have to remember the alphabet in
referring to UNCC’s buildings.
“A”, “D”, and “L” buildings have
been renamed.
The action was taken on
August 13 by the Board of
Trustees of the Consolidated
University.
In addition to the naming of
the three buildings in the liberal
arts complex, the board also'
approved requests for the naming
of the administration building and
the new library tower.
“A” building has been named
for Mrs. Edyth Winningham,
professor emeritus of political
science.
“D” building will bear the
name of B. W. “Barney” Barnard,
long - time patron and executive
director of the Foundation of the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte.
“L” Building has been named
for Dr. Pierre Macy, professor
emeritus of French.
The new library tower has been
named in honor of Harry L.
Dalton, prominent Charlotte
businessman, art collector and
friend of the University.
In honor of his many years of
outstanding service to the
University, the administration
building will bear the name of Dr.
Addison H. Reese, chairman of
the board of North Carolina
National Bank.
These buildings, along with the
already-named Oliver R. Rowe
Creative Arts Building, will be
dedicated in ceremonies scheduled
for October 29.
Starkie
here 24th
Dr. Starkie, of Dublin, Ireland,
is a noted lecturer and writer with
a range of interests impressive
enough to suggest a Renaissance
man. These include the Irish
Literary Movement of Yeats and
Shaw, Spanish and Italian
literature, political science, Gypsy
life and culture, and music.
During his stay at UNCC, he
will meet with various classes in
different disciplines (September
22-24) and will present a public
lecture (Gypsy Music and Culture)
on the evening of September 24 at
8:15 p.m. in the Parquet Room of
the University Center.
During the second world war,
he remained in Madrid as a British
Intelligence officer and organized
an escape route for British fliers
shot down over Europe. He has
lectured in numerous universities
in Europe and North and South
America, and he has been
Distinguished Professor in
Residence at UCLA. During that
time he was often giving lectures
in five or more departments at
UCLA.
He has been honored by several
European countries with their
highest awards, including
knighthood by the King of Spain
with the Order of Alfonso XII and
election to France’s Legion of
Honor. During his colorful career
he has been associated with James
Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Sean O’Casey,
G.B. Shaw, Federico Lorca,
Manuuel DeFalla, and many other
outstanding personalities of the
20th Century. The playwright,
Samuel Beckett, is numbered
among his many former students
who have achieved international
recognition.
acme dance company
UNCC won’t soon
forget dancers
James Cunningham and the Acme Dance Company will give a variety
of experiences in their art form to participants and spectators at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Sept. 21-23.
The Acme dancers will give a public performance at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Rowe Creative Arts Building. Admission to
the public is $2.50 and to students with identification cards. $ 1.
The performance will include “Lauren’s Dream,” a dance by James
Cunningham and Lauren Persichetti, and “The Clue in the Hidden
Staircase,” a dance by Cunningham.
James Cunningham was born in Toronto and educated at tlie
University of Toronto where he earned honors degrees (B.A. and M.A.)
in English literature and drama while directing and performing
professionally as an actor and dancer. He then spent four years in
England at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts studying acting,
voice and dance and in the BBC apprentice directors program. While
there, he continued to perform professionally and began to
choreograph his first pieces using sound and movement.
Since his return to North America in 1965 (as a scholarship student
at the Martha Graham School), he has continued to produce on all
fronts. He has done the choreography for many dramatic productions,
has directed a number of plays, has acted and danced in a wide variety
of productions and has choreographed ten major dances.
Cunningham has taught at a number of institutions.
in the pieces that make up his company’s repertory, Cunningham
has combined elements of yoga, acting, ballet, modern dance, singing,
vocal and movement improvisations and rock dancing. He uses not only
his core company of seven skilled dancer/actors but often as many as
150 locally recruited and rehearsed student performers.
His present company includes graduates of such schools as
Dartmouth, Stanford, Sarah Lawrence, Bennington and Harvard.
The following schedule has been arranged at UNCC:
—Tuesday: 2:30 p.m.; session on design and lighting, artistic
problems in space and design.
8:15 p.m., public performance.
—Wednesday: 1 p.m., movement studio for Creative Arts and other
students at UNCC. Not open to public.
8:15 p.m., master class for dancers and non-dancers. Open to
participants from the public at $5 per person. No spectators.
—Thursday: 10 a.m., session around the Belk Tower (Lobby of
Rowe Building in case of rain). The public is invited.
The box office at UNCC will be open in the Rowe Building from 2
to 5 p.m. beginning Monday. Interested persons may call UNCC
extension 322 for information.
The dancers’ appearance at UNCC is made possible in part by the
National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities and the North
Carolina Arts Council.