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History of The University of North Carolina
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In North Carolina, all the public educational institutions that grant baccalaureate degrees are part of The University of North Carolina. Western Carolina University is one of the sixteen constituent institutions of the multi-campus state university.
The University of North Carolina, chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1789, was the first public university in the United States to open its doors and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century. The first class was admitted in Chapel Hill in 1795. For the next 136 years, the only campus of The University of North Carolina was at Chapel Hill.
In 1877, the North Carolina General Assembly began sponsoring additional institutions of higher education, diverse in origin and purpose. Five were historically black institutions, and another was founded to educate American Indians. Several were created to prepare teachers for the public schools. Others had a technological emphasis. One is a training school for performing artists.
In 1931, the North Carolina General Assembly redefined The University of North Carolina to include three state-supported institutions: the campus at Chapel Hill (now the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University at Raleigh), and Woman’s College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). The new multi-campus university operated with one board of trustees and one president. By 1969, three additional campuses had joined the university through legislative action: the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
In 1971, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation bringing into the University of North Carolina the state’s ten remaining public senior institutions, each of which had until then been legally separate: Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, the North Carolina School of the Arts, Pembroke State University, Western Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State University. This action created the current sixteen-campus university. In 1985, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential high school for gifted students, was declared an affiliated school of the university; and in 1996, Pembroke State University was renamed The University of North Carolina at Pembroke through legislative action.
The UNC Board of Governors is the policy-making body legally charged with “the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance of all affairs of the constituent institutions.” It elects the president, who administers the university. The thirty-two voting members of the Board of Governors are elected by the North Carolina General Assembly for four-year terms. Former board chairmen and board members who are former governors of North Carolina may continue to serve for limited periods as non-voting members emeriti. The president of the UNC Association of Student Governments, or that student’s designee, is also a non-voting member.
Each of the sixteen constituent institutions is headed by a chancellor, who is chosen by the Board of Governors on the president’s nomination and is responsible to the president. Each institution has a board of trustees, consisting of eight members elected by the Board of Governors, four appointed by the governor, and the president of the student body, who serves ex officio. The North Carolina School of the Arts has two additional ex officio members. Each board of trustees holds extensive powers over academic and other operations of its institution on delegation from the Board of Governors.
Board of Governors
J. Bradley Wilson, Chairman |
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Durham |
J. Craig Souza, Vice Chairman |
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Raleigh |
Patsy B. Perry, Secretary |
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Durham |
Class of 2005
Bradley T. Adcock
G. Irvin Aldridge
James G. Babb
Anne W. Cates
John F.A.V. Cecil
Bert Collins
Ray S. Farris
Dudley E. Flood
Hannah D. Gage
Willie J. Gilchrist
H. Frank Grainger
Charles H. Mercer, Jr.
Jim W. Phillips, Jr.
J. Craig Souza
Robert F. Warwick
J. Bradley Wilson
Class of 2007
Brent D. Barringer
J. Addison Bell
R. Steve Bowden
F. Edward Broadwell, Jr.
William L. Bruns, Jr.
John W. Davis III
Peter D. Hans
Peter Keber
Adelaide Daniels Key
G. Leroy Lail
Charles S. Norwood, Jr.
Cary C. Owen
Patsy B. Perry
Gladys Ashe Robinson
Estelle “Bunny” Sanders
Priscilla P. Taylor
Emeritus Members
James E. Holshouser, Jr.
C. Clifford Cameron
Benjamin S. Ruffin
Ex Officio Member
Amanda M. Devore
Officers of the University of North Carolina
Molly Corbett Broad |
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President
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Gretchen M. Bataille |
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Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Alan R. Mabe |
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Vice President for Academic Planning
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Russ Lea |
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Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs
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Jeffrey R. Davies |
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Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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Robyn R. Render |
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Vice President for Information Resources and CIO
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Leslie J. Winner |
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Vice President and General Counsel
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Wayne McDevitt |
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Senior Vice President for University Affairs
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Richard Thompson |
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Vice President for University School Programs
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Bart Corgnati |
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Secretary of the University
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Western Carolina University
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Western Carolina University was founded in August 1889 as a semi-public school. Chartered as Cullowhee High School in 1891, it served the Cullowhee community and boarding students from neighboring counties and other states.
For Professor Robert Lee Madison, the institution’s founder, the aim of the school was teacher training. In 1893, with the first state appropriation of $1,500, a normal department was established. In 1905, the institution became Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, a title it held for 20 years.
Beginning about 1912, the status of the school was gradually raised to that of a two-year normal school or junior college. With state support increasing and work at the secondary level discontinued, the name of the school was changed in 1925 to Cullowhee State Normal School.
In 1929, under a new charter authorizing the school to extend its work to the four-year level, the name Western Carolina Teachers College was adopted. Modifications in function and rapid growth climaxed in 1951 with the addition of the postgraduate year to the curriculum, and the granting of the Master of Arts in Education degree was authorized. Demands in the liberal arts, and for programs in other areas of learning, led to an expansion of its offerings and to a further change, in 1953, to the name Western Carolina College.
In 1967, the institution was designated a regional university by the North Carolina General Assembly and the name of the institution was changed to Western Carolina University.
In 1971, the state legislature reorganized higher education in North Carolina, and on July 1, 1972, Western Carolina University became a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina.
Board of Trustees
Phillip D. Walker, Chairman |
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Hickory
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Jeanette Hyde, Vice Chairman |
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Raleigh
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Genevieve W. Burda, Secretary |
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Mars Hill
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Class of 2005
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Genevieve W. Burda |
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Mars Hill
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Rick Carlisle |
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Raleigh
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Joan MacNeill |
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Webster
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William Ted Phillips, Jr. |
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Knoxville, TN
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J. Clark Plexico |
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Raleigh
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Phillip D. Walker |
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Hickory
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Class of 2007
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Robert F. Burgin |
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Asheville
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Jeanette Hyde |
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Raleigh
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Gerald Kiser |
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Monroe, MI
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Steve Warren |
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Asheville
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Charles R. Worley |
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Asheville
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Rosemary Foley Wyche |
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Raleigh
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Ex Officio
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Heather Christine List |
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Cullowhee
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Mr. Joe Crocker, Former Chair |
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Winston-Salem
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Academic and Administrative Officers
Only officers thought to be of special interest to graduate students are listed. See Undergraduate Catalog for complete listing.
John W. Bardo |
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Chancellor
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Dianne G. Lynch |
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Chief of Staff
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Kyle R. Carter |
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Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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Fred D. Hinson |
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Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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Beth Tyson Lofquist |
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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Clifton Metcalf |
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Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Affairs
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Robert Caruso |
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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George W. Wooten |
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Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
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William K. Haggard |
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean for Student Development
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Scott Higgins |
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Interin Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
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Gibbs Knotts |
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Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
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Josie R. Bewsey |
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Assistant to the Research and Graduate Studies Dean
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Patricia L. Miller |
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Director, WCU Programs in Asheville
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Robert Kehrberg |
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Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
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David Butcher |
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Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
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N. Leroy Kauffman |
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Dean, College of Business
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Debasish Banerjee |
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Associate Dean, College of Business
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A. Michael Dougherty |
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Dean, College of Education and Allied Professions
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C. Dale Carpenter |
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Associate Dean, College of Education and Allied Professions
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Noelle Kehrberg |
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Dean, College of Applied Sciences
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Ann Johnson |
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Associate Dean, College of Applied Sciences
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Patricia Brown |
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Dean, Distance and Continuing Education
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Malcolm Loughlin |
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Associate Dean, Distance and Continuing Education
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Bil Stahl |
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Interim Chief Information Officer
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A. Troy Barksdale |
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Director of University Planning
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Philip M. Cauley |
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Director of Admissions
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Larry Hammer |
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Acting Registrar
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Jane M. Adams-Dunford |
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Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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Nancy B. Dillard |
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Director, Financial Aid
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Bil Stahl |
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University Librarian
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Leila Tvedt |
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Relations
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Deborah C. Beck |
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Director, University Health Center
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Tom Johnson |
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Director, University Police Department
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Lois Petrovich-Mwaniki |
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Director, International Programs and Services
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David Shapiro |
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Director, Center for International Research & Policy
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The Graduate School
Graduate Council
Scott Higgins, Interim Dean and Chairman
Gibbs Knotts, Associate Dean
Josie Bewsey, Assistant to the Dean |
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Research Council
Scott Higgins, Interim Dean
Gibbs Knotts, Associate Dean
Elizabeth L. Haynes, Director/Office of Grants Management |
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Members
JoAnn Carland
Russell Curtis
Vincent Hall
Shannon Harry*
James Lewis
Karen Lunnen
Shan Manickam
Anna McFadden
George Mechling
Justin Menickelli
Kevin Pennington
Sabine Rundle
Bil Stahl
JoAnne Stilley
David Butcher (faculty representative to the UNC System Graduate Council) |
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Members
Shawn Acheson
Jim Addison
Elizabeth Haynes
Steven Henson
Jon Jicha
Davia Krings
Bill Kwochka
Anna McFadden
Dixie McGinty
Gayle Moller
Irene Mueller
Sean O’Connell
Judy Revere
Krista Schmidt
Michael Smith
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Administration
The Graduate School consists of a graduate faculty represented by the dean, who is the administrative officer, and the Graduate Council. The dean reports to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and is responsible for Research and Graduate Studies.
The Graduate Council formulates and recommends policies and standards for the Graduate School, reviews and recommends all teaching personnel for graduate courses, and appraises and recommends new graduate degree programs and changes in existing programs.
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