(Posted 8-17-00)
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RECORD-BREAKING YEAR KICKS OFF
WITH CONSTRUCTION, BONDS, TECHNOLOGY
GREENSBORO--Last year, faculty broke records in research funding. This year, freshman enrollment is at an all-time high. Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan announced these records during her State of the Campus Address on Aug. 16.
When enrollment statistics are finalized, UNCG is expected to top last
year's enrollment record with 1,900 new freshmen and more than 13,000 students
overall. The new freshmen, along with an estimated 1,000 transfer students,
began arriving on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 17-18, and were assisted
by UNCG staff and student volunteers. The enrollment, coupled with increased
admission standards, is cause for celebration, Chancellor Sullivan said.
Move-In Day had UNCG staff and students helping new freshmen and transfer
students carry their belongings into residence halls. |
In her address, the Chancellor also said she was thrilled to announce UNCG had received $33 million in grants and contracts in 1999-2000, a 38.8 percent increase over 1998-99.
"Last year I challenged the faculty to derive support for their research funding," she said. "It's pretty clear that you listened."
She encouraged the faculty to do even better this year. "I know we're on our way," she said.
Also during the address, the Chancellor gave direction for the year ahead. In the coming year, faculty and staff should expect to:
Continue the integration of information technology in every aspect of campus life. This summer, the foundation of a new fiber optic cable network was laid to improve the infrastructure on campus.
Continue the research momentum UNCG has sustained over the past five years.
Look at the University's effectiveness. Examine academics, service, student activities, and student government from a student perspective. "Do they believe we are student-centered?" Chancellor Sullivan asked. "What can we do to make their academic experience, their out-of-class experience, their personal development experience, better?"
Launch the self-study for reaccreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Examine UNCG's core values and develop a statement of principles to describe the responsibility of each member of the UNCG community.
Overriding all the work of the coming year is a special challenge this fall--informing the public about the $3.1 billion higher education bond referendum that will appear on North Carolina ballots in November, she said. Most of UNCG's share of the bond--about $160 million--will go toward repair and renovation. No frills, the Chancellor said. "We want to have facilities that match the quality of our people and our programs," she said.
Chancellor Sullivan encouraged faculty and staff to tell UNCG's story to 10 friends and neighbors. In telling the story, faculty and staff should focus on the need for the bonds and the importance of the UNC system institutions to North Carolina's economy, she said.
UNCG's year ahead will be full of other challenges as well, especially as construction continues on the Elliott University Center addition and the wiring of the latest fiber-optic network gets under way. "Each of us is going to have to be a little more patient, a little more adaptable, and certainly more understanding as we navigate our way around campus," the Chancellor said.
The issue of tuition also will be addressed during the 2000-01 year. A tuition study task force met over the summer to discuss future tuition costs. The task force will hold a series of open meetings about possible tuition changes in early September, Chancellor Sullivan said.
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