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Chelsea Phillips, a native of Huntersville, NC, never would have imagined that her two and a half week visit to South Africa would lead her to compete for 2010 Miss UNC.
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Chelsea Phillips, a native of Huntersville, NC, never would have imagined that her two and a half week visit to South Africa would lead her to compete for 2010 Miss UNC.
Nearly 150 days are spent within the daily routine of attending standard college classes for the majority of UNC students.But three months of the year, from May through mid-July, are geared toward creating more options for students to complete courses in a more specialized manner.“Summer school is available to students to better ensure their chances of graduating in four years by being able to complete extra courses in less time,” said Jan Yopp, dean of summer school.Yopp said summer school is often a significant benefit specifically for students with a second major or minor trying to complete their course requirements, students who were unable to enroll in a course during the standard academic year and transfer students who are trying to make up for any course deficiencies that may exist.A common misconception is that a majority of students enroll in summer school to improve their current GPA.“Currently, only 10 percent of the students who enroll in summer school do so to improve their GPA. Over time, we have established that the students’ main goal is to complete courses and get closer to graduation,” Yopp said.The UNC summer program is composed of three sessions beginning with Maymester, followed by two longer sessions throughout June and ending in mid-July.Maymester began as a pilot project three years ago, but due to its overwhelming success, it has become a permanent part of the summer program. An exclusive new aspect to the other two sessions within the 2010 summer school program is the creation of the language immersion series, in which students can earn credit for two courses.“The idea of getting double credit is appealing, yet a majority of the summer courses including those online are quite intensive,” Yopp said. Despite the unattractive idea of consistent work, Yopp noted that there was a significant increase in summer school enrollment for the 2010 program in comparison to previous years.“This will be my first time enrolling in summer school at UNC, but I think it will be something I continue to do because it gives me more credits in less time,” freshman Rowan Perkins said.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
Within the past year, the collaboration between University Career Services and the General Alumni Association has increased in a number of ways with a significant impact.Prior to now, these two campus programs dealt with students and alumni independently.But they soon realized that was not the most effective process available to them.“We have learned that the best way to serve students — including present, past and future — is by helping them to partner up and network among each other,” said Linda Conklin, manager of Alumni Career Services.The newest project that these two University programs are collaborating on includes the development of an expanded database, which consists of 7,200 alumni volunteers.The individuals included in this database are willing to provide their personal business information.This enables students to access specific internships and job opportunities through an alumni-based connection that they might not have otherwise.Some more refined search options have worked to streamline the process of searching for specific companies, making it much simpler to find companies.These search options include the company, job title, career code and location.In addition to the online access that connects students and alumni, University Career Services and the General Alumni Association are also cooperating together in coordinating face-to-face interaction among alumni and current students. For example, the New York Interview Day was planned to offer students the opportunity to receive personal interviews with businesses where University alumni have been actively involved. The two-day trip provided just enough time for students to establish contact for an ongoing relationship with alumni.Students can continue to communicate with alumni, seeking more connections for potential future careers.In addition to the New York trip, University Career Services has ongoing plans for future long-distance events, said Tim Stiles, associate director of University Career Services.These events include job fairs and alumni-student conventions in other larger cities along the East Coast, including Washington, D.C., Charlotte and Atlanta.The underlying purpose for the collaboration between University Career Services and the General Alumni Association is to establish better communication between students and alumni.The two groups also aim to improve outreach in order to help students find additional job opportunities.“Essentially, the University Career Services’ job is to help students have access to internships and jobs, while the General Alumni Association’s main purpose is to capitalize on these opportunities,” Conklin said.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
Recent media depictions of Haiti have focused on the destruction following the earthquake that struck the country in January.But student groups are working to place emphasis on the nation’s culture rather than the devastation.Campus organizations, including the Class of 2010, student government, the Black Student Movement and Campus Y, devoted three weeks of planning to prepare for “Selebre Haiti: A Cultural Experience.”“We all support the efforts to rebuild Haiti after the devastation, but it is important not to forget the rich culture and history of this country before the earthquake,” said junior Alex Loizias, co-chairwoman of the extended disaster relief committee of Campus Y.The event title includes the Creole world “selebre,” which means celebrate. Loizias said that although she had heard several students say they support efforts for disaster relief, a number of people have expressed a desire to learn more about Haitian culture. About 20 people attended the event at the FedEx Global Education Center, which featured multimedia presentations, spoken word performances and testimonials from Haitians living in North Carolina.“I attended a Haiti panel a few weeks ago, and it sparked my interest to understand more about the unique culture of Haiti aside from the typical American perspective,” said senior Amy Godwin, who attended Tuesday.YouTube videos shown at the event depicted firsthand interviews about the lifestyle of individuals currently living in the city of Port-au-Prince, which was hit most drastically by the earthquake.Haitians living in the Chapel Hill area added to the YouTube interviews by discussing their lifestyles following the devastation from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that crumbled their native home. Members of Ebony Readers/Onyx Theatre also participated by addressing a variety of topics in their spoken word performances, including the Haitian sense of struggle and loss as well as the American duty to contribute to relief efforts.Senior Jonathan Brice and Carly Lundi, who currently lives in Wake Forest, were both born in Haiti and moved to America in hopes of leading a better life.Lundi spoke about how difficult it is for him to imagine that he could have easily been buried in the rubble had the earthquake struck several years earlier.Although the event was free to the public, sponsors still encouraged participants to make donations. Proceeds went to One Effort: Haiti, a UNC fundraising program which contributes to relief efforts.“People in Haiti have a lot of pride in their culture and identity,” Lundi said. “Even after all of this devastation, they still have hope but continue to need your support. “So, as I do, I would encourage everyone to keep Haiti in your hearts.”Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
A scene of eager, encouraging and smiling faces — both male and female — might not be the most common scenario associated with an event centered on the subject of sexual assault and violence.But this was an accurate description of the atmosphere surrounding “Take Back the Night,” an annual event that advocates for awareness of violence and sexual assault.Project Dinah, a campus organization devoted to women’s safety and empowerment, collaborated in part with the Carolina Women’s Center to organize the rally in support of Women’s Week. “Take Back the Night” has been a nationally acknowledged rally for more than 20 years, said Ashley Fogle, associate director of the Carolina Women’s Center.“Specifically, the title was created to reject the conventional misconceptions that nighttime is unsafe for women who are prone to suffer an increase in assault, but instead recognize this as a time of empowerment,” she said.The rally took place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday inside the Student Union Cabaret due to rainy weather conditions.The event was composed of three parts, including a rally with guest speaker and coordinator of the sexual violence prevention program on campus, Bob Pleasants, a campuswide march and a spoken word forum.Rally contributors were encouraged to create posters, banners and T-shirts to raise awareness for and support for prevention of sexual assault and relationship violence.“The main idea behind the rally is to get as many people involved, including students and the overall community, so the issue of sexual violence and assault becomes more and more relevant and eventually awareness increases,” said Carolin Fish, coordinating member of Project Dinah.Among the student participants, local organizations were also present, including the Carolina Women’s Center, Orange County Rape Crisis Center and Campus Health Services. Each of these institutes set up tables and informational outlets offering educational resources to those who were interested in learning more about sexual assault.Fish said the rally was not only a resource for those who care to learn more about the issue of sexual violence, but also a haven for those who have been directly affected by this issue and are seeking help and speaking out. Pleasants reinforced the idea that students should take an active role in empowering themselves and preventing all forms of sexual and abusive violence. “I do not desire to be the face of violence prevention on campus, but instead I desire the students to be. We are all part of the solution,” he said.Pleasants added interactive portions to his talk, asking students to close their eyes and imagine a world in which sexual assault didn’t exist. Participants were then able to share their thoughts and reflections.“The concepts that the speaker presented were logical and made me think deeper about how sexual assault affects all of us in common situations such as going out on the weekend,” said freshman Marissa Weiss.The rally continued with a march along Franklin Street, through fraternity houses and campus classrooms. The march finished at the Student Union.“The essential purpose of the march is to attract community attention and demonstrate, regardless whether one is male or female, they still deserve to feel safe at night without fear of violence,” Fish said.The night’s events concluded with a spoken word forum known as “Speak Out,” which offered an opportunity for students to anonymously submit blog posts recounting their personal experience and later have their testimonials read.“Aside from the march, typically the highlight of the night is ‘Speak Out’ because I notice a positive increase in the turnout, and everyone is able to personally understand how violence directly affects our community on a more intimate basis,” Fish said.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.