Elevate is here to do exactly what it says — to give a platform to those whose voices are often silenced. This is a page to celebrate and uplift the underrepresented communities that make up Chapel Hill, who contribute to our culture and daily lives in ways that are often not reported. Elevate adds depth to stories across campus, the town and Orange County.
The page is in part put together and reported by members of the Sharif Durhams Leadership Program, a talent and leadership development course for DTH students from underrepresented groups. Elevate accepts pitches throughout the year for op-eds and letters from members of different groups in our community. Please send submissions to elevate@dailytarheel.com.
After a journalism evaluation agency granted provisional accreditation status to the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the DTH spoke with current and former Hussman students about their experiences in the Hussman school and their thoughts on the school's demotion in accreditation status.
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After a journalism evaluation agency granted provisional accreditation status to the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the DTH spoke with current and former Hussman students about their experiences in the Hussman school and their thoughts on the school's demotion in accreditation status.
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There were eight recipients of the University's annual 2022 Diversity Awards, which are part of an effort to honor those who help promote diversity, equity and inclusion at UNC.
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The Hussman School of Journalism and Media was granted provisional accreditation status by an international professional journalism evaluation agency. The decision was the result of a vote on April 29 made by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
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"Despite immediate, and understandable, outrage at the profoundly irresponsible administration that allowed this to happen, we shouldn’t be surprised that the program’s priorities are so maligned. It’s nothing that the journalism school – and UNC as a whole – hasn’t demonstrated to us before."
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According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 37.1 percent of high school students experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. For East Chapel Hill High junior N’Zai Davis, the increased disconnection from their friends during the pandemic contributed to their poor mental health. “I was coming to terms with some things in my own personal life, so it was a great time for change as well as a hard time to get through because it felt like a lot of people were disconnected and it felt lonely,” they said. “It honestly just felt very lonely.”
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UNC alumna Niki and her sister Ritika Shamdasani are the co-founders of Sani, a South Asian-inspired fashion company. The duo recognized the need for increased accessibility for South Asian clothing.
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The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation celebrated the rededication of their replica village on the Hillsborough Riverwalk on Saturday. The reconstructed site is near where the tribe's village was located 300 years ago.
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For the first time in three years, UNC Holi Moli held an in-person celebration of Holi, the South Asian festival of colors, on campus.
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The weeklong event will feature more than 80 Black-owned restaurants in states such as North Carolina and South Carolina. Businesses serving the Orange County area such as Blend of Soul and Cake Mommy will be a part of the event.
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There are significant racial and gender-based inequities within faculty salaries at the University, recent research shows. The research was based on data from previous studies and was led by Misha Becker, a UNC professor and chairperson of the linguistics department. She presented the work at recent Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee meetings. “You have to realize that the situation is bad when a faculty committee has to point this out in a public space,” Deb Aikat, journalism associate professor, said. “I mean this is terrible.”
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The University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward was founded in 2019 to engage and teach the University’s history with race. At their Monday meeting, commission members discussed the UNC Land Acknowledgment, the Barbee Cemetery ground-penetrating radar survey and the Universities Studying Slavery Spring 2022 Symposium.
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The projects include expanding OverDrive's ebook and audiobook collection, digitizing Black and queer newspapers and more.
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Starting April 22, the festival will include two nights of live music at several venues including Cat’s Cradle. In addition, there will be a virtual lecture on sneaker culture, an exhibition of hip-hop scholarship and a public mural. “When you think about chronicling the South, I don’t think you can do that without considering the hip-hop South,” Christopher Massenburg (also known as Dasan Ahanu), an adjunct professor at UNC and one of the festival co-curators, said.
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“UNC gymnastics has been the springboard — gymnastics pun intended — to what's next in my career,” Christina Chauvenet, who has been a commentator for the program, said.
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The Ackland will also be hosting several public programs related to the exhibition, including a curator’s tour, mural walk and Juneteenth event.
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From a free "Poetry on Your Plate" event to a "Poem in Your Pocket Day," Carrboro has a series of events lined up to mark its Poetry Month, which was recently declared by Mayor Damon Seils.
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Flying Silk Dance Troupe is the University’s only traditional Chinese dance group. Specializing in fan and silk ribbon dancing, the group has performed its new choreography, "Dawn," at various showcases this year. "Our mission statement has always been to spread awareness and educate the Carolina community on the diversity of Chinese culture, especially through dance," junior Seanna Chen said.
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement Bettina Shuford was recognized by "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education" for its Women's History month issue. Shuford's work at UNC centers on diversity, equity and inclusion, identity development of students of color and retention of students of color.
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In mid-March, Danita Mason-Hogans was selected by the Oral History Association to receive a $60,000 federal grant to study oral histories of local Black community members. The seventh-generation Chapel Hill native will use the funds for her project, “The Invisible Town: A Critical Oral History of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina."
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This Carolina Latinx Faculty Council held its first official meeting on April 8. Created within the Carolina Latinx Center, the council consists of faculty from a wide array of disciplines who share the goal of bringing awareness and fellowship to the Latinx community at the University.
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