UNC has implemented a new campuswide energy policy but it could be months before the energy plan affects the campus community.The general goal for the plan is to reduce energy use by lowering energy output in buildings on campus especially during off-hours.
A newly elected president senator and governor preparing to take office could bring with them the possibility of a better understanding of immigration issues.
Through new funding UNC-Charlotte will now be able to provide financial assistance to nontraditional students — students older than 25 who have not attended college in five years. The scholarship was funded with $50000 from the Bernard Osher Foundation which chose UNC-C because of its already existing program serving nontraditional students.
Organizations across the nation are mobilizing volunteers and equipment to curb the worst of the damage caused by Hurricane Ike in Haiti and Texas and groups across the Triangle are responding in kind. The disparate situations in Texas and Haiti require two very different types of relief efforts.
