ITS Talks with UNCG About Gmail June 13, 2008

The new CIO, Jay Dominick, keeps his own blog. The most recent entry is about their trip to UNCG to find out more about Gmail. As you know Gmail is something that SGA has been working on and something I’m personally very excited about.
You can view Jay Dominick’s blog post at this link:
http://cio.uncc.edu/?p=25

UNC and UC Systems Heading in Different Directions April 4, 2008

The University of California system recently appointed its 16th chief administrator in Mark G. Yudof who was the former president of the University of Minnesota system and University of Texas systems.
One major thing that really struck me about some of the initial comments made by Dr. Yudof centered around the policies that his administration would [...]

Things Could Always Be Worse March 25, 2008

Best of luck to my colleague at UNC Greensboro. I’m pulling for ya John.
From the UNCG Student Newspaper, the Carolinian:
SGA temporarily loses affiliation, nullifies elections
Stephanie Patton
Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: Campus News

Last week’s SGA Senate meeting was spent discussing issues SGA has recently encountered, including a temporary loss of the group’s affiliation and the nullification of [...]

What We Are Up Against March 16, 2008

UNC Charlotte ranks 14th out of 16 schools in state $s allocated per student and has less than half of the sq. ft per student of our sister state schools. Imagine if we took the same number of students and faculty we have now and then doubled the amount of buildings on campus.
When we were [...]

Mourning for Eve Carson March 7, 2008

My world was rocked to its foundation today as I learned about my colleague at UNC-Chapel Hill, found shot and killed apparently due to a random act of violence regarding a carjacking. I found out early this morning because Tim (my Vice President) has a sister at UNCCH and she called him as soon as [...]

Former UNC System Presidents Present Antiquated Views of College Football February 22, 2008

Former UNC System Presidents, Bill Friday and Dick Spangler spoke to the UNC Charlotte Faculty Council on Thursday February 21st to try and raise up the faculty against the Chancellor as he makes his decision on adding a football program. But, unfortunately for them, the public participation period of the process is over. There were [...]

University of Arizona is Having Some Problems with its SGA February 17, 2008

It is always interesting to compare our institution to other institutions but even more specifically, one of the best things that SGA can do to improve is to look at how other SGAs operate… and in SGA we are always doing that. But sometimes we come across an SGA that is so bad and so [...]