Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
SC Gov. Mark Sanford says he's had an affair
The Associated Press
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he's been having an affair and will resign as head of the Republican Governor's Association. …Thad Beyle, a political scientist and expert on governors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, said Sanford's missteps require restoring credibility at the staff level. "My guess is they've got to do a lot. It shows they didn't know what he was up to and what was going on" Beyle said.
Economy, university tuitions prompt more college students to move to schools closer to home
The Associated Press
…Admissions directors at public universities around the country are reporting bumps in transfer applications, said Barmak Nassirian, a spokesman for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. …Indiana University has seen a 23 percent increase in transfer applications for next fall; the University of North Carolina had a 15.3 percent increase; and the University of California system saw an 11 percent increase in transfers of in-state students.
Positive Emotional Psychology: Have a 'Daily Diet' of Positive Emotions
U.S. News & World Report
Joy. Interest. Love. Serenity. Awe. Amusement. Pride. Such positive emotions, fleeting feelings that last just seconds or minutes, are the subject of Barbara Fredrickson's research. Fredrickson, a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, examines how they can alter our thoughts and actions for the better.
State and Local Coverage
Trustees Approve Carolina North Development Agreement
WNCN-TV (NBC/Raleigh)
The UNC Board of Trustees approved the development agreement for Carolina North at its meeting Thursday morning. The university’s satellite campus will be located two miles north of downtown. The campus will cover 250 acres of the Horace Williams tract and will be built in phases over the next 50 years. It's expected to bring in thousands of jobs for the state. …"It's been a long and rewarding process for UNC and town," said Roger Perry, UNC Board of Trustees Chair. "It's an historic moment for collaboration of the town and university moving further."
Top tenor to teach at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
Music students at UNC will study this year with two-time Grammy Award-winning tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. The High Point native will teach as artist-in-residence in the music department for 12 weeks during the 2009-10 academic year. …"We are thrilled to have internationally renowned tenor Anthony Dean Griffey join our faculty this year," said Terry Rhodes, professor and chairman of the music department and director of UNC Opera.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2657/66/
Study shows immigrant woes (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
…With the rise in Latino immigration, I have witnessed the same phenomenon, with children shunning the native dress — or most anything else that would identify as foreign — and angst over skin color or facial features not consistent with a white majority. …Such conditions and their relevance to health and mental health are what Paul Smokowski, an associate professor at the UNC School of Social Work, and Martica Bacallao, an assistant professor at UNC Greensboro, have been studying for two years in the Latino population.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2656/71/
McDowell Educators in China this week
The McDowell News (Marion)
Three McDowell public school personnel are visiting the People's Republic of China this week. The trip is part of an effort to foster bonds of cooperation and academic exchange between North Carolina schools and schools in China's Jiangsu Province. …The program is organized by UNC-Chapel Hill's Center for International Understanding. The center's Web site features McDowell's participation prominently, and describes the need for North Carolina students to gain an international perspective.
Parents won't be warned of spanking
WRAL.com
Child abuse prevention took a beating Wednesday in North Carolina. That’s when the state Senate rejected a bill that would require school administrators to tell parents their child could be paddled at school and allow adults to opt out of corporal punishment. …Spanking is a bad practice in general because it is linked with abuse, according to a study last year by the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Center, Hidden Voices win grants
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
The N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded grants to two Orange County organizations for public humanities projects. They are: …$10,000 to UNC's American Indian Center for the "Implementation of a K-12 Curriculum on North Carolina Indians," an interdisciplinary workshop for public school teachers from Title VII Indian Education programs. Teachers will utilize lesson plans from the recently published "Curriculum Enrichment Project: North Carolina American Indian Studies," and assess its efficacy in the classroom.
Issues and Trends
Some Oblinger e-mail is missing
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
N.C. State University told prosecutors Wednesday that it can't locate high-priority e-mail messages from former Chancellor James Oblinger, raising questions about the university's response to public records requests involving the hiring of former first lady Mary Easley. The loss of the e-mail, covering the period in 2005 when Oblinger helped create a job for Easley, was revealed in documents the university gave to federal prosecutors.
No UNC system rule on multiple e-mail accounts (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The latest news out of N.C. State University involves an e-mail account maintained by former Chancellor James Oblinger. Turns out, the chancellor had two accounts – one for general university business and the other for high-importance stuff requiring a speedy response. Problem – many of those e-mails are missing. Nobody over at NCSU – in trying to respond to demands from federal authorities – can find the e-mails but are trying to re-create them. …It got me to thinking about whether it was standard for campus chancellors to use two e-mail accounts, so I put some questions to Joni Worthington, the UNC system's spokesperson.