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University of North Corolina is Founded in 1946 as
the Charlotte Center to serve the educational needs
of returning World War II veterans, UNC Charlotte
has grown to become a doctoral/research-intensive
institution and is the fourth-largest of the 16 UNC
campuses, enrolling nearly 20,000 students as of Spring
2005. In addition to a broad array of undergraduate
and master’s degree programs in the arts and
sciences, it houses seven colleges including architecture,
business administration, education, engineering, information
technology, and health and human services and arts
and sciences. The university offers 82 baccalaureate
programs, more than 60 master’s degree programs,
and 12 doctoral programs. Fifteen degree and certificate
programs are offered via distance education, from
25% to 100% online. UNCC’s first emphasis is
on teaching, followed by research, engineering and
responsive public service.
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The
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte,
UNC-C, or for athletics purposes, Charlotte) is a
public university located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It opened September 23, 1946, as the Charlotte Center
of the University of North Carolina, one of fourteen
evening college centers established by the state for
World War II returning veterans. Like many of the
United States' "younger" universities, it
owes its inception to the G.I. Bill and its effects
on public education. Classes were held at Central
High School, near uptown Charlotte, until the school
moved to its current location in 1961.
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The
University operates several campuses in Charlotte.
The Main Campus is situated on just under 1,000 acres
(4 km²) of rolling land between U.S. Highway
29 and N.C. Highway 49, about 10 miles (16 km) from
Uptown Charlotte. The campus is self-contained, meaning
that no major roads run through the campus. The campus
boasts several manmade lakes, and is heavily wooded.
Near the center of campus are two gardens that attract
over 300,000 visitors a year. Much of the architecture
on the campus, particularly the oldest buildings,
are post-modern and utilitarian-looking because they
were built with limited state funds in the 1960s and
1970s. Under the campus' third chancellor, James Woodward,
the campus has and is undergoing a major change. The
newest buildings, funded from state bonds, are being
constructed in brick with classical architecture.
Concrete and asphalt sidewalks have largely been replaced
by brick. The campus' road system is being upgraded
to include landscaped medians and more trees.
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Bonnie E. Cone (1907-2003), or Miss Bonnie as she
was known to students, was chosen to lead the Charlotte
Center in 1946, and she was instrumental in convincing
the state to keep the school open in 1949. She was
the leader that chose the current site of the school,
and helped plan the original campus master plan.
Until 1965, she served as president of Charlotte
College. She stated that March 2, 1965 was the "happiest
day of her life"; it was the day the North
Carolina legislature voted to bring Charlotte College
into the UNC system. She served as an acting Chancellor
of the university until 1966, when Dean Colvard
was selected as permanent chancellor. Even though
she had led the college since 1946, the State wanted
a leader with experience of running a 4-year, public
university. Cone and the university were profiled
in the July 16, 1965 issue of TIME Magazine. In
the article, she stated, "we are not here to
elevate ourselves but the institution", when
asked about the chancellor position. She served
in various official positions until her retirement
in 1973, at which time the main campus's student
union was renamed the Cone University Center. Cone
continued to work on behalf of the school in unofficial
capacities until her death in March of 2003. She
is interred in the Van Landingham Gardens on the
east side of the main campus, and a non-denominational
meditation center is planned near the site. She
is posthumously known as the founder of the school,
a title which she rejected during her lifetime because
she felt many people had a hand in creating and
building the university. During her lifetime, she
received 10 honorary degrees from various colleges
and universities and was inducted posthumously into
the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in recognition to
her contributions to North Carolina history. In
2004 the stretch of U.S. Highway 29 near the main
campus was officially renamed the "Dr. Bonnie
Cone Memorial Highway."
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