• Kalb to speak at Oct.14 lecture
• Trademark earns record revenue in 2001-02
• Campus still needs to conserve water
• Moeser decries the lack of employee pay raises
• Forum celebrates 10th
• Task force continues tuition study
• Trustees turn down requests for representation
• School of Public Health chosen to house $16.5 million 'active living' program
• Real estate deal

Kalb to speak at Oct.14 lecture

Marvin Kalb, former chief diplomatic correspondent for NBC News and CBS News, will speak Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. in Carroll Hall, Room 111. The School of Journalism and Mass Communication will present the free, public lecture as part of the Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture Series.

Kalb is currently a senior fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy, where he served as founding director from 1987 to 1999. He also oversees the center's Washington, D.C., office and programs, and serves as a lecturer in public policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

During his 30-year career as a correspondent and as moderator of "Meet the Press," Kalb received numerous awards for excellence in reporting, including two Peabody Awards from the University of Georgia, the DuPont Prize from Columbia University and more than a half-dozen Overseas Press Club Awards.

In Washington, Kalb has led two high-profile seminar series addressing critical issues facing the business and practice of journalism today. "The Kalb Report," co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center, The George Washington University and the National Press Club, is a monthly public affairs program that features interviews and panel discussions with both senior journalists and chief executive officers of major media companies. The Brookings/Harvard Forum was a weekly program developed in 2001 to provide an opportunity for journalists, government officials and the academic community to analyze current developments in the war on terrorism and how they are covered in the press.

Kalb has hosted a number of television series for the Public Broadcasting System, including "Vox Populi," a four-part series on citizen attitudes toward government, and "Candidates `88." He frequently provides media commentary and analysis through radio and television interviews and opinion-editorial columns in the country's leading newspapers and is a regular guest on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."

Kalb has written and co-written seven non-fiction books, including "Kissinger," "Roots of Involvement" and "The Nixon Memo," as well as two best-selling novels. His latest book, "One Scandalous Story," dissects Washington journalism in the breaking of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in January 1998. It was published by the Free Press in 2001.

Kalb's speech will be the seventh in the Park Distinguished Lecture Series, which features outstanding mass communication professionals. The Park Foundation of Ithaca, N.Y., funds the lectures to enhance its Park Fellowship Program in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Each year the Park Foundation provides fellowships for 24 new master's and doctoral students to enter the school's graduate program. In fall 2002, the seventh class of Park Fellows began their studies.

The lecture series is named for Roy H. Park, who was founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Park Communications Inc., a multimedia company with broadcast and print properties throughout the United States. Park had a longtime affiliation with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, serving on its foundation Board of Directors from 1981 to 1993 and its Board of Visitors from 1989 to 1993.

In 1989, he received the North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor. He was inducted into the N. C. Journalism Hall of Fame, headquartered in the school, in 1990. He died in 1993.

Trademark earns record revenue
in 2001-02

The University's latest net licensing royalties and related investment proceeds represent the strongest performance in the history of the University's trademark licensing program.

The total, for fiscal 2001-02, was $3.58 million, up about $399,000 -- or more than 12 percent -- from the previous year, according to a report presented Sept. 25 to the Board of Trustees. After payment of operational expenses, $2.52 million was available for general scholarships and $841,393 was available for the Department of Athletics.

Carolina policies control the use of trademark language and logos. When businesses receive approval to use these marks, the University shares in the proceeds through its trademark licensing program. At Carolina, 75 percent of net proceeds from the licensing program go toward general scholarships and 25 percent go to the athletics department.

Carolina continued as the Collegiate Licensing Co.'s (CLC) strongest performer, followed by the University of Michigan and the University of Tennessee, said Rutledge Tufts Jr., director of trademarks and licensing at Carolina.

The University's royalties earned this year represent retail sales of about $105 million, and the combination of Nike USA and Brand Jordan established Nike as Carolina's largest licensee, with royalties of about $885,000, he added.

"While royalty revenues are extremely important, it may well be that the greatest impact of a strong licensing program over the long run is ensuring that commercial uses of the University's marks resonate with its values as a leading institution of higher education," Tufts said.

The Atlanta-based CLC represents the University, as well as more than 180 universities, bowl games, conferences, the NCAA and the Heisman Trophy.

The trademark licensing net income available for student scholarships -- as of June 30 -- represents an increase of about $400,000 from the previous year, said Shirley Ort, associate vice provost and director of scholarships and student aid. This money is used for need-based financial aid and was particularly crucial in the months before the 2002-03 academic year began, since the University experienced an overall 10 percent increase in financial-aid-eligible students from the previous year, she said.

"This level of increase in our portion of the trademark royalties was an extremely pleasant surprise, as we had reached a point this summer when we were scrambling to meet our commitments to an even greater pool of eligible students seeking need-based financial aid," she said.

Campus still needs to conserve water

With the local community still under emergency water restrictions, the need to conserve water at Carolina remains as critical as ever.

As of Oct. 3, only a 144-day supply of water remained in the reservoirs of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), the University's water supplier.

Along with UNC Hospitals, Carolina is OWASA's largest customer, and the campus aims to cut its indoor water use by 25 percent compared to last year.

That effort includes an awareness campaign called "Every Drop Counts." To learn more about the campaign, go to the Every Drop Counts web site at www.unc.edu/depts/pubserv/savewater/.

The site includes a printable poster and emphasizes the practical ways in which students, faculty and staff can help reduce water consumption.

Also, an Oct. 9 public forum on campus will examine the drought's impact on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area and the Piedmont. The forum will be held at 7 p.m. in 133 Rosenau Hall.

Several Carolina faculty and administrators, as well as OWASA Executive Director Ed Kerwin, will speak and address questions about the drought. For additional details, go to www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/briefs/brf09 2702.htm.

Moeser decries the lack
of employee pay raises

Chancellor James Moeser told Employee Forum members that the lack of employee pay raises was the biggest disappointment in this year's state budget.

Moeser also said that he will write a letter to UNC President Molly Corbett Broad urging her office to push for better salaries for UNC system employees.

"This now really rises to the level of the University's top priority," the chancellor said at the forum's Oct. 2 meeting.

Moeser said employees here could take "small comfort" in knowing that the budget gives them an additional 10 days of vacation leave and keeps health insurance premiums at current levels, though he noted that premiums rose sharply last year.

On other elements of the state budget, Moeser said that the University came out relatively well considering that legislators cut UNC system funding by 2.88 percent. The campus had been preparing for a cut of as much as 5 percent, and Moeser praised lawmakers for sparing higher education from greater reductions.

"We could have seen something much worse," he said.

That said, the University still may see something worse.

Legislators asked N.C. Gov. Mike Easley to cut nearly $67 million from the budget in order to bring it into balance. That means the University could see more cuts, though Moeser said the total reduction likely would be less than 5 percent.

Moeser also noted that Carolina will get a $2.3 million share of $66.8 million in enrollment-growth funding for the UNC system, and that qualifying students here will receive some of the $4.5 million granted in financial aid to system schools.

Moeser said another major positive in the budget is that it includes tuition-remission dollars for graduate students. And it leaves Carolina's overhead receipts untouched, meaning that 843 people will still have their jobs funded.

"(Keeping overhead receipts) is not an abstract issue," Moeser said.

Also at the forum meeting:

* Tommy Griffin, forum chair, announced that he will run for another year in that post. Forum chairs serve one-year terms with elections held each December.

* Election results were announced for new

forum delegates who will begin serving on the forum next year. (See box for details.)

* The forum approved "A Resolution Supporting the University's Summer Reading Program, In Light of Recent Events and Controversy." Affirming that the "University's tradition of free speech and inquiry aids all members of the University community," the resolution stated that assigning

"Approaching the Qur'án: the Early Revelations" did not impose religious beliefs on students but rather served as the "first of many intellectual challenges to face students in their time at Carolina."

Employee Forum delegate election results

Divsion 1 - EPA Non Faculty

Term Ending 12/03: Patricia Vaught, Meredith Clason, Keith Cochran, Joan Ferguson

Term Ending 12/04: Cheryl Lytle, Amy Gorely, Debra Skinner

Division 2 - Service/Maintanence

Term Ending 12/03: Chris Koltz, Gary Cocker

Term Ending 12/04: Scott Blalock, Jimmie Hart

Division 3 - Skilled Craft

Term Ending 12/03: Tommy Griffin

Term Ending 12/04: Mack Rich, Charles Brink

Division 4 - Clerical/Secretarial (Academic Aff.)

Term Ending 12/03: Mary Ann Vacheron, Shirley Hart

Term Ending 12/04: Mary Johnson, Delita Wright

Division 5 - Clerical/Secretarial (Heath Affairs)

Term Ending 12/03: Norma Roberts, Nanette Coulon,

Katherine Graves

Term Ending 12/04: Dixie Bloom, Jane Teeter

Division 6 - Clerical/Secretarial (Other)

Term Ending 12/03: Ruth Williams

Term Ending 12/04: Shanna Fleenor, Cynthia Reardon,

Corrie Mimms

Division 7 - Technical

Term Ending 12/03: Karen Copeland, Carol Payne,

Matt Todd, Thomas Arnel

Term Ending 12/04: Cynthia Cowan, Syed Mustafa,

Lauren Mangili, Tom Rhyne

Division 8 - Professional

Term Ending 12/03: Jim Bennett, Roy Caudle, Ray Doyle,

Lynn McPherson, Pamela Siler

Term Ending 12/04: Joanne Kucharski, Lynn Ray,

Mike Hawkins, Stephanie Lombardo

Division 9 - Exec/Admin/Managerial

Term Ending 12/03: Debra Banks

Term Ending 12/04: C.L. Lassiter

Forum celebrates 10th

The Employee Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary Oct. 2, looking back over a decade as the staff voice at Carolina.

Nine of the 10 people who have served as forum chair were on hand -- only Margaret Plumb Balcomb, a retiree who now lives in California, didn't make it. Also at the celebration in the Wilson Library Assembly Room was former Chancellor Paul Hardin, who approved the forum's creation in 1992.

"I was proud of this forum when I left in 1995, and it's amazing what you've done since," Hardin said in his formal remarks.

Of all the recognitions he received as chancellor, Hardin said, none meant more than his honorary lifetime forum membership or the forum's Community Award. That award -- also known as the Three-Legged Stool Award -- goes to someone who has promoted cooperation and collaboration between faculty, staff and students.

Hardin also praised current Chancellor James Moeser, saying: "You support this chancellor -- he deserves it."

Moeser also spoke as part of the celebration, and he began his remarks by quoting something Hardin had said at the time of the forum's birth: "It is important for the administration to know on a regular basis what members of the University's immediate family are concerned about and vice versa."

Moeser said that sentiment is "as true now as it was then."

"The forum's mission is to serve as a voice for staff employees, without whom this University could not function," Moeser said. "And that voice was heard by my predecessors and continues to be heard by me."

Not only has the forum been heard, Moeser said, it has been heeded. Positions taken by the forum have led to such actions as the creation of a compensatory time-off policy for SPA exempt employees and the dedication of staff development fund monies to enhance the Educational Assistance Program.

Another mark of the forum's importance is the fact that its members represent staff on the many campus committees "that make the University's business go forward," Moeser said.

Perhaps most notable, he said, was that Jane Stine, a former forum chair, served on the search committee that recommended him to be chancellor.

Moeser closed his remarks by saying that the forum continued to fulfill the need that Hardin identified 10 years ago -- giving voice to "what members of the University's immediate family are concerned about and vice versa."

Kay Hovious, the first forum chair, echoed that theme. She also noted that employees didn't always have a seat on important campus committees as a matter of course as they do now.

"Even locating a list of committees was difficult in the beginning," she said. "When the chancellor and the media describe the University community today, students, faculty and staff are recognized as its three components. This has not always been the case."

But while the forum has established itself as a staff voice, it needs to take a more active role in advocating for employees on issues such as better compensation, Hovious said. She also questioned whether the University had done enough to improve compensation, an issue she said has hurt morale. "What's good for staff is always good for the University," she said.

Task force continues tuition study

Peter A. Ornstein has been a professor at the University for 29 years now, the past three-and-a-half as chair of the Department of Psychology.

Throughout his long career at Carolina, Ornstein has seen dozens of his colleagues come and go. In his current job, he has been forced to pay more attention to these comings and goings because one of his chief responsibilities is to keep the best of them here. It's proven to be a daunting -- and unending -- task.

Once, the pull of institutional loyalty was enough to thwart the lure of a bigger paycheck elsewhere. But not anymore, Ornstein said.

In his brief tenure as chair, Ornstein has hired 14 faculty members. Some were hired to fill new positions. Others replaced professors who had retired or died. But two left for other universities after they had been offered an amount of money that Ornstein could not afford to match.

Ornstein's challenge, in many respects, is shared throughout every department and every school of the University, and it was a focus of discussion at the latest meeting of the newly configured Student Tuition Task Force that was held Sept. 26.

Ornstein is one of 21 members who comprise a group that is again being co-chaired by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Shelton and the student body president. This year's president is Jen Daum. Other members include faculty members, students, trustees and administrators.

This is the second such task force that Shelton has co-chaired. Last year's task force had to compress its work into a few meetings in December and January.

At the first meeting of this group, Shelton distributed an array of statistical data for task force members to analyze. Information ranged from students' average household incomes to how Carolina's tuition ranks with its peers.

The next task, which will be the focus of the upcoming meeting on Oct. 10, will be to identify the principles on which the task force should base its recommendations.

Additional meetings will be held Oct. 31, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12.

Whatever recommendations the task force makes will be presented for action to the University Board of Trustees early in 2003. The board will then forward its recommendations to the UNC Board of the Governors.

The dilemma that Ornstein described at the Sept. 26 meeting, many people believe, lies at the heart of the need to raise student tuition.

A key to remaining a great university is maintaining Carolina's ability to recruit top-notch students. Students, in turn, are drawn here in part by the reputation and quality of the faculty.

And, in this context, three facts loom large.

The first one is that student tuition here still ranks in the bottom quartile of its peer group even after the string of three straight $300 campus-initiated tuition increases.

The second is that one of the most glaring weaknesses of the University right now is the gap between what faculty members are paid here and what their counterparts are making at other elite universities with which Carolina competes.

The third is that that gap is not likely to be closed any time soon with state pay raises.

State legislators have been in crisis mode for the past two years and could well be facing another serious money shortage when they approve a budget for 2003-04.

Shelton, commenting on the competitive position of faculty salaries here, said last year proved to be a "holding pattern" for the University, with faculty pay raises ranging from 3 percent to 3.5 percent.

The money for the raises came from two sources: the flat $625 raise all state employees received last year, plus revenues generated by the $300 campus-based tuition increase.

This year, there is no state pay raise, which means that faculty raises will be based entirely on revenues generated by the $300 tuition increase that went into effect this fall.

As Ornstein said, the way to keep the best faculty is to be able to match -- or beat -- the last best offer a faculty member has received, and that can take money, though research support can be just as -- if not more -- important. Money is also needed to recruit new faculty with higher salaries that reflect the competitive market. In both cases, the money has to come from somewhere.

Ornstein also noted an attendant problem that develops when raises are bestowed to fend off outside recruiters -- the widening pay disparities within departments, which is also exacerbated by new faculty members brought in from the outside at higher salaries, particularly senior ones. What makes it worse, in Ornstein's eyes, is that often the professors with lower salaries are the longtime professors who have been the most loyal to the institution.

And by virtue of their lower salaries, these are the professors who become the most likely targets for other universities to attempt to recruit. Ornstein worries that if these differences in compensation are allowed to continue, some of these faculty members will become real targets for other universities to recruit.

No student president who has served on the task force has wholeheartedly embraced the notion of raising tuition, and Daum in her remarks on Sept. 26 said she saw the prospect of raising tuition as a "gray area" that would call upon its members to balance the need for more money for faculty pay with preserving accessibility to students.

Her point is one of which everybody on the task force is acutely aware.

There are, of course, inherent tensions between maintaining the quality of the University -- as measured by such things as the caliber of the faculty and low teacher-pupil ratios -- and preserving access to worthy students as befitting an institution that calls itself "the people's university."

Task force members got an inkling of how good a job the University is doing on that score by reviewing a story titled "Baccalaureate Bargains" in the October issue of "Kiplinger's."

The magazine identified its "100 best college values" using a test formula that graded universities both on great academics and affordable tuitions. At the top of the magazine's list, for the third year in a row, was Carolina.

The article ended by describing how "Kiplinger's" gave "extra credit" to schools that are generous with need-based aid, which it measured by looking at the percentage of aid offered in the form of grants as well as the average debt load carried by graduates. "Among the least stingy colleges on these scores were UNC, UVA and the University of Washington," the story said.

A steady source of increases for need-based aid in the past three years has been the tuition increases themselves, Shirley Ort, associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid, has said. That's because a fixed percentage of increased revenues, ranging from 35 percent to 40 percent, has been earmarked for that purpose.

The result has been that the families least able to afford higher tuition have not had to pay it.

Shelton said one of the challenges will be to address what he called "the predictability factor." The idea is that parents and students could more easily accept and absorb tuition increases if they knew when they were coming and how much they were going to be.

To achieve such predictability requires some kind of multi-year tuition plan, Shelton said.

Shelton and Daum said they both talked to Brad Wilson, the chair of the Board of Governors, when he visited the campus in September.

Shelton said Wilson envisions a multi-year plan for the entire UNC system that would run two to three years, rather than the five years that has been talked about over the past year.

Daum said she told Wilson she wanted tuition increases to be used for qualitative uses, not simply to pay for enrollment growth that traditionally has been funded with state money.

Shelton said that Wilson supports the grass-roots process occurring at each school and wants to see thoughtful work come out of each.

"They want to get our best thinking on it, and that's just the opening we wanted," Shelton said.

Trustees turn down requests
for representation

The University Board of Trustees on Sept. 26 in a single action voted to reject separate requests from the Faculty Council and Employee Forum to have a non-voting representative from each body added to the board.

The action followed the recommendation of a subcommittee of the board that met the day before to consider the issue. Members of the subcommittee were Rusty Carter, James Hynes and Richard "Stick" Williams.

All three trustees said at their Sept. 25 meeting that they supported the goal of improving communications, which lay at the heart of the request. At the same time, they were equally certain that adding seats for a faculty member and staff member wasn't the best way to go about it.

Carter, for instance, said he was worried that other groups such as alumni would seek the same kind of representation on the board. "Once you start down that road, you could have a board that is twice the size it is now," Carter said.

Hynes said the faculty already exercises considerable authority over many areas, which is how it should be.

All three men agreed that the state legislature had configured membership on the board in a way that was probably about right, and they were reluctant to tinker with it, even if it was possible for them to do so.

At the full trustees meeting Sept. 26, Hynes read a statement that encapsulated the ad hoc committee's position:

"The University of North Carolina has a cherished tradition of shared governance, with clear delegations of authority to the faculty as well as the administration in specific areas," the statement said.

"The faculty (members) of the University already have substantial authority and responsibility for the curriculum and degree programs of the University. This is as it should be. In addition, faculty (members) have a major responsibility in the peer review of their own colleagues for initial appointment, promotion in rank and award of tenure. The Code and Bylaws of the University are explicit in the delineation of these lines of faculty responsibility and authority.

"There is, indeed, some virtue in the wisdom of separating the governance authority of the faculty (in the Faculty Council and its executive committee as well as other constituted committees of the faculty) and that of the Board of Trustees. The request for a seat and a voice speaks to the need for the faculty voice to be heard, and this board should be sensitive and responsive to that request."

Hynes said the Employee Forum's request for a seat had further complicated the board's response.

"While the concept of shared governance has typically centered around faculty responsibility for academic matters and student responsibility for administration of the judicial code and other areas clearly under the purview of student government, the voice of our staff, who perform invaluable service in the day-to-day operations of the University, clearly needs to be heard," Hynes said.

"Our committee recognizes the importance of hearing the voice of the University's faculty and our employees. We also recognize that the relationship between faculty and staff is not always symmetrical or analogous, and that in seeking to improve communication, the solution for one may not be the best solution for the other."

After reading the statement, Hynes recommended that trustees find other means to satisfy the legitimate requests for improved communication between the board and the University's faculty and employees.

Faculty Chair Sue Estroff issued this statement in response to the trustees' decision:

"The board's unanimous action denying the elected faculty chair a non-voting seat with the Board represents a significant missed opportunity for the board and the campus," Estroff said.

"It is our position that the board would be a more informed, engaged and effective body with the presence of faculty leadership in a consultative, collaborative role. Likewise, the faculty would be better informed about the board's priorities and principles with the liaisons of the faculty chair.

"We regret that the board did not consider the faculty resolution separately from that of the employees, and that they took a literal view of the state legislation.

"Legal counsel from the Office of the President has made clear that this choice is open to the board and does not conflict with the legislation. We do not agree that this is a separation of powers issue because a non-voting member has no real power. We eagerly await the board's proposals for improving communication with the faculty and look forward to working with them on this joint endeavor."

At an Oct. 2 Employee Forum meeting, Chair Tommy Griffin said he and the forum "won't give up" on getting a representative on the board because of the need for two-way communication between the forum and trustees.

Chancellor James Moeser, speaking to forum members at the same Oct. 2 meeting, said he will work with Estroff and Griffin to find appropriate ways for faculty and staff concerns to be heard by the board. He also said he would use his office to create "linkages" between the trustees and both the Employee Forum and Faculty Council.

School of Public Health chosen
to house $16.5 million
'active living' program

Recent national statistics suggest that only 26 percent of American adults are physically active and 61 percent are overweight. Resulting debate has focused on why this may be happening, and public health researchers are considering the impact that community design and options for transportation may have on routine physical activity.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has chosen the School of Public Health to lead a multi-year, $16.5 million initiative to address these issues. Called Active Living by Design, this national program will establish innovative approaches to increase physical

activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies that can become models for success nationwide.

The program was launched on Sept. 30 in Southern Village, a Chapel Hill community that has received national recognition for its attention to new urbanistic design principles.

"This is a prime opportunity to promote healthy behaviors that have been largely removed from our daily routines. Our initiative will concentrate on promoting physical activity by making neighborhoods more activity-friendly. This approach could enable millions of sedentary Americans to integrate physical activity into their lives and as a result address other dilemmas faced by communities, such as traffic congestion, air pollution, crime and safety," said Rich Killingsworth, Active Living by Design's director and a former health scientist with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Active Living by Design will award grants of up to $200,000 over five years to 25 qualifying community-oriented partnerships that will develop and implement strategies that increase opportunities for, and remove barriers to, routine physical activity, especially among low-income Americans who are most likely to be inactive and are most vulnerable to poor health outcomes.

The Active Living by Design national program office will post a call for proposals on its web site, www.activelivingbydesign.org, in November, with grantees selected by fall 2003.

"Strategies to promote physical activity through the built environment offer great promise and are a more meaningful approach than just advocating for traditional activities such as sports, aerobics or weightlifting. Structured activities only resonate with a small percentage of the population," said Bill Roper, dean of the School of Public Health. "Bydesigning activity-friendly environments it becomes easier to practice 'active living.'"

Active living is a way of life that integrates physical activity into daily routines. The goal of active living is to achieve at least 30 minutes of moderately intense physical activity on most days of the week, as recommended by the 1996 U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health.

"Active Living by Design is an important part of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's efforts to promote healthy communities and lifestyles," said J. Michael McGinnis, senior vice president and director of RWJF's health group. "We chose UNC to house the national program office because of the School of Public Health's vast experience in working with communities on these important issues. The school also brings to the table strengths in related academic disciplines, such as city planning, transportation and architecture."

Many Americans are not physically active because their community environment does not support that activity, Killingsworth said.

"It is often difficult, if not impossible, to walk or bike to any destination of importance, and few places actually encourage people to be active. Opportunities to be active have been engineered out of daily routines in favor of convenience. Active living embraces the ideal of having choices to engage the built and natural environment with our feet or pedals."

Add these built-environment issues to the proliferation of television viewing, video game playing and Internet usage and the result is an increasing number of Americans choosing a lifestyle that has essentially no opportunity for any physical activity. The price for many, said Roper, has been an epidemic of obesity and chronic diabetes in families, one generation to the next.

"Our vision for this program is to leave a legacy that impacts all segments of society by creating places that can improve the quality of life for Americans regardless of ability, age, race or income, and at the same time reducing the public health burden of physical inactivity," Killingsworth said.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, N.J., is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It concentrates its grant making in four goal areas: to assure that all Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost; to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse -- tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs.

Real Estate Deal

Carolina employees may qualify for a low-cost home in Chapel Hill being offered by the Orange Community Housing and Land Trust (OCHLT). Built in 2001, the three-bedroom, two-bath townhome at 1731 Legion Road has 1,250 square feet. It features nine-foot ceilings, a private back deck, ample closet space and a separate storage room. The home currently lists for $106,000, and there is down-payment assistance available through OCHLT.

There are four main eligibility requirements for potential buyers:

* The buyer must have a total family income at 80 percent or less than the area median income ($43,500 for a family of two; $48,950 for a family of three; and $54,400 for a family of four);

* The buyer must have lived or worked in Orange County for at least one year prior to closing;

* The buyer must intend to occupy -- not rent -- the property; and

* The buyer must be a first-time homebuyer, or not have owned a home within the last three years, or be a displaced homemaker or a single parent with custody at least 50 percent of the time.

For more information, contact Martha J. Isleib at OCHLT at 960-0076 or misleib@ochlt.org.