Goldstein named to entrepreneur in residence position
University
students and faculty interested in bringing their entrepreneurial
ideas to market now have more resources: A major new initiative
is bringing a leading businessman to campus to be University
entrepreneur in residence.
Alumnus and entrepreneur Buck Goldstein
began work part time last month and will relocate from Atlanta
by the end of the summer. Goldstein will be mentor and counselor
to students and faculty interested or involved in entrepreneurial
ventures. He will recruit alumni and other University supporters
with entrepreneurial expertise to help shape the program, serve
as mentors for faculty and student projects and provide off-campus
internships.
"Carolina students are among the
brightest and most talented in the world," Goldstein said. "Our
faculty comprises thought leaders in virtually every field of
endeavor. I'm excited about helping them turn their innovative
ideas into real-world ventures that can significantly impact
North Carolina and the world. We also hope to expose students
across campus to knowledge and perspectives that help them learn
to embrace and take advantage of new opportunities throughout
their lives and careers."
The University entrepreneur in residence
post is part of the new Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative
(CEI), an $11 million program to identify students and faculty
with an interest in acquiring the skills required to turn an
idea or project into a self-sustaining enterprise.
Plans for the CEI include a minor in entrepreneurship,
internships, mentorships, research opportunities and an incubator
for entrepreneurial ventures.
The CEI is one of eight such University
programs nationwide that are funded in part by the Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation. The foundation promotes traditional business
entrepreneurship, as well as social, civic and academic entrepreneurship.
"We're fortunate to have someone
with Buck's expertise and connections to create a new generation
of UNC entrepreneurs," said John D. Kasarda, director of the
Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and director
of the CEI. "Buck's stellar career in social and business entrepreneurship
and his deep commitment to helping UNC students and faculty
succeed in these arenas will make him a marvelous asset for
the CEI."
The Kenan Institute, based in Kenan-Flagler
Business School, is a campus hub and outreach arm for collaboration
among academia, government, business and civil society. The
institute coordinates the CEI.
Goldstein has practiced law and founded
several companies, including Networth, a venture capital fund
focused on Internet-based enterprises, and Information America,
an online database company providing hundreds of information
products developed from a national database of public records.
Most recently, Goldstein was a partner in Mellon Ventures, a
billion-dollar venture capital fund with offices in New York
City, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Pittsburgh.
Goldstein has served on the board of directors
of numerous public and private companies and a variety of nonprofit
organizations.
He is founding chair of the Institute
for the Arts and Humanities. Goldstein has undergraduate and
law degrees from Carolina, where he was a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and the Order of the Golden Fleece. He has a master's
degree in education from the University of Massachusetts.
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White to lead economic, business
development office
Jesse
L. White Jr., who has headed the Appalachian Regional Commission
and the Southern Growth Policies Board, has been named director
of the new Office of Economic and Business Development.
White spent the past year as an adjunct
professor in the School of Government, where he specialized
in economic development.
The new office matches Carolina's resources
from the faculty and campus units with economic development
issues. White also will serve as the principal spokesman for
the University's economic development activities.
Chancellor James Moeser said the new office
would help the University more comprehensively address the state's
economic development needs.
"Jesse White is an ideal choice
to lead this important activity as part of our commitment to
serving the people of North Carolina," Moeser said. "I am confident
that Jesse White will help connect ideas and resources from
Chapel Hill with the lives of individuals and communities across
North Carolina."
White, who started his new post last month,
reports to Tony Waldrop, vice chancellor for research and economic
development.
"Jesse White's 22-year career in
economic development is a great match with Carolina's expanding
efforts to serve the economic development needs of North Carolina,"
Waldrop said. "We are pleased to be drawing from his considerable
talents in establishing this important new office for the University."
White served as executive director of
the Southern Growth Policies Board from 1982 to 1990 and as
federal co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission from
1994 to 2000. He worked to help revitalize both agencies in
their work on regional economic development issues. He has been
a private consultant in economic development and strategic planning.
"I have long been interested in
the connection between higher education and economic development,
and the contributions that this great institution can make to
North Carolina are almost limitless," he said.
A native Mississippian, White calls North
Carolina his adopted home state. He earned a bachelor's degree
in hisory and political science from the University of Mississippi
and was that state's first Marshall Scholar, graduating from
the University of Sussex with a master's degree in international
relations. He holds a doctorate in political science from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1990, he was a fellow
at Harvard University's Institute of Politics.
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Shining Heels
Editor's note: The following is
the first installment of "Shining Heels," an employee recognition
program sponsored by the Employee Forum. The program honors
people for their outstanding service to their communities. The
forum's Recognition and Awards Committee chose the honorees
from nominations submitted from across the campus.
RON FARROW
Title: Administrative
assistant, Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine.
Where do you volunteer?
My church, my community and previously
in War, West Virginia, at the Hope Center. I delivered food,
furniture, clothes and toys for several years to War for the
citizens in War. This is a small mining town with no resources
of its own, and the Hope Center gave them hope. The center was
a place the people could come for items they needed for daily
living, which included soap, toothpaste and combs on up to furniture.
How long have you been a volunteer?
For the last 14 years.
What does your volunteer work involve?
Working with any situation that may arise
where people of all ages need help with money, furniture, food,
etc. There are always people in need; all you need to do is
open your eyes and heart.
Why do you volunteer?
Being able to help people and the love
of doing something helpful for individuals that are less fortunate
than myself. I have been blessed, and I want to share with others.
Does your volunteer work have anything in
common with the work you do at Carolina? If yes, what?
No and yes. I have come in contact with
individuals that were in need for various things, and I was
able to help them out. My job takes me to many parts of the
campus, and in contact with all walks of life.
How can other Carolina employees get involved
like you have?
They must have the love and desire to
work and help others in any need they may have. They could contact
any organization of which there are many. I wish to thank the
Department of Psychiatry and other UNC departments that were
instrumental in my being able to accomplish my volunteer work.
Excerpts from nominating letters:
"More of a Renaissance man than
anything else, Ron does just about everything for the department.
... Always looking out for others, his favorite thing to do
outside of work is to organize fund raisers with his wife to
help people who are less fortunate. He also helps out by providing
household repairs and in-home care to elderly citizens around
his neighborhood. Around 1998, Ron was a recipient of the Governor's
Award for Excellence in Public Service for his work in War,
West Virginia. ... More recently Ron has been involved in other
projects to help his local community. Just this Christmas as
he was delivering mail he was encouraging all of us to give
to his lodge so that they would be able to help those less fortunate
for the holidays. He was also collecting money for a fund set
up for the son of the business manager here in psychiatry who
was battling a life-threatening illness. ... When asked how
he finds the time to run these volunteer efforts, Ron says,
`I make the time. I don't give myself credit because I love
what I am doing, and I love the people that I'm involved with.
The peace, love and joy given to them come back.' ... Ron truly
is a gift to the University community and especially to the
Department of Psychiatry."
VIRGINIA NEVILLE
Title: Office
assistant IV, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine.
Where do you volunteer?
Ladies Auxiliary to American Legion Post
6, in Chapel Hill.
How long have you been a volunteer there?
Four years.
What does your volunteer work involve?
I have been president of the auxiliary
for the last three years. In those three years, we have sponsored
two successful blood drives with the American Red Cross and
two very well attended "We Love America" events. We Love America
was a fun, three-hour mini-learning session for the community
that included, among other segments, flag etiquette and the
history of our North Carolina flag. Our auxiliary assists the
post in their events, including Flag Day festivities, a Memorial
Day ceremony and taking fruit baskets to shut-in veterans at
holiday time as well as Veterans Day.
Why do you volunteer?
My husband, Garland Neville, is a decorated
veteran who served in the 187th Airborne in Japan and Korea.
We feel as though volunteering in the American Legion organization,
which helps the widows and orphans of our fallen veterans, also
gives honor to those now serving our country.
Does your volunteer work have anything in
common with the work you do at Carolina? If yes, what?
The University has had its share of distinguished
faculty and alumni who served faithfully in past wars and conflicts,
going all the way back to the Civil War. One who comes to mind
is Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice who returned from World War II
and became a football great at Carolina.
How can other Carolina employees get involved
like you have?
Anyone interested in becoming a member
of the American Legion Auxiliary can contact me at 966-2504
or, after May 28, at 542-2040.
Excerpts from nominating letters:
"No one does more for their community
than `Miss Virginia.' She brings flowers weekly to the cancer
clinic to show appreciation to them. She's constantly bringing
in things to beautify her area and help out in the building.
... Visits U.S. veterans on Veterans Day. Delivers fruit baskets.
Takes on all sorts of fund raisers to help people. Visits rest
homes. She's always busy doing something for someone else. ...
She spreads peace and loving kindness to everyone who comes
by."
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Decorations & Distinctions
Howard E. Aldrich
"The Journal of Business Venturing"
has dedicated its May issue to honor the groundbreaking studies
of entrepreneurship by Aldrich, Kenan professor and chair of
the Department of Sociology. The journal's special issue includes
a paper commissioned for a 2002 conference at the University
of Maryland on "Evolutionary Approaches to Entrepreneurship"
that honored Aldrich's influence in the field.
David Carr, Martin
Doyle
Doyle, assistant professor of geography, and Carr, post-doctoral
fellow in the Carolina Population Center, are co-winners of
the Nystrom award, the award for the best paper based on a recent
dissertation in geography, given at the annual meeting of the
Association of American Geographers. The paper is about deforestation
from expanding agricultural. The site studied was in Guatemala.
Peter A. Coclanis
Albert R. Newsome professor of history, associate provost for
international affairs and director of the University Center
for International Studies, Coclanis has been elected a fellow
of the Society of American Historians in recognition of the
"literary and scholarly distinction" of his historical work.
He is one of 13 fellows inducted this year at a ceremony in
New York City held on May 10.
The society, founded in 1939, encourages
literary distinction in the writing of history and biography
and is limited to 250 members worldwide.
Patrick J. "Pat"
Mullin
Associate university librarian for access services, Mullin has
been elected as president of the Library and Information Technology
Association (LITA). The aim of LITA is to educate and serve
the library and information community through publications,
programs and other activities designed to promote, develop and
aid in the implementation of library and information technology.
LITA is the leading organization of its kind.
Royce W. Murray
Murray, Kenan professor of history, will receive the 2004 Luigi
Galvani Medal from the Italian Chemical Society's Electrochemistry
Division in September when he will deliver a plenary lecture
on his current research. His selection was based on his outstanding
contributions to the field. He will receive the award during
the Italian Electrochemistry Days in Padova, Italy.
Don Stedman
Professor of special education and former dean of the School
of Education, Stedman was elected to the Board of Trustees of
Peace College in Raleigh.
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Staff Promotions/Reclassifications
Information provided by Human Resources
with employees' permission. Entries are listed by name, new
title and department.
Blake, Demetrius, Accounting Specialist
I, Highway Safety Research
Braswell, Stephen, Computing Consultant
IV, Academic Tech & Networking Service
Burkett, Susan, Laboratory Research Specialist,
Cystic Fibrosis/pulmonary Research
Cato, Michael, Computing Consultant IV,
Biology
Devinney, George, HVAC Supervisor I, Energy
Services
Elmore, Vickie, University Contracts and
Grant Specialist, Office of Sponsored Research
Fleming, George, Electronics Technician
III, Facilities Services Division
Gill, Edward, Accounting Technician III,
Pharmacology
Gingrich, Janeen, Social Research Associate
II, Injury Prevention Research Center
Goldberg, Ashlyn, Administrative Assistant
II, Office of Technology Development
Hanford, Justin, Accounting Clerk Supervisor
V, Disbursement Services
Heitmann, Francis, Administrative Officer
II, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lloyd, Lynne, Telecommunications Analyst
I, Academic Tech & Networking Service
Manson, Tremayne, Program Assistant V,
Office of Development
Martinez, Andres, Accounting Technician
II, Academic Affairs Library
Mickalites, Dain, Accounting Technician
III, Kenan-Flagler Business School
Neville, Bessie, Administrative Assistant
I, Sheps Center for Health Services
Pirt, Ronda, Executive Assistant I, Kenan-Flagler
Business School
Rone, Sharon, Administrative Officer I,
Microbiology & Immunology
Rosenburg, Daniel, Personnel Analyst II,
Human Resources
Smith, James, Maintenance Mechanic IV,
Facilities Services Division
Smith, Judith, Administrative Officer
I, Pathology and Lab Medicine
Stewart, Karen, Program Assistant V, Friday
Center for Continuing Education (December 2003 action)
Tilden, Sandra, Administrative Officer
II, Sheps Center for Health Services
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$1 million gift to enhance
advising program
A $1 million gift to Carolina has
launched a pilot faculty fellowship program to enhance academic
advising for undergraduates as they enter their major fields
of study.
The Abbey Fellows Program in the College
of Arts & Sciences is made possible by the contribution
from 1974 alumna Nancy Abbey and her husband Douglas, of San
Francisco, as part of the University's Carolina First fund-raising
campaign.
The first two Abbey Fellows, selected
because of their advising skills and knowledge of their fields,
are Beth Kurtz-Costes, associate professor and director of undergraduate
studies in the Department of Psychology, and Lillie Searles,
associate professor of biology. They will begin their fellowships
July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, respectively.
The three-year fellowships will provide
stipends of $8,000 per year for a total of five faculty members
involved in advising for departments with large concentrations
of undergraduate majors: biology, English, history, political
science and psychology. Each fellow will act as the primary
coordinator between his or her department and the college academic
advising system.
The Abbey Fellows Program aims to ensure
that students benefit from consistent and readily available
advice from their faculty advisers, as well as career workshops,
resource materials and small group sessions during freshman
orientation. In its pilot stage, the program will benefit about
one-third of each graduating class. The goal is to eventually
serve all college undergraduates.
"The Abbey Fellows will enhance
our overall advising program by serving as leaders and mentors
in the advising process at a crucial point when students are
considering future careers or graduate studies," said Bernadette
Gray-Little, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. "Our
first two fellows are extremely well qualified and will be excellent
role models for future fellows."
As director of undergraduate studies for
psychology, Kurtz-Costes has been advising students in Carolina's
most popular major since 2001. She has served on a subcommittee
involved in revising the undergraduate curriculum and on the
administrative board charged with approving undergraduate curricula
in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Searles, a member of the faculty since
1986, has served as a departmental adviser and a member of the
undergraduate affairs committee, the steering committee for
revision of the undergraduate curriculum, and the administrative
board of the College of Arts & Sciences. She has taught
and mentored hundreds of students during her tenure at Carolina.
The Abbey gift counts toward the Carolina
First campaign goal of $1.8 billion. Carolina First is a multi-year,
private fund-raising campaign to support Carolina's vision of
becoming the nation's leading public university.
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Ammerman now heads health center
Editor's note: This first appeared in
"Carolina Public Health."
Alice Ammerman, associate professor of
nutrition in the schools of public health and medicine, has
been appointed director of the UNC Center for Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention.
She replaces Alan Cross, who led the center
for 12 years. Cross is a clinical professor in public health's
Department of Maternal and Child Health and a professor of social
medicine and pediatrics in the medical school.
Ammerman has been affiliated with the
center since 1985, when she began her doctoral training in nutrition
at Carolina. For the past five years, she has served on the
center's scientific advisory committee.
Her research program focuses on health
promotion issues, with a particular focus on health disparities
and the prevention of chronic disease through nutrition and
physical activity interventions in underserved populations.
