Melissa Enoch oral history interview, 2020 December 15

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Melissa Enoch recounts her experience as a student at UNC Charlotte from 1988 to 1993. Melissa discusses experience in one of the first classes of UTOP (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University Transition Opportunity Program) during the late 1980s [49:53] and the role that Dr. Herman Thomas and Dr. Gregory Davis played as the catalyst for students' success [8:31]. She also discusses her academic path [13:50], her experience as a non-traditional student [15:50], the network of Charlotte graduates [24:33], taking courses in Africana Studies [51:04], the growth of UNC Charlotte [1:06:06], growth of Charlotte [42:18], Hurricane Hugo [1:09:02], and her relationship between time spent at UNC Charlotte and present day.

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Title: Melissa Enoch oral history interview, 2020 December 15
Interviewee: Enoch, Melissa
Interviewer: Marshall, Sylvia
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 2020-12-15
Physical Description: 1 video file (1:43:50) : digital, MP4
Object Type: moving image
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Melissa Enoch was a 49-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place at her office in Burlington, North Carolina. She was born in Alamance County in 1971. She was educated at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Phoenix at Charlotte, and Walden University and was employed as the owner of a private mental health facility providing therapy services to adults in two locations, Charlotte and Burlington, North Carolina.
Abstract: Melissa Enoch recounts her experience as a student at UNC Charlotte from 1988 to 1993. Melissa discusses experience in one of the first classes of UTOP (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University Transition Opportunity Program) during the late 1980s [49:53] and the role that Dr. Herman Thomas and Dr. Gregory Davis played as the catalyst for students' success [8:31]. She also discusses her academic path [13:50], her experience as a non-traditional student [15:50], the network of Charlotte graduates [24:33], taking courses in Africana Studies [51:04], the growth of UNC Charlotte [1:06:06], growth of Charlotte [42:18], Hurricane Hugo [1:09:02], and her relationship between time spent at UNC Charlotte and present day.
Digital Object Notes: MP4 access copy created on ingest from MP4 interview originally recorded on zoom.us version 5.2.1.
Interviewee Occupations: Mental health personnel
Businesspeople
Subjects--Names: Enoch, Melissa
Thomas, Herman Edward, 1941-
Subjects--Organizations: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Subjects--Topics: College students
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae
African Americans--Education
First-generation college students
Hurricane Hugo (1989)
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Alamance County
North Carolina--Burlington
Subjects--Genre: Oral histories
Interviews
Coverage--Dates: 1980-2020
Digital Collection Title: UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews
Digital Collection Series Title: Telling Our Stories: Black Alumni Oral History Project
Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
Internet Media Type: video/mp4
Identifier: BL-EN0006
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:7756

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