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Title: Aayla Alexander oral history interview, 2021 March 19
Creator: Alexander, Aayla
Date Created: 2021-03-19
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education
Description: Aayla Alexander discusses her experiences as an undergraduate student and a graduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2008-2009 and 2014-2016. [All times approximate]. Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina and transferring to UNC Charlotte from ...

Title: Adam Johnson oral history interview, 2020 May 7
Creator: Johnson, Adam Patrick
Date Created: 2020-05-07
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, School shootings, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Campus violence, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Adam Johnson was a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at UNC Charlotte in April of 2019 and recounts his memory of a gunman opening fire inside his LBST class in the Kennedy building on April 30th. Mr. Johnson recalls his class being in th...

Title: Alexander Simmons (A.J.) oral history interview, 2021 March 3
Creator: Simmons, Alexander J.
Date Created: 2021-03-03
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, School shootings, Police brutality
Description: A. J. Simmons shares his experience as a graduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2016 to 2019. [All times approximate] A.J. talks about being a first generation college student [2:47], his decision to come to UNC Charlotte for graduate school [6:53...

Title: Allison Allen oral history interview, 2020 December 22
Creator: Allen, Allison (Allison Shari)
Date Created: 2020-12-22
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, African American college students
Description: In this interview, Allison Allen, an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shares memories of her time as a student from 2008-2012. [All times approximate]. She discusses being a third generation graduate of the University [2 min...

Title: Aman Agah oral history interview, 2020 May 29
Creator: Agah, Aman
Date Created: 2020-05-29
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
Description: Aman Agah, adjunct faculty in Women's and Gender Studies and International Studies at UNC Charlotte, shares their experience at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019 and how they connected with students and felt concern in the aftermath of the ca...

Title: Angel Truesdale oral history interview, 2020 December 2
Creator: Truesdale, Angel
Date Created: 2020-12-02
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, University Librarian, Political participation
Description: Angel Truesdale shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from Spring 2004 to 2008. [All times approximate] She shares her decision to come to UNC Charlotte as a native of Charlotte [2:20], her experience as a commuter stu...

Title: Anthony Simmons oral history interview, 2021 February 22
Creator: Simmons, Anthony Levon
Date Created: 2021-02-22
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planners, Out-of-state students
Description: UNC Charlotte alumnus Anthony Simmons discusses his experience as a student between 1998 and 2002. [All times are approximate]. Introduction and personal background growing up in Anniston, Alabama [:59]. Decision to apply to UNC Charlotte as an ou...

Title: Audrey Baran oral history interview, 2020 April 28
Creator: Baran, Audrey
Date Created: 2020-04-28
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, Dance, Choreography--Psychological aspects, Choreography--Studying and teaching (Higher), Choreographic collaboration
Description: Audrey Baran was an adjunct lecturer in UNC Charlotte's Department of Dance in April of 2019 when an active shooter took the lives of two students and injured four others. In the days following the April 30th tragedy, Ms. Baran held a yoga cl...

Title: Beth Rugg oral history interview, 2019 October 30
Creator: Rugg, Beth, 1961-
Date Created: 2019-10-30
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Police, Emergency communication systems
Description: In this interview, Beth Rugg, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Client Engagement at UNC Charlotte, shares her personal experiences and thoughts related to the April 30, 2019 shootings on campus. Ms. Rugg discusses the experience of working in the Ken...

Title: Betty Doster oral history interview 2, 2020 April 21
Creator: Doster, Betty
Date Created: 2020-04-21
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Communication in crisis management
Description: Betty Doster, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Constituent Relations, discusses the events of April 30th 2019 and her role in coordinating elected and public officials. Ms. Doster was attending a legislative session in Raleigh when she rece...

Title: Betty Ladner oral history interview, 2020 July 2
Creator: Ladner, Elizabeth H., 1948-
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus police, Medical informatics, Emergency communication systems
Description: Betty Ladner, recently retired Executive Director of External Relations and longtime member of the Senior Management Team for the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte reflects on her career and details her experiences on April 30, 2019. Ms. L...

Title: Betty Morgan oral history interview, 2006 March 26
Creator: Morgan, Betty, 1932-
Date Created: 2006-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Rural families, Education, Rural, Education, Elementary, College students, Rural electrification
Description: Betty Morgan recounts her life growing up in rural Rowan County, North Carolina. One of nine children, Mrs. Morgan discusses growing up on her family's small farm and how they grew the majority of their own food, as well as cotton. The farm lacked...

Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 1, 2012 September 13
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-09-13
Subjects--Topical: Education, College students, Veterans--Education (Higher), Women college presidents, African Americans--Segregation, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, one of "Bonnie's Boys" and a Charlotte College alumnus, reflects on growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and on Bonnie Cone's influence in his life. He recalls his educatio...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 12, 1988 February 11
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-02-11
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College students
Description: In this seventh of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Ed Perzel (former Chair of the Department of History and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte), Bonnie Cone discusses her recollections of Charlotte...

Title: Brenda G. Shue oral history interview, 2019 November 20
Creator: Shue, Brenda G.
Date Created: 2019-11-20
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Brenda Shue, Executive Assistant to UNC Charlotte's Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, talks about the events of April 30, 2019 and her role in the University's response to the tragedy. She begins the interview discussing her efforts to get Ch...

Title: Brenda Steadman oral history interview, 2021 April 5
Creator: Steadman, Brenda Glenn
Date Created: 2021-04-05
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, First-generation college students
Description: Brenda Steadman shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from August 1970 to May 1974. [All times approximate] Brenda discusses being the first person in her family to attend a four year university [1:42], she shares what...

Title: Brian Peck oral history interview, 2021 December 20
Creator: Peck, Brian (Brian Thomas)
Date Created: 2021-12-20
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Memorials, Scholarships, Collective memory, Empathy, Victims of violent crimes
Description: Brian Peck, Director of Development in the College of Computing and Informatics and the School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte discusses his close involvement with and support for the Parlier and Howell families on behalf of the University follow...

Title: Brook Muller oral history interview, 2022 January 13
Creator: Muller, Brook
Date Created: 2022-01-13
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Memorials, Collective memory, Landscape design, Ecological landscape design, Architectural design
Description: Brook Muller assumed his position as the Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture at UNC Charlotte in the fall of 2019. Shortly after his arrival he was invited by Chancellor Dubois to chair the Niner Nation Remembrance Memorial Jury and Advis...

Title: Byron Harris oral history interview 2021 June 29
Creator: Harris, Byron L. (Byron Lee)
Date Created: 2021-06-29
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Description: In this interview, Byron Harris, who holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his life experiences and time as an undergraduate student. [All time approximate]. Growing up in Raleig...

Title: Cade Lee oral history interview, 2020 May 27
Creator: Lee, Cade
Date Created: 2020-05-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Mental health services, Campus police, Memorials, Local government--Political aspects
Description: Cade Lee shares his experience as a student and activist at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019, when a former student opened fire on a classroom killing two students and injuring four others. Months before the tragedy, Mr. Lee founded the UNC Charl...