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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: Drew Pescaro oral history interview 1, 2020 November 19
Creator: Pescaro, Drew
Date Created: 2020-11-19
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Campus violence, First responders, Victims of violent crimes, Anxiety, Emotional support animals
Description: WARNING: This interview contains a first hand account of a mass shooting beginning at 27:42 and ending at 01:01:29. Drew Pescaro, one of six victims of the April 30 mass shooting at UNC Charlotte, describes his life before the shooting and his exp...

Title: Elizabeth A. Hardin oral history interview 3, 2019 December 17
Creator: Hardin, Beth (Beth A.)
Date Created: 2019-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management
Description: Elizabeth Hardin, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at UNC Charlotte, discusses the events of April 30, 2019, when a gunman opened fire in a classroom on campus. Ms. Hardin was at an off campus event at the Center City Building at the time of t...

Title: Jeffrey Baker oral history interview, 2020 February 27
Creator: Baker, Jeffrey A. (Jeffrey Allen), 1958-
Date Created: 2020-02-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies, Public safety
Description: Chief Jeffrey Baker shares his experience leading UNC Charlotte Police on the evening of April 30th, 2019, after reports of an active shooter in the Kennedy building. Chief Baker had finished the evening roll call for officers working the Waka Fla...

Title: Joan Lorden oral history interview, 2019 December 17
Creator: Lorden, Joan F.
Date Created: 2019-12-17
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Emergency management, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: UNC Charlotte Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Joan Lorden, recalls her experience of the tragic events of April 30, 2019. Dr. Lorden notes that she was on campus in her office discussing University business with Chief of Staf...

Title: Mamie Brenda Jordan oral history interview, 2021 August 27
Creator: Jordan, Mamie Brenda
Date Created: 2021-08-27
Subjects--Topical: September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001), Police, First responders, Compassion, Hazardous substances--Safety measures, Gratitude
Description: WARNING This interview includes an eyewitness account of 9/11, the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and may be emotionally disturbing for some people. Brenda Jordan, Security Officer for Atkins Library at ...

Title: Michael Blondo oral history interview , 2021 May 20
Creator: Blondo, Michael
Date Created: 2021-05-20
Subjects--Topical: September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001), Police, First responders, Compassion, Hazardous wastes, Gratitude
Description: WARNING This interview is an eyewitness account of 9/11, the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and may be emotionally disturbing for some people. Michael Blondo, Security Officer for Atkins Library at UNC C...

Title: Philip L. Dubois oral history interview 9, 2020 February 25
Creator: Dubois, Philip L.
Date Created: 2020-02-25
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, First responders, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Dr. Philip L. Dubois, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) discusses the April 30th shooting and the campus response to the tragedy in both the immediate aftermath and in the long-term. This included crisis c...

Title: Richard Gundacker oral history interview, 2020 January 15
Creator: Gundacker, Richard
Date Created: 2020-1-15
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police
Description: Patrol Lieutenant (Patrol Sergeant at the time of the event), Richard Gundacker shares his experience on the evening of April 30th, 2019, as the first UNC police officers to arrive at the Kennedy building after reports of an active shooter, and as...

Title: Sarah Smyre oral history interview, 2020 January 21
Creator: Smyre, Sarah
Date Created: 2020-01-21
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management, Mental health services, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management
Description: Captain Sarah Smyre (Lieutenant Smyre at the time) shares her experience on the evening of April 30th, 2019, as one of the UNC first police officers to arrive on campus after reports of an active shooter in the Kennedy building. Originally assigne...