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[rooster8]

I think those buildings look great, but they all look similar.  I understand why they want similar looking buildings to a point, but after a while it just makes the campus feel very bland.  

The same thing is happening up at ASU.  All the buildings there will have the same color brick and the same green roofs.  The design chief told me he wanted a visitor to campus to be able to recognize a building as part of the campus.  Now the only problem is that all the buildings look alike so it's hard to find the right building!

[DanRNC]

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UNCC already has more students than UNC-Chapel Hill.

UNC has an enrollment of 27,000 and NCSU has an enrollment of close to 30,000. UNCC enrollment is around 20,000.

[DigitalSky]

Yeah that's what I thought too.  I didn't think UNC had surpassed UNCC.

[Neo]

unccmyway, on Mar 26 2006, 11:09 PM, said:

oh god....don't get me started on the POS sign on hwy 49.  The entrance on Tryon is closed this week because they are working on the new entrance.  They have been paving the new roundabout up there for the past few days and they will probably have it at or near completion by graduation (may 13        )

I was wondering why that entrance was being closed.  I saw the sign last week for it.  I pass by there everyday to and from work and have been curious when work would begin on the new entrance.  I'd love to see UNCC do something about the overgrown woods next to Tryon.  It really looks bad on the campus IMO.  Some landscaping would be nice.  Does the campus even own the land between the hospital and the creek?

[moonshield]

cantnot, on Mar 28 2006, 12:48 AM, said:

Yeah that's what I thought too.  I didn't think UNC had surpassed UNCC.

UNC Charlotte and UNC-CH have about the same number of undergrads, but Chapel Hill has many more grad students.

[rockhilljames]

Yep, that's it. The numbers I was looking at was undergrad only.

[Creasy336]

I also attend UNC-C all we need to do is drop the UNC... How about University of Charlotte or Charlotte University.  They both have good rings to them   .  Sometimes its all about the name!

[moonshield]

Personally I dont see anything wrong with UNC Charlotte as the official name but we should discourage calling it UNCC as UNCC sounds like the name of a community college.

[DigitalSky]

Then how would we abbreviate UNC Charlotte? lol

[moonshield]

Well, UNC Charlotte is an abbreviation. Just don't do the second abbreviation.

When something shorter is necessary, I often just call it Charlotte.

[DigitalSky]

moonshield, on Mar 28 2006, 05:20 PM, said:

When something shorter is necessary, I often just call it Charlotte.

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

The undergrad size of UNC and Charlotte is within a couple hundred people.  Both about 24,500.

[moonshield]

CarolinaDaydreamin, on Mar 28 2006, 06:27 PM, said:

The undergrad size of UNC and Charlotte is within a couple hundred people.  Both about 24,500.

I don't think so. According to the UNC Charlotte's office of public relations, total enrollment was a little more than 20,700 (including grad students).

[rockhilljames]

The figures I saw had undergrad enrollment at around 16,600, with UNC-Chapel Hill's just below that.

What is UNCC's grad numbers? They should be seriously going up within the next 10 years with the focus on research and graduate studies.

[AuLukey]

redjeep77, on Mar 27 2006, 02:32 AM, said:

Actually ECU is on track to becoming the largest school in NC (currently 2nd).  It's got almost 30,000 students (undergrad and grad), and one of their primary goals is to be the largest school in the state.  UNCC's new building really do wonders to the views of campus.  Glad that people do realize that all of those 60's/70's buildings were pretty unsightly.

According to Wikipedia online encyclopedia, as of March 1st, these are the current enrollment rates at all 16 of the UNC system schools

http://en.wikipedia...._North_Carolina

Name...........................City...............Undergrad....Graduate

Appalachian State U.......Boone..............13,146.......1,507
East Carolina U.............Greenville..........17,510........5,257
Elizabeth City State U....Elizabeth City.....2,437............33
Fayetteville State U........Fayetteville........4,410........1,031
NC A&T State U.............Greensboro........9,121.........1,262
NC Central U.................Durham..............6,028.........1,699
NC School of the Arts....Winston-Salem......692.............96
NC State U....................Raleigh.............22,754........7,203
UNC at Asheville............Asheville............3,539.............35
UNC at Chapel Hill.........Chapel Hill........16,525......10,353
UNC at Charlotte...........Charlotte..........15,875........3,971
UNC at Greensboro........Greensboro......11,623........3,706
UNC at Pembroke..........Pembroke..........4,508............519
UNC at Wilmington.........Wilmington.......10,514........1,060
Western Carolina U........Cullowhee..........6,785........1,611
Winston-Salem State U...Winston-Salem...4,568..........237


Sorry about the spacing, I was crunched for time

[dubone]

Can someone please tell me why enrollment numbers matter?   Usually there is an inverse relationship between size of school and quality of individual education.  As a Chapel Hill grad, one thing that I think detracted from my education was the school's size, despite having an excellent professors, highly educated peers, and having had excellent preparation by my high school.  

It made freshman classes too large, made it difficult to get into some good classes, and meant that there were some people there that really didn't belong.

If higher enrollment numbers lead to diminished academic admissions standards, the impact to institutional reputation is tremendous.   People who work with the worst student at the school for the rest of their lives will think less of the school.  It is a lifetime of subtle damage to the school's reputation.

[AuLukey]

dubone, on Apr 19 2006, 10:23 PM, said:

Can someone please tell me why enrollment numbers matter?   Usually there is an inverse relationship between size of school and quality of individual education.  As a Chapel Hill grad, the one thing that I think detracted from my education it was the school's size, despite having an excellent professors, highly educated peers, and having had excellent preparation by my high school.  

It made freshman classes too large, made it difficult to get into some good classes, and meant that there were some people there that really didn't belong.

If higher enrollment numbers lead to diminished academic admissions standards, the impact to institutional reputation is tremendous.   People who work with the worst student at the school for the rest of their lives will think less of the school.  It is a lifetime of subtle damage to the school's reputation.

I left out part of that table that may interest you in the selectiveness of admissions, graduation rate, and how many are highly qualified that enroll.  Those figures say more about a school, I was just answering the debate over size that seems to be so important to other people.  I agree with your point that education can be diminished by size.

[monsoon]

aussie luke, on Apr 19 2006, 07:25 PM, said:

According to Wikipedia online encyclopedia, as of March 1st, these are the current enrollment rates at all 16 of the UNC system schools

It should be noted that wikipedia should not be considered a definitive source for anything as anyone can go in and edit the numbers.   I believe accurate numbers for enrollment have already been posted in this thread.

[AuLukey]

monsoon, on Apr 20 2006, 07:29 AM, said:

It should be noted that wikipedia should not be considered a definitive source for anything as anyone can go in and edit the numbers.   I believe accurate numbers for enrollment have already been posted in this thread.

I know about Wikipedia's reputation and I did my research.  I looked these numbers up on each independent school's websites (aside from the >5000 student schools) and they matched up pretty well so I decided to keep them as is.  The numbers on the previous post was way off saying that some schools had thousands more students than before.  I just figured I'd put a more accurate representation.

[unccmyway]

When I started this thread I promised you guys some clearer pictures later.  Well, here they are.  Enjoy!

We'll start out with the Belk Tower


Next is the Arena



The new Brocker Health Center under construction




How about some statue pics
The miner in front of Cato




The eagle in front of Woodward



The College of Education Entrance


The College of Engineering













College of Optical Science






Now to the College of Health and Human Services (nearing Completion)








The new parking deck construction.  Will be next to the new Student Union building




Robinson Hall (Dance and Theater) with its super-funky hanging ball lights





How about an update on the facade work on the library?




Now for an old vs. new comparison
Old Science building (Burson)

New Science Building (Woodward Hall)


Here are some buildings that have been around for a while...but they're still interesting.
Kennedy (ROTC building)

Storrs (College of Architecture)


Those messy architecture students

Are the architecture students trying to mess with our heads?


The Rowe arts building


This is the old engineering building.  Remember what the new one looks like from earlier?  Quite a step up, I'd say.


Colvard building


McEniry (Geology and Geography)


Old School UNCC Courtyard.  Maybe the first one on campus.


And, Finally, where I spend all of my time (until May 13) ... Friday building (Belk College of Business Administration)


I hope you enjoyed the tour!