Big push to rename UNCC

[Ja Rhule]

Huge push is made right now to rename UNCC to University of Charlotte.  What say you?

[Shocker]

Thought they did that already?  If not yeah.

[toldozer]

Most of their logos just say Charlotte anyway.  I don't think it makes a difference.  Not sure why there needs to be a big push or why it matters though. 

[Ja Rhule]

5 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Most of their logos just say Charlotte anyway.  I don't think it makes a difference.  Not sure why there needs to be a big push or why it matters though. 

Apparently it causes a huge confusion.  Even some Olympians had UNC next to their name but they went to Charlotte. 

[d-dave]

Considering how UNCC's profile has grown so much, it's not surprising.  I'd be cool with it either way.

[Anybodyhome]

Not sure how that would work as long as their part of the UNC system. I mean, all of the other schools in the system are "UNC- whatever."

[Ja Rhule]

11 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Not sure how that would work as long as their part of the UNC system. I mean, all of the other schools in the system are "UNC- whatever."

Negative...  Examples: NC State (used to be UNC-Raleigh), ECU, Western Carolina, App State and many more.

[Zaximus]

1 hour ago, toldozer said:

Most of their logos just say Charlotte anyway.  I don't think it makes a difference.  Not sure why there needs to be a big push or why it matters though. 

I feel this has to do with Amazon's decision and how we need to make UNCC stand out as "Charlotte" university etc.     Maybe not but the timing of it makes me think so.     Maybe they want to invest in growing it.

[Still Brooklyn]

Does it even matter?

[Anybodyhome]

1 hour ago, ARSEN said:

Negative...  Examples: NC State (used to be UNC-Raleigh), ECU, Western Carolina, App State and many more.

Those schools were not part of the original UNC regents system. They were merged into the UNC system after they were already established. Every UNC campus formed by the UNC system is named UNC-whatever, as I stated.

The North Carolina General Assembly founded NC State on March 7, 1887 as a land-grant college under the name "North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." In the segregated system, it was open only to white students. As a land-grant college, NC State would provide a liberal and practical education while focusing on military tactics, agriculture and the mechanical arts without excluding classical studies.^[11] Since its founding, the university has maintained these objectives while building on them.^[9] After opening in 1889, NC State saw its enrollment fluctuate and its mandate expand. In 1918, it changed its name to "North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering"—or "North Carolina State" for short. During the Great Depression, the North Carolina state government, under Governor O. Max Gardner, administratively combined the University of North Carolina, the Woman's College (at Greensboro), and NC State. This conglomeration became the University of North Carolina in 1931.^[12] Following World War II, the university grew and developed. The G.I. Bill enabled thousands of veterans to attend college, and enrollment shot past the 5,000 mark in 1947.

State College created new academic programs, including the School of Architecture and Landscape Design in 1947 (renamed as the School of Design in 1948), the School of Education in 1948, and the School of Forestry in 1950.^[11] In the summer of 1956, following the US Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public education was unconstitutional, North Carolina State College enrolled its first African-American undergraduates, Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes.^[9][13]

In 1962, State College officials desired to change the institution's name to North Carolina State University. Consolidated university administrators approved a change to the University of North Carolina at Raleigh, frustrating many student and alumni who protested the change with letter writing campaigns. In 1963, State College officially became North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina. Students, faculty, and alumni continued to express dissatisfaction with this name, however, and after two additional years of protest, the name was changed to the current North Carolina State University at Raleigh.^[11] The "at Raleigh" part is usually omitted even on official documents such as diplomas, but is part of the school's official name.

 

[imminent rogaine]

1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

Those schools were not part of the original UNC regents system. They were merged into the UNC system after they were already established. Every UNC campus formed by the UNC system is named UNC-whatever, as I stated.

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3 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

Not sure how that would work as long as their part of the UNC system

But all those schools are currently part of the state's UNC system and are not currently named with a UNC prefix.  So, you know exactly how it would work... they would still be in the state system and would have a different, less confusing, name.

[toldozer]

2 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

Those schools were not part of the original UNC regents system. They were merged into the UNC system after they were already established. Every UNC campus formed by the UNC system is named UNC-whatever, as I stated.

The North Carolina General Assembly founded NC State on March 7, 1887 as a land-grant college under the name "North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." In the segregated system, it was open only to white students. As a land-grant college, NC State would provide a liberal and practical education while focusing on military tactics, agriculture and the mechanical arts without excluding classical studies.^[11] Since its founding, the university has maintained these objectives while building on them.^[9] After opening in 1889, NC State saw its enrollment fluctuate and its mandate expand. In 1918, it changed its name to "North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering"—or "North Carolina State" for short. During the Great Depression, the North Carolina state government, under Governor O. Max Gardner, administratively combined the University of North Carolina, the Woman's College (at Greensboro), and NC State. This conglomeration became the University of North Carolina in 1931.^[12] Following World War II, the university grew and developed. The G.I. Bill enabled thousands of veterans to attend college, and enrollment shot past the 5,000 mark in 1947.

State College created new academic programs, including the School of Architecture and Landscape Design in 1947 (renamed as the School of Design in 1948), the School of Education in 1948, and the School of Forestry in 1950.^[11] In the summer of 1956, following the US Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public education was unconstitutional, North Carolina State College enrolled its first African-American undergraduates, Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes.^[9][13]

In 1962, State College officials desired to change the institution's name to North Carolina State University. Consolidated university administrators approved a change to the University of North Carolina at Raleigh, frustrating many student and alumni who protested the change with letter writing campaigns. In 1963, State College officially became North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina. Students, faculty, and alumni continued to express dissatisfaction with this name, however, and after two additional years of protest, the name was changed to the current North Carolina State University at Raleigh.^[11] The "at Raleigh" part is usually omitted even on official documents such as diplomas, but is part of the school's official name.

 

You're still wrong.  Elizabeth city was an original. I learned that in high school.  Why I remember,  no clue. 

 

Or maybe I was lied to who knows 

[Anybodyhome]

51 minutes ago, toldozer said:

You're still wrong.  Elizabeth city was an original. I learned that in high school.  Why I remember,  no clue. 

 

Or maybe I was lied to who knows 

What I'm saying is some of the 17 these schools were already established prior to the UNC system forming, therefore, they got to keep their original names. Elizabeth City State was one of those. Not to mention the 5 historically black universities were all allowed to keep their original names. Not that big a deal, but I am a little curious why UNCC wants to get out from under the UNC banner when it probably helps them recruit both academically and for sports.

"Elizabeth City State University was established by the North Carolina General Assembly on March 3, 1891, in response to a bill calling for the creation of a two-year normal school for the "teaching and training [of] teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of North Carolina." This was to provide training for more teachers of primary grades. The campus quadrangle and six surrounding buildings are included in the Elizabeth City State Teachers College Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1][2]

In 1937, the school made the transformation into a full four-year teachers college and was officially named Elizabeth City State Teachers College, while expanding its role to include the training of principals as well. In 1939, the college awarded its first bachelor of science degrees in its program of elementary education.^[3] Within the following twenty-five years, the college expanded its offerings to include a vocational-technical program and a total of thirteen academic majors.

In December 1961, the college gained membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1963 its name was changed to Elizabeth City State College. In 1969, its name was changed to Elizabeth City State University to reflect expansion and the addition of graduate programs. When the University of North Carolina System was formed in 1972, ECSU became one of the system's sixteen constituent universities and entered into its current phase of development and organization.^[4]"

[Happy Panther]

8 hours ago, Still Brooklyn said:

Does it even matter?

Nobody cares.