This year, the student staff of the Carolina Union is competing for the Union Cup. The departments have been sorted into six houses:
Griffindor: House StaffRavenclaw: Technical staffHufflepuff: Operations staffSlytherin: Marketing and Design staff, Student Activities Fund Office, Maintenance, Administration Office AssistantsDumbledore’s Army: Box Office, Carolina Union Activities Board (CUAB) Office Assistants, Carolina Leadership Development (CLD)Order of the Phoenix: Events Planning and Information Collaboration staff
Points are awarded to each house for Teamwork, Attention to Detail, Positive Attitude, Taking Initiative, and Professionalism. This competition has been designed to foster teamwork and cooperation among staff members, as well as to encourage a strong work ethic.
The Carolina Union Employee Forum (CUEF) provides educational, social, and developmental opportunities for student employees. CUEF representatives serve as voices for their respective staffs. The Employee Forum serves as a place for students to promote and exchange ideas, discuss issues, and work together with fulltime staff to provide a positive student employee work experience. CUEF responsibilities include managing student recognition, planning staff events, addressing interdepartmental concerns, and more. Each department of the Carolina Union student staff is represented within CUEF.
The Lab is led by a crack team of creative wizards from Carolina Union Marketing & Design. Workshops are chock-full of inspiration, useful knowledge, and hands-on activities. Sessions are free and open to all UNC-CH students, but you must register to attend. We keep ’em small so we can cover it all!
Fall 2013 workshops:
Portfolio Basics
September 3, 7:00pm-8:30pmDiscuss the basics of print & web design portfolios.
Registration now open!
Let's Make an Icon
October 2, 7:00pm-8:30pmLearn how to make bold icons from simple shapes.
Registration opens September 19.
On Your Mark!
November 7, 7:00pm-8:30pmDive into brainstorming & planning for your personal identity.
Registration opens October 24.
For detailed information on each session, please visit The Lab
We are pleased to announce that Ms. Crystal King has been selected as the fourth Director of the Carolina Union. Crystal is both the first woman and the first African-American to lead the Carolina Union.
In her new role Ms. King will be responsible for the management of the Carolina Union organization and the operation of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union Building. She will serve as the visionary of the Carolina Union as it builds and supports community through the provision of programs, activities, student organization support, services, and facilities. Her portfolio will also include the Student Activities Office, Carolina Leadership Development Office, the Student Activities Fund Office, and Student Government.
Previously, Ms. King served as the Associate Executive Director of University Unions at the University of Texas at Austin and brings a wealth of experience working with student union operations and student activities to Carolina. Crystal was directly responsible for managing the building operations of four student life facilities. Other positions held on the UT Austin campus have included serving as Director of the Student Activity Center, Associate Director of Student Programs and Assistant Director of Student Programs. Crystal is certified as a LEED Green Associate and has substantial experience with planning and executing facility renovations. While in her role as the Director of the Student Activity Center, she managed a $68 million construction project for a 149,000 square foot University Unions facility.
Ms. King was selected by a search committee after a nationwide search, and joined the Carolina family July 29, 2013. Crystal is a native of Tennessee and received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Memphis. She received her master’s degree in College and University Student Personnel Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Crystal lives in Pittsboro with her husband and two children.
FallFest 2013 was a great success! Opening with a Unity Step performance by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, a welcome by Chancellor Holt and Vice Chancellor Crisp and athletic team presentations by Volleyball, Men's Lacrosse, and Women's Basketball, FallFest was truly back after the rain cancellation of 2012. Due to the threat of showers, and last year's cancellation, the FallFest committee worked diligently to prepare a rain site — planning to move the event indoors to Fetzer Gym should weather conditions warrant. Fortunately, the skies were clear and the weather pleasant for the 17th annual FallFest event. Over 300 student organizations, 16 University departments, 30 sponsors, and over 20 food vendors were present to provide information, entertainment, and offer students opportunities to become involved in a myriad of ways for the coming academic year. The student entertainment provided on two stages was spectacular, and allowed performance groups the opportunity to showcase their talents as well as to recruit new members. As usual, Campus Recreation and Sport Clubs dominated Hooker Fields, with activities and information about their respective opportunities and clubs. With support provided by University Career Services and others, inflatables, 2 climbing walls, photo booths, and more than $100,000 in donated food from area restaurants rounding out the evening, it was terrific to welcome campus back with this year's FallFest!
Carly Mathews will serve as President of the Carolina Union for 2013-14, presiding over both the Board of Directors and the Carolina Union Activities Board. Mathews, a senior from Cary, NC, served as chair of the Fun committee this year, organizing events such as Gingerbread House decorating, the Harvest Festival and football game screenings. This coming year, Carly hopes to inform and excite people about the Union and all that it offers, as well as maintain traditions important to the Union and UNC. Carly is particularly interested in helping other students find their place at UNC and feels as though the Union in instrumental in guiding that process. “This is where you come to start and organization and this is where you come to grow an organization,” she said. Through her work with the Union, Carly is hopeful that more students can become involved in student life and learn more about what is important, fun, and exciting to them.
Effective March 4, 2013. The Pit, solicitation table and off-site table guidelines will be changed to reflect the following:
In the event of rain or other inclement weather, Pit reservations will be cancelled.
In the event of inclement weather, 16 solicitation tables will be staged in the South Road hallway adjacent to Wendy’s. Due to the limited space, tables will be available for organizations on a first-come, first-served basis. No audio may be played from these tables. The standard check-in process is still applicable.
In the event of inclement weather, all off-site table reservations will be cancelled.
The entire policy is located here. Questions regarding these changes? Please contact the Office of Event Services at 919-966-3832.
The LeaderShape Institute is a national leadership program, hosted at 70 campuses worldwide and over 50,000 graduates of the program. In its third year at Carolina, The LeaderShape Institute provides space in a living-learning environment for students to discover a vision and passion for the future and what it means to live and lead with integrity. Over spring break 65 students and 11 staff members went to Camp Oak Hill in Oxford, NC, to participate in the experience.
CUAB is hard at work this summer, planning and coordinating events for the Fall semester. They have fantastic weekend films planned, a viewing of the UNC vs. South Carolina football game (in the Blue Zone!), performances by Ari Picker and Emma Nadeau of Lost in the Trees and The Dirty Projectors, as well as a lecture by Eric Thomas. And that’s only the beginning! Homecoming details are being finalized and the board would love for you to get involved in program planning, both big and small, for the rest of the year. To find out more about how you can participate, visit cuab.web.unc.edu/get-involved.
Project Union is a series of creative weekly events produced entirely by student employees of the Union. It promotes collaboration, communication, and community among our employees as well as the Carolina campus community. Project Union events are designed to engage and enliven non-traditional, little-used spaces in the Union. Their topics reflect the broad range of interests at Carolina—comedy, interactive gaming, literary arts, music, social functions, social justice, sustainability, visual arts, and wellness.
