Professor chronicles history of UNC Charlotte Arts Department

Categories: In the Media

Source: Queen City Nerve

Jim Frakes considers the University’s Arts Department “young,” yet its nascent momentum and unlimited potential inspired him to dig into its history nonetheless. 

“I’ve only been here for 20 years, so I didn’t have the institutional memory,” he said. “If a student hadn’t been there in the last 20 years, I basically wouldn’t even have any idea who they were, what they were out in the world doing. As I began to look, I discovered many, many alumni who I would never have known about doing really amazing things.”

Read the story at https://qcnerve.com/unc-charlotte-arts-department-60-years/.