Places in Time

Elmer Henry Garinger was one of the visionary leaders who helped Charlotte College realize the dream of becoming a four-year, state-supported institution.
As superintendent of Charlotte City Schools, Garinger employed Bonnie Cone, UNC Charlotte founder, as a mathematics teacher at Central High School. Later, he would name her director of the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina, the institution that ultimately became UNC Charlotte.

Sherman Burson Jr. was the first Charles Stone Professor of Chemistry and the inaugural dean of the-then College of Arts and Sciences. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Burson was born Christmas Eve 1923. His father, a Methodist minister, moved the family to Massachusetts, where Burson graduated from Harwich High School. Uncertain of his career goals, […]

The Oliver Reagan Rowe Arts Building honors one of UNC Charlotte’s founding fathers. Completed in 1971, the 75,000-square-foot facility was constructed to house the-then departments of Performing and Visual Arts. The building’s focal point is an eight-sided theatre that seats 350. It also includes a recital hall, classrooms, offices, practice rooms and a large lobby-gallery. […]

Before the Student Union opened in fall 2010, the Barnhardt Student Activity Center was billed as the University’s “living room.” By the late 1980s, UNC Charlotte’s growing student body needed greater recreational space, as well as a venue to enhance campus life and the collegiate experience. The Student Government Association petitioned University leaders to create […]

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Bascom “Barney” Weaver Barnard established the Charlotte College Foundation and served as its first chair. His name features prominently in the early years of UNC Charlotte, and it adorns an 18,000-square-foot building completed in 1969, designed to serve as a facility for instruction and research. Born Feb. 14, 1894, Barnard was […]

When the Charlotte 49ers football team kicks off its inaugural season this fall, it will do so in Jerry Richardson Stadium. Chancellor Philip L. Dubois and Judy Rose, director of athletics, announced the naming of Richardson Stadium at a press conference Tuesday, June 11. Richardson, owner of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, committed $10 million to […]

Convocation is traditionally held in the Colbert Augustus “Pete” McKnight Lecture Hall. The venue, which has hosted myriad events since its opening, is named for the legendary Charlotte Observer news editor and staunch University advocate. A Shelby, North Carolina, native, McKnight spent his entire career in the newspaper industry. After completing an undergraduate degree at […]

Arnold K. King may be one of the few individuals to have a building named in his honor on two UNC system campuses. Ten years before UNC Charlotte dedicated the King Building for him, UNC Wilmington put King’s name on an administrative and classroom building. Such an honor is an indication of the vital role […]

The Thomas I. Storrs Building resulted from the collaboration between Charlotte architectural firm Ferebee, Walters and Associates and New York architects Charles Gwaltmey and Robert Siegel. Since its completion in 1990, Storrs Building has been used as an “architectural education instrument,” because students and professionals can study its many unique features, as the building is […]

University leaders formally dedicated the Cato Teaching Discovery Mural during a special ceremony Monday, April 22. Located near the College of Education, this dramatic, brick-carved mural depicts important events in Charlotte and North Carolina history and culture on eight panels that rise eight feet in height. It also recognizes outstanding educators and will serve as […]