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The Gregg Museum moves to a new home Andrea M. Danchi
In November 2011, the University Board of Trustees recognized that the museum had N.C. State’s Gregg Museum outgrown its current space of Art & Design has begun and approved the proposal the process of relocating to to renovate the former chanthe chancellor’s former resi- cellor’s residence on Hillsbordence across ough Street from the Bell as the new Tower. home for the Since 1992, museum. t he Gre g g The Gregg has been lohas already cated on the moved Roger Manley, director of the second floor some 16,000 Gregg Museum. of Talley Stupieces to a dent Center. temporary The space was designed for warehouse location near J.C. the museum which had a col- Raulston Arboretum. The lection of 1,500 pieces. That entire collection must be collection has now grown moved out of Talley by May to more than 26,000 pieces 2013 before the building’s dewith approximately 1,000 molition. more being added through Before the collection can gifts each year, according to relocate to the Chancellor’s Janine LeBlanc, textile con- former residence, the buildsultant and associate curator ing must be renovated to meet at the Gregg. public facility standards.
However, the museum does not intend to drastically alter the appearance of the historic home designed by famous architect Hobart Upjohn. The one major exception is a 15,000 square-foot addition that will house three galleries, a large collections room, a workshop and an educational wing. “That will be built adjacent to the old building,” Roger Manley, director of the Gregg Museum, said. “It will be a contemporary wing to this older building and will be a real full-fledged museum at that point.” The total budget of the project is $7.5 million dollars. It is also the first campus project under N.C. State’s new building requirement that one half of a project’s funding must be in the bank and the rest must be promised before construction can begin.
BOG doesn’t stick with a “one-size fits all” mentality, because some changes will not be ideal for universities like Fayetteville State and Western Carolina, compared to N.C. State. Many of these changes are because “higher education has been sitting on an issue topic that has been scrutinized for change,” Walsh said. But is needed because of “the demands of the growing population and students in the system.” The members of the board have been criticized for having controversial political agendas, but Fred Eshelman, a member, insists politics are
not part of the board’s framework. “This process is apolitical,” said Eshelman. “There is no agenda here other than that to advance the university system in the best way we can.” Walsh said he is interesting in seeing how politics will play into the changes of the university system with newly elected Republican governor Pat McCrory. “We will be able to see how McCrory is going to lead the system and see what emphasis he puts in the issues,” Walsh said. North Carolina has not had a Republican governor lead the state in 20 years.
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“That will be built adjacent to the old building.”
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“We will begin to see little things pop up, and we need to accept that there will be some changes,” Walsh said. The board, with this plan, wants to make sure students’ degrees will hold value over the years. The Strategic Planning Committee will look at how the universities in the state compare to the rest of the country, while retaining their unique characters and increasing the number of people in the workforce. Walsh said he hopes the
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“It’s not a punishment or anything like that,” Manley said. “It does mean that we can’t actually break ground on the renovation or the con-
struction until all the money is in place. We’ve had a lot of success already. So I don’t think it’s going to be much of a delay.”
One of the main complaints from students has been the under-representation of students. However, due to student input in last week’s meeting, the BOG deferred the course-drop decision to system President Tom Ross, who will consult with students before he makes a decision on the policy. “One student, a single faculty member and a single worker serving on the committee is insufficient representation for the tens of thousands of students, workers and faculty throughout the system,” said Zaina Alsous, a member of the N.C. Student Power Union, an advocating body for students in the UNC System. Walsh said he supports
a student vote to have a voice on the BOG to represent the University’s views. “I advocate and make sure that the thing they want to see reformed is for the student’s success,” Walsh said. The BOG met again Monday to discuss with faculty and students the strategic plan. Walsh has been working closely with Will Liemenstoll, UNC-Chapel Hill student body president, to add pressure on the BOG. Walsh has also been working with East Carolina University and UNC-Greensboro, other institutions in the UNC System.
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ministrators, Johnson said. IACLEA also charges an annual continuation fee. N.C. State Campus Police currently pays two fees, a $425 fee for the accreditation of the chief of police and another $100 fee for the accreditation of the associate vice chancellor for Environmental Health and Public Safety. According to an employee of Campus Police, the department is currently deciding whether it will renew the accreditation of the associate vice chancellor due to the cost of continuation.
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