7/31/2019 6-14 pg 3

1/1

Om ozes fi

By Matthew CoxUniversity Editor

After four decades at theUniversity, Carolyn Elfland,associate vice chancellor forcampus services, will retire nextJune.

Her retirement wasannounced to UNC faculty andstaff Monday in an email writ-ten by Karol Kain Gray, UNCs

vice chancellor for finance and

administration.Gray said in the email that she

will make changes to the organi-zational structure of the currentlyservices managed by Elfland, inpreparation for Elflands retire-

ment.Elfland leads AuxiliaryServices and Safety, Securityand Sustainability. Her respon-sibilities include oversight of theCarolina Inn, Horace Williams

Airport, Carolina DiningServices, Student Stores and allcampus parking.

She has been instrumentalin developing an unbelievablearea in energy services andsustainability, Gray said of

Elfland.Finding one person who

could take over the post as it iscurrently structured is unrealis-tic, Gray said.

Just because you graduatedoesnt mean your education andopportunity to give back to theUniversity should end, Elflandsaid.

I think that what Ive done isan example of how the Universitycan contribute to your successthe same as you can contribute toit, she said.

Gray said part of the organiza-

tional restructuring will includemerging Facilities Services withthe Facilities Planning andConstruction Division into a uni-fied Facilities Services Division,effective July 1.

Bruce Runberg, the associ-ate vice chancellor for facilitiesplanning, will lead the new divi-sion.

Ray DuBose has led FacilitiesServices on an interim basissince December and will con-

News Thursday, June 14, 2012The Daily Tar Heel 3

Campus Briefs

UNC professor co-authors bookon nursing for clinical settings

Gwen Sherwood, professor and associ-ate dean at the UNC School of Nursing,

wrote a book published by the HonorSociety of Nursing, Sigma T heta TauInternational. Sara Horton-Deutsch co-authored the book with Sherwood.

The book, titled Reflective Practice:Transforming Education and ImprovingOutcomes, is intended for nurse educa-tors in academic and clinical settings.

UNC Health Care recognized forpatient safety by national report

UNC Health Care and Rex HealthCare both received A grades from theLeapfrog Group, an independent non-profit group.

The Leapfrog Group developed theHospital Safety Score from publicdata on patient injuries, medical andmedication errors and infections. Thegroup recognizes the countrys best

hospitals while warning patients of theworst.

City Briefs

Chapel Hill Tire Car Center earnsfirst Triangle hybrid certification

The Chapel Hill Tire Car Centerannounced Monday it has become thefirst car repair shop in the Triangle to be

ACDC Hybrid/EV repair certified.The car center earned certification by

completing an education and trainingsession and testing.

The process qualifies hybrid-certifiedtechnicians to make repairs to hybrid

vehicles.

Repair of Hillsborough parkinglot to limit parking downtown

Beginning near or on Tuesday, thetown of Hillsborough will do repair workto the Bank of America parking lot indowntown Hillsborough. During thistime, the Bank of America drive-thru willremain open, but the parking spaces will

be limitedThe parking lot will be closed between

June 24 and 25. Any vehicles left in the

lot will be towed.From staff and wire reports

inBRIEF

By Kaitlyn KneppStaff Writer

Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt has spent morethan two decades as an activist for civil rights,even marching on Washington, D.C., in sup-port of various issues.

This week hell be returning, but in a verydifferent setting.

On Friday, Kleinschmidt will be joiningPresident Barack Obama and other leadersfrom across the country at the White Housefor a reception in honor of Pride Month.

The LGBT community unofficially rec-ognizes June as Pride Month to commemo-rate the anniversary of the 1969 raid of theStonewall Inn. The raid is considered thedefining moment that started the modernLGBT rights movement.

Bill Clinton was the first president to

declare Pride Month in 2000, and Obamahas recognized the celebration each year hes

been in office.Kleinschmidt, Chapel Hills first openly gay

mayor, said this year is particularly specialbecause for the first time in history, a U.S.president has supported the legalization ofsame-sex marriage while in office.

Its a point in time that we will never for-get, he said.

At the reception, Kleinschmidt said hehopes to speak with other leaders from acrossthe country to see how t hey are dealing withLGBT issues in their communities.

He said North Carolina suffered a greatdisappointment with the recent passage of

Amendment One but that its important tocontinue moving forward.

Terri Phoenix, director of UNCs Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Center,said the biggest issues the community andthe state face are employment protection,health care access, relationship recognition

by the government, cultural competency andharassment.

Phoenix said Kleinschmidts desire to giveback to the town and UNC, and his visibilityas an advocate have made him tremendously

valuable to the community.Phoenix said Kleinschmidt has worked

with the LGBTQ Center, allowing studentsto shadow him at work and speaking atLavender Graduation a commencementceremony for sexuality studies minors andmembers of UNCs gay community.

I have tremendous respect for him,

By Chessa DeCainCity Editor

The passage of the Good Neighbor Plan Mondaymakes the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service onestep closer toward their goal of a new transitional home-less shelter.

The shelter will help integrate homeless men backinto society.

Chris Moran, executive director of the IFC, said thecouncil will next get a zoning compliance permit

which he said is 60 to 70 percent complete and thenit can begin the bidding process for the project.

But Moran said they must now also start raisingmoney for the project in the community.

I would think that some donors have been waitinguntil the town really moved across this bridge, as theydid last night, he said.

Moran said he hoped to be able to start building byspring of 2013. If everything goes well, the construc-tion will take about a year and a half to complete andthe building will be ready to open by 2015, Moran said.

The Chapel Hill Town Council unanimouslyapproved the IFCs Good Neighbor Plan Monday, afterlengthy discussion among residents.

The Good Neighbor Plan intends to address con-cerns about the new shelter being built at 1315 MartinLuther King Jr. Blvd.

But the plan has also come under fire by many resi-dents worried about the impact of the shelter on theneighborhoods around it.

Moran said the Good Neighbor Plan was moredetailed than any other of its kind in the U.S. or Canada

in keeping neighborhoods as unaffected as possible.Some residents were concerned about the 17 beds

that will be provided for homeless men in emergencysituations, such as severe weather.

But the beds will only be available until an emergencyshelter can be constructed elsewhere in Orange County.

A transitional housing facility and an emergencyshelter are equally important for different reasons,Moran said.

The council also approved by a vote of 6-1 the leaseand sublease for the new property.

By the conditions of the special use permit passed in2011, the leases could not be approved by the counciluntil the Good Neighbor Plan passed.

Council member Matt Czajkowski voted againstthe motion. He said he wanted the lease to include aprovision that would require the IFC to move out of itscurrent location in a town-owned building within a settime limit.

Moran said if he had been able to respond toCzajkowski at the meeting, he would have asked thecouncil to consider an intergovernmental discussion

between the IFC and local governing bodies to addresshomelessness and hunger in the area.

If theres an intergovernmental interest, includingthe University, involved in helping us get all that done,I think the time span (to move out) would be shorter,he said.

Contact the City Editor at city@dailytarheel.com.

By Vinayak BalasubramanianState & National Editor

An estimated two-thirds of college stu-dents borrow money to pay for college,and the federal government is trying tomake the process easier.

In an effort to increase student aware-ness of the options they have to manageloan debt, President Barack Obamaannounced the government will developa streamlined loan application pro-cess and integrated online and mobileresources by the end of September.

According to a memorandumreleased by the White House, the aver-age student who uses loans to pay forcollege graduates with about $26,300of debt.

The memorandum said too manyborrowers are unaware of their optionsto manage student loan debt, and many

borrowers have difficulty completing theapplication process.

Shirley Ort, director of the UNCOffice of Scholarships and Student Aid,said many students do not know whattheir options are because the topic ofstudent aid is complicated.

More than one-third of seniors

graduating from UNC have borrowedmoney, she said.

Students, just like the rest of usadults, learn what they need to know

just in time, Ort said.It is not going to be in the front

of their mind until they have to startrepaying.

Income-based repayment whichwas introduced in 2007 currentlyallows former students with a highdebt-to-income ratio to cap their debtpayments at 15 percent of their income.This amount will be reduced to 10 per-cent starting in 2014.

The program also provides for debtforgiveness after 20 years.

Sophomore Rachel Malin said sheis concerned about the debt she couldowe after college.

But she said she has friends whowould have attended college if they had

known about these options.It is good for all students to know,

she said. Some of my friends didnt goto college because they were concernedabout debt.

Some of the efforts to reduce thecomplexity surrounding the processinclude the use of online and mobile

resources to explain repayment options.Ort said she thought most students

will find the provisions of debt repaymentattractive, since it uses communicationmethods more familiar to students.

It is a big challenge to get the atten-tion of students, especially at the timeof graduating, because there is a lot ofthings in their minds, Ort said.

Junior Sanem Kabaca, an economicsand public policy double major, saidthe program would help students.

Any student is concerned aboutgetting a job and repaying their loans,Kabaca said.

She said the program provided herassurance that she would be able to pay

back a loan.It takes into account each indi-

viduals circumstances, rather than thegraduating class as a whole, she said.

Contact the State & NationalEditor at sta te@daily tarheel .com.

E w ee e ou eesA Facilities Services

Division will be created,effective July 1.

a cElEbratiOn Of pridE Homeess

shee kes sheThe Chapel Hill Town Council passed theGood Neighbor Plan on Monday night.

Students may understandloan options better with

Obamas recommendations.

dth/melissa key

Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt speaks to fellow members of the Chapel Hill Town Council at a meeting on May 11.

Keshm s o o he o lGbt pe MohI think Mark has really beenvocally supportive of LGBTrights.

Lee Storrow,Capel hill town Council member

Phoenix said.Chapel Hill Town Council member Lee

Storrow who is also openly gay saidthe Chapel Hill community is fortunateto have Kleinschmidts forward-thinkingideas.

I think after the passage of AmendmentOne, its a really discouraging time to be a gayNorth Carolinian, Storrow said.

I think Mark has really been vocally sup-portive of LGBT rights and has been an advo-

cate in our community.Kleinschmidt said Chapel Hill has a long

history of being a leader in the state for thecivil rights for all people.

Its a part of our culture, he said.

Contact the City Editorat city@dailytarheel.com.

tinue until Runberg takes overin July.

Also included in Grays plan,Anna Wu will be promoted fromUniversity architect to assistant

vice chancellor for facilities

operations, planning and design.In this role, she will overseeHousekeeping Services.

Wu said she will begin par-ticipating in the housekeepingdepartments oversight com-mittee, which was formed inresponse to complaints by depart-ment employees and the findingsof a report conducted by PRMConsulting Group.

Darius Dixon has been thedepartments director since April.

Since Darius arrived, itseems like things have calmeddown, Gray said about reformsto the housekeeping depart-ment.

Elfland said she believes Dixon

is moving the department for-ward.I think Mr. Dixons been

a wonderful addition to theUniversity, Elfland said.

Former department directorBill Burston left the Universitylast September, and Lea Holtserved as interim director untilDixon was hired.

Contact the University Editorat university@dailytarheel.com.

Carolyn Elflandas announced sewill reire nex Juneafer four decadesa e Universiyas a suden and

adminisraor.