Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
6:00 p.m. |
Membership Engagement |
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https://zoom.us/j/98387810840?pwd=OENVR1N4b0NVVitYdlVabkh2ZVFQdz09 |
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
12:00 p.m. |
Government Relations |
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https://zoom.us/j/99184442473?pwd=K0JERG94bllqS0twY0t0ZlN0VFJWZz09 |
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1:00 p.m. |
Student Recruitment |
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https://zoom.us/j/99381256015?pwd=ZEFSUnJuaFRDaXNMUXFZeWtxcXpGQT09 |
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2:00 p.m. |
Marketing Communications |
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https://zoom.us/j/97494916010?pwd=TnBqSFljS01kc0lMcDNqblJjbXE0Zz09 |
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3:00 p.m. |
Student Career Services |
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https://zoom.us/j/98473713665?pwd=SzdWQXFBSUlVbzNhS21KbVpiRUQ3UT09 |
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Recognition of Outgoing Members |
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• Reyna Walters-Morgan, BOV Chair |
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• Brian T. Marley, BOV Vice Chair |
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9:05 a.m. |
Greeting from the UNC Board of Trustees |
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• Richard Y. Stevens, BOT Chair |
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• Lamar Richards, Student Body President/BOT |
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9:15 a.m. |
An update on the Carolina Campus |
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• Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Chancellor |
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9:25 a.m. |
A Development Update |
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• David S. Routh, Vice Chancellor for University Development |
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9:30 a.m. |
Questions & Answers with Chancellor Guskiewicz and Vice Chancellor Routh |
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9:40 a.m. |
Carolina Economic Development Strategy – a Plan for Downtown Revitalization |
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• A. Douglas Rothwell, Executive-in-Residence for Economic Development, Innovate Carolina |
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• Sheryl Waddell, Interim Director of Economic Development, Innovate Carolina |
The University and Town of Chapel Hill recently announced the Carolina Economic Development Strategy, a new partnership to revitalize downtown and further economic development. The Strategy is an initiative to increase Carolina’s economic impact in Chapel Hill and across the Triangle region by leveraging the University’s capabilities to develop talent, translate innovation and create vibrant places. |
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9:50 a.m. |
KickStart Accelerator – Turning Research into Innovation |
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• Mireya McKee, Interim Director of KickStart Venture Services |
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• Joseph Ruiz, President of Enzerna Biosciences, Inc. |
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• Hayden Huggins, Associate Director of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics |
The 7,500-square-foot KickStart Accelerator provides faculty-founded startups based on UNC-Chapel Hill intellectual property a convenient, collaborative place to grow their companies. The facility gives faculty who want to launch their own startups a quicker and more cost-friendly option. |
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10:10 a.m. |
Carolina Together COVID-19 Testing Program – An Inside Look |
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• Amir Barzin, UNC School of Medicine Assistant Professor and Incident Commander for UNC Health’s Respiratory Diagnostic Center |
As COVID-19 attacked, Dr. Amir Barzin worked tirelessly with University faculty and staff to build a state-of-the art, multifaceted COVID-19 testing program on the Carolina campus – from scratch. Dr. Barzin will walk us through the lab and show us a robot assisting in the work. |
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10:30 a.m. |
Committee Meeting Updates |
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• Membership Engagement – Kimberley B. Kwok, C0-Chair |
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• Government Relations – William Cameron, Co-Chair |
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• Student Recruitment – Arthur Rogers, Chair |
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• Marketing Communications – Jesse Cureton, Chair |
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• Student Career Services – Charles Baldwin, Meeting Co-Chair |
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10:55 a.m. |
Closing Comments |
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11:00 a.m. |
Meeting Ends |