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Title: Betty Ladner oral history interview, 2020 July 2
Creator: Ladner, Elizabeth H., 1948-
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus police, Medical informatics, Emergency communication systems
Description: Betty Ladner, recently retired Executive Director of External Relations and longtime member of the Senior Management Team for the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte reflects on her career and details her experiences on April 30, 2019. Ms. L...

Title: Cade Lee oral history interview, 2020 May 27
Creator: Lee, Cade
Date Created: 2020-05-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Mental health services, Campus police, Memorials, Local government--Political aspects
Description: Cade Lee shares his experience as a student and activist at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019, when a former student opened fire on a classroom killing two students and injuring four others. Months before the tragedy, Mr. Lee founded the UNC Charl...

Title: Celeste Godwin oral history interview, 2020 February 25
Creator: Godwin, Celeste
Date Created: 2020-02-25
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Compassion, Mental health services, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
Description: Police officer Celeste Godwin shares her experience on duty the night of April 30th, 2019 when an active shooter was reported on UNC Charlotte's campus. Officer Godwin was scheduled to work the Waka Flaka Flame concert and was stationed on th...

Title: Christopher Gonyar oral history interview, 2019 December 10
Creator: Gonyar, Christopher
Date Created: 2019-12-10
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police
Description: Christopher Gonyar, Director of Emergency Management at UNC Charlotte, shares his personal account of managing aspects of the emergency response to the April 30th shooting, headquartered in the Police and Facilities Management building on campus. ...

Title: Elizabeth A. Hardin oral history interview 3, 2019 December 17
Creator: Hardin, Beth (Beth A.)
Date Created: 2019-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management
Description: Elizabeth Hardin, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at UNC Charlotte, discusses the events of April 30, 2019, when a gunman opened fire in a classroom on campus. Ms. Hardin was at an off campus event at the Center City Building at the time of t...

Title: Jeffrey Baker oral history interview, 2020 February 27
Creator: Baker, Jeffrey A. (Jeffrey Allen), 1958-
Date Created: 2020-02-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies, Public safety
Description: Chief Jeffrey Baker shares his experience leading UNC Charlotte Police on the evening of April 30th, 2019, after reports of an active shooter in the Kennedy building. Chief Baker had finished the evening roll call for officers working the Waka Fla...

Title: Joan Lorden oral history interview, 2019 December 17
Creator: Lorden, Joan F.
Date Created: 2019-12-17
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Emergency management, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: UNC Charlotte Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Joan Lorden, recalls her experience of the tragic events of April 30, 2019. Dr. Lorden notes that she was on campus in her office discussing University business with Chief of Staf...

Title: John Bogdan oral history interview 2020 January 9
Creator: Bogdan, John V. (John Vincent)
Date Created: 2020-01-09
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies, Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police
Description: John Bogdan, Associate Vice Chancellor for Safety and Security, shares his personal account of working to manage the campus emergency response to the April 30th shooting, while headquartered in the Police and Facilities Management building on UNC ...

Title: Kim Bradley oral history interview 2, 2019 November 21
Creator: Bradley, Kim S. (Kim Santos)
Date Created: 2019-11-21
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Kim Bradley, Chief of Staff to Chancellor Philip L. Dubois discusses the events of April 30, 2019 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, beginning with the moment she realized that there had been a shooting on campus. She discusses the ...

Title: Philip L. Dubois oral history interview 9, 2020 February 25
Creator: Dubois, Philip L.
Date Created: 2020-02-25
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, First responders, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Dr. Philip L. Dubois, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) discusses the April 30th shooting and the campus response to the tragedy in both the immediate aftermath and in the long-term. This included crisis c...

Title: Richard Gundacker oral history interview, 2020 January 15
Creator: Gundacker, Richard
Date Created: 2020-1-15
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police
Description: Patrol Lieutenant (Patrol Sergeant at the time of the event), Richard Gundacker shares his experience on the evening of April 30th, 2019, as the first UNC police officers to arrive at the Kennedy building after reports of an active shooter, and as...

Title: Sarah Smyre oral history interview, 2020 January 21
Creator: Smyre, Sarah
Date Created: 2020-01-21
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management, Mental health services, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management
Description: Captain Sarah Smyre (Lieutenant Smyre at the time) shares her experience on the evening of April 30th, 2019, as one of the UNC first police officers to arrive on campus after reports of an active shooter in the Kennedy building. Originally assigne...

Title: Stacy Rue, Jacqueline Celecia, Andrew Pack, and Christina Wright oral history interview, 2020 March 11
Creator: Rue, Stacy L. (Stacy Lynn)
Date Created: 2020-03-11
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Campus police, Social media, Twitter, Public safety
Description: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives staff discuss their collective lockdown experience on April 30 2019 when they were caught for approximately four hours in the Lower Level area of the library. The discussion focu...

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