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Title: Beth Rugg oral history interview, 2019 October 30
Creator: Rugg, Beth, 1961-
Date Created: 2019-10-30
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Police, Emergency communication systems
Description: In this interview, Beth Rugg, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Client Engagement at UNC Charlotte, shares her personal experiences and thoughts related to the April 30, 2019 shootings on campus. Ms. Rugg discusses the experience of working in the Ken...

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: Brenda G. Shue oral history interview, 2019 November 20
Creator: Shue, Brenda G.
Date Created: 2019-11-20
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Brenda Shue, Executive Assistant to UNC Charlotte's Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, talks about the events of April 30, 2019 and her role in the University's response to the tragedy. She begins the interview discussing her efforts to get Ch...

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: David Spano oral history interview, 2019 December 13
Creator: Spano, David B.
Date Created: 2019-12-13
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Compassion, Mental health services, Memorials
Description: Dr. David Spano shares his experience serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services during the April 30th tragedy at the UNC Charlotte. Dr. Spano has worked at the...

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: Ilona A. Silva Alvarez oral history interview, 2019 Nov 11
Creator: Silva Alvarez, Ilona A.
Date Created: 2019-11-11
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Mental health services, Universities and colleges--Security measures
Description: In this interview, Ilona Silva Alvarez, a current student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses her experience during the April 30th shooting on campus. She describes being barricaded in the University Career Center for hours...

Title: Jada Flowers oral history interview, 2020 March 23
Creator: Flowers, Jada
Date Created: 2020-03-23
Subjects--Topical: College students, Black, Police shootings, Protest movements, Racism, School shootings, COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects
Description: In this interview, Jada Flowers shares her experience as the Vice President of the Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte. She also discusses her views on racial justice, especially how it may have changed after Keith Lamont Scott was killed by a po...

Title: James Granberry oral history interview, 2019 October 30
Creator: Granberry, James Edward, 1991-
Date Created: 2019-10-30
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings
Description: In this interview, James Granberry, UNC Charlotte student, discusses his personal experiences and thoughts related to the on April 30, 2019 shootings. Mr. Granberry describes how and when he first heard about the shooting on UNC Charlotte's c...

Title: Janet Levy oral history interview, 2021 November 15
Creator: Levy, Janet E.
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Memorials, Collective memory
Description: Dr. Janet Levy, UNC Charlotte professor emeritus and founding chair of the Department of Anthropology discusses her role and experiences as a member of the Niner Nation Remembrance Memorial Jury and Advisory Group that met in 2020 and 2021 to help...

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: John Tan oral history interview, 2019 October 30
Creator: Tan, John, 1998-
Date Created: 2019-10-30
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students
Description: UNC Charlotte senior and computer science major John Tan recounts his campus experiences on April 30, 2019. Mr. Tan describes how the volume of communication through which he learned about the active shooter on campus alarmed him to the seriousnes...

Title: Jules Keith-Le oral history interview, 2020 May 12
Creator: Keith-Le, Jules, 1978-
Date Created: 2020-05-12
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
Description: Jules Keith-Le shares her experience surrounding the events of April 30th, 2019 as an Instructional Design and Technology Specialist for the Center For Teaching and Learning at UNC Charlotte. Ms. Keith-Le worked in the Kennedy building and managed...

Title: Kalei Woodford oral history interview, 2020 January 30
Creator: Woodford, Kalei
Date Created: 2020-01-30
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Gun control, Campus violence
Description: UNC Charlotte senior Kalei Woodford discusses her experiences on April 30 2019, and reflects on the subsequent campus community responses to the tragic shootings of that day. Despite having spent the semester studying abroad, Ms. Woodford was on c...

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: Kristine Slade oral history interview, 2020 June 3
Creator: Slade, Kristine
Date Created: 2020-06-03
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, School shootings, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Memorials, Collective memory
Description: Kristine Slade was the senior class president at UNC Charlotte in 2019 and shares her experience on April 30th as well as her actions in the aftermath of the shooting tragedy that occurred that day. Ms. Slade discusses the various clubs and organi...

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