Larry Mellichamp, who has served ably as the Director of the Gardens for many years, has announced that he will be stepping down from that position in December 2014. Larry has long fulfilled multiple leadership roles in directing the Gardens: Master Gardener, university faculty member, Director of Development, Director of Community Outreach, etc. He has been reporting directly to the Dean of the College since 2005, although the Gardens, up until that time, had been structurally housed within the Department of Biology. With the expanded research mission of the university, in addition to the designation of the university by the Carnegie Foundation for Teaching as an engaged campus, it is only timely that we reexamine the role of the Gardens in the University prior to searching for a new Director.
Members
- Bill Hill, Senior Associate Dean, CLAS (Chair of Task Force)
- Lisa Dubois, Community Leader
- Sara Gagne, Assistant Professor, Geography and Earth Sciences
- Paula Gross, Assistant Director, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens (and Lecturer, Department of Biology)
- Martin Klotz, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
- Larry Mellichamp, Director, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens (and Professor of Biology)
- Jeanette Sims, Director, Community Affairs
- Nick Patel, Space Planner, Facilities Management
Final report: Botanical Gardens, March 24, 2014
Charge: the Future of the Botanical Gardens (September 10, 2012) View
