2006 UNC Charlotte MBA in Taiwan


	Welcome to the winter Commencement of the University of North Carolina at charlotte. We are delighted to have you here.It is only natural this time of year to reflect on the previous 11 months – and by all accounts, 2006 was a banner year for UNC Charlotte. The academic degrees earned by your sons and daughters or friends and acquaintances will certainly increase in value as our university achieves higher levels of distinction through its reputation and prestige. This year, we celebrate our 60th anniversary since our founding in 1946- -and given our success thus far, we will continue to make history for the next 60 year. Among the notable highlights: The university’s endowment is nearly $115 million and enrollment continues to build. UNC Charlotte received more than $10.5 million in funds for enrollment growth as we expanded to more than 21,500 students this past fall. The 2006 legislative session ranks as one of the most successful for The University of North Carolina system overall, with a 10-plus percentage increase in its authorized budget. The capital budget committed $45.8 million in certificates of participation – full funding – for our classroom and office complex at Ninth and Brevard streets in Center City Charlotte. The 150,000-square-foot building will provide space for academic programs targeted toward graduate, professional,and con-tinuing education. In mid-November, Charlotte transit officials voted to pursue a light rail line to University City which will give students choices other than cars to travel back and forth from UNC Charlotte. This fall, we dedicated two new buildings on the Charlotte Research Institute campus-Duke Centennial Hall and William H.Grigg Hall. Next spring, we will dedicate the new College of Health and Human Services Building, Student Health Center, and Harris Alumni Center. In addition, we will soon begin construction of the new $60 million, 195,000-square foot Student Union complex. Notwithstanding all of this productive and positive change, one constant remains-UNC Charlotte’s mission. This university is committed to improving the lives of all students by providing the best education to those men and women who attend. In doing so, we are making a difference in the world – one graduate at a time. Today, we will confer degrees upon more than 2,400 new graduates. Among these will be 25 doctorates and more than 650 master’s degrees. On behalf of our Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, I congratulate each of our graduates on their accomplishments. We take great pride in their hard work and academic success. We acknowledge the challenges, sacrifices, and support from family and friends that brought each of them here.As each name is called, I hope you will join me in honoring each one of our graduates as they walk across the stage. In making this crossing, these men and women join more than 75,000 UNC Charlotte alumni who have achieved their degrees and entered the service of our state and nation. We salute them and remind them that they will always be part of the UNC Charlotte family.
			Cordially, Philip L. Dubois Chancellor

	about Philip L. Dubois Dubois began his academic career in 1976 at the University of California, Davis. Over the next 15 years, he rose through the faculty and administrative ranks to full professor and held various administrative posts, including associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. In 1991, Dubois was recruited to UNC Charlotte, where he spent the next six and a half years as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Dubois was credited with drafting a strategic academic plan, leading the development of the university's first comprehensive campus-wide plan for information technology, and initiating programs to better serve nontraditional adult students. Under his leadership, UNC Charlotte also planned and launched its first doctoral programs. In 1997, Dubois was named president of the University of Wyoming. In that role, he led the development of comprehensive academic, support services, and capital construction plans for the campus; stimulated a growing volume of new capital construction projects and building renovations; expanded UW's role in statewide economic development; and improved the recruitment and retention of students. During his eight-year tenure, state and federal legislative support increased significantly, while private gifts to the university more than quadrupled. He was honored in 2004 by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) with its District VI Chief Executive Leadership Award. On March 18, 2005, Dubois was named UNC Charlotte's fourth chancellor and assumed that role on July 15. Dr. Dubois and his wife, Lisa Lewis Dubois, have three children Logan, 23, a fixed assets accountant with IBM in Raleigh; Taylor, 20, a sophomore at Penn State; and Ali, 16, a high school junior. They are the first family to occupy the chancellor's official campus residence, Bissell House.

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