Steele Building

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1. 1921 Steele Dormitory, the first building of the new south quadrangle, goes up Designed by Raleigh architect J. A. Salter and built just south of Smith Hall, Steele was the first building on what became Polk Place and the best-equipped dormitory the campus had yet seen. NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 53
2. October 12, 1921 (University Day) Masons lay the cornerstone of a new dormitory on University Day On University Day, October 12, 1921, the Grand Lodge of Masons, with about sixty local members marshaled by M. C. S. Noble, laid the cornerstone of a new dormitory, the first building of the state's new program for the campus. Lefler and Wager's lodge histories name it Grimes Dormitory and say Past Grand Master Samuel M. Gattis of Hillsborough's Eagle Lodge ran the ceremony and gave the address, with Chapel Hill's University Lodge taking part. The News called it the new Steele dormitory, then nearing completion; the group of four dormitories that includes Grimes had not yet been started. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, M. C. S. Noble Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 319 · Also: The News (Chapel Hill), September 8, 1921, p. 3; The News (Chapel Hill), October 13, 1921, p. 1
3. by December 11, 1942 University archaeology laboratory moves to the Alumni Building under Guy B. Johnson The University's laboratory of archaeology and anthropology left the basement of Steele dormitory, which was needed for students; most of its collection went on exhibit on the fourth floor of the Alumni Building and the rest into storage for the war. Guy B. Johnson of the sociology department succeeded Robert Wauchope, who had left for Tulane, as director. The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 11, 1942, p. 3
4. fall 1973 Harold G. Wallace becomes associate dean of student affairs for special programs Harold G. Wallace, dean of Black student affairs at Duke, joined UNC as associate dean of student affairs for special programs, over international student advising, the YM-YWCA, veterans' advising and a new minority affairs program. The BSM Central Committee was among those who interviewed him. Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), September 1973, p. 4
5. by September 1979 Harold G. Wallace is named assistant vice chancellor for student affairs Harold Wallace, director of special programs in student affairs, was promoted to assistant vice chancellor, with particular responsibility for support services and programs for minority and handicapped students. He had worked in UNC student affairs for six years; before that he was assistant provost and dean of Black student affairs at Duke. Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), September 24, 1979, p. 2
6. January 1988 Hayden Renwick resigns as head of the Office for Student Counseling Associate Dean Hayden B. Renwick resigned as director of the Office for Student Counseling, the office chiefly charged with keeping minority students in school, and took a post at Fayetteville State University. Black students called it a heavy loss, and the search for his successor became a campaign issue for the BSM. Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), October 18, 1988, p. 9
7. by March 1989 Rosalind Fuse-Hall is named associate dean for the Office for Student Counseling After a national search with 108 applicants, Dean Gillian Cell named Rosalind Fuse-Hall of St. Lawrence University, a former UNC undergraduate who had worked in the office as a student, to succeed Hayden Renwick as associate dean for the Office for Student Counseling, starting in June 1989. BSM president Kenneth Perry welcomed the choice. Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), March 31, 1989, p. 2
8. November 1993 Darryl Lester becomes assistant dean in UNC's Office for Student Counseling Darryl Lester, formerly assistant coordinator of African-American Student Affairs at N.C. State, became assistant dean in the Office for Student Counseling in mid-November 1993, taking on its Minority Adviser program. He filled the post Harold Woodard left in spring 1993 to teach. Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), November 22, 1993, p. 3
9. by October 7, 1999 Students Seeking Historical Truth post signs calling Saunders Hall a Klan memorial A newly formed student group, Students Seeking Historical Truth, hung signs labeling Saunders Hall with KKK, Murphey Hall "Hitler Hall" and the Steele Building "David Duke KKK" to draw attention to the university's racist past; members called William L. Saunders a Klan leader. University police took the signs down and called it vandalism. Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), December 1999, p. 7
10. Spring 2003 UNC opens its LGBTQ Office in the Steele Building The university opened an LGBTQ Office in the basement of the Steele Building as a division of Student Affairs, offering Safe Zone ally training, a weekly rap group, walk-in counseling hours and a lending library of more than 1,000 items. Stephanie Chang was its full-time coordinator by 2004. Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), June 2004, p. 15
11. summer 2006 The LGBTQ Office becomes the LGBTQ Center The LGBTQ Office, set up in spring 2003 inside the Dean of Students Office, became its own center in the summer of 2006, housed in rooms 9 and 10 in the basement of the Steele Building with a lending library of more than 800 books, Safe Zone training and drop-in counseling hours. Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), October 2006, p. 5
12. by October 2010 The LGBTQ Center moves to the Student Academic Services Building The University's LGBTQ Center had moved from the Steele Building basement to Suite 3226 of the Student Academic Services Building (North) on Ridge Road. Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), October 2010, p. 20

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