Obadele (Obie) St. George is an Energy Engineer at UNC Facilities Services who identifies energy-saving opportunities in campus buildings, quantifies savings amounts and helps raise students’ awareness of energy conservation.
Facilities Services crews are working across campus to prepare buildings and grounds for possible impacts from Hurricane Florence. Outdoor items are being secured or removed when possible, and more than 4,000 sandbags have been placed outside buildings where there is … Read more
A public information meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 14, to receive comments and feedback on the 2017 Carolina North Development Agreement Annual Report to the Town of Chapel Hill.
The third and final phase of the Pit Sidewalk Improvements project, originally expected to be completed before the start of the fall semester, has been extended through Oct. 15, 2018, due to unforeseen conditions and weather delays. Remaining paver work … Read more
When students return this weekend for the start of the fall semester, more than 8,000 students will arrive on campus to move into University housing. As students and their families begin unpacking carloads of clothes, bedding and dorm supplies, a … Read more
Even before Nan Kham knew she had won a C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, she already understood she had much to be grateful for. Indeed, nearly all of the good things that have happened to her in her 39 … Read more
University fleet keeps Carolina rolling along Some rumble along. Others glide silently. It’s early morning at Carolina, and the 897-vehicle University fleet is moving across campus. Without the vehicles, the people who drive them and the technicians who maintain them, … Read more
In her presentation of a draft Campus Master Plan to the University Board of Trustees on May 31, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Services Anna Wu revealed a broad vision of a campus reimagined as a more welcoming, connected and … Read more
Daryl Odom’s grandmother, Savada McCoy, used Lemon Pledge and model cars to teach him one of many lessons that have served him well in his 30 years as a housekeeper in Carolina’s Kenan Center. Grandma’s after-school demands included “everyday chores, … Read more
Facilities Services will be conducting emergency repairs to a utility line at Carr Building that will require the closure of portions of the Caldwell Parking Lot beginning Tuesday, May 29, 2018, through Monday, June 18, 2018. Construction will begin in … Read more
