Comments on: Outside in, inside out http://blog.sph.unc.edu/monday_morning/2008/02/25/outside-in-inside-out/ A blog by UNC School of Public Health Dean Barbara K. Rimer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dustin Petersen http://blog.sph.unc.edu/monday_morning/2008/02/25/outside-in-inside-out/#comment-7 Dustin Petersen Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:17:24 +0000 http://blog.sph.unc.edu/monday_morning/2008/02/25/outside-in-inside-out/#comment-7 I just read in the announcements that the school will officially change its name to "Gillings" in September. I think that this is a travesty. The University of North Carolina is a public institution of higher learning, and as I understand it, the oldest in the nation. It is an institution that belongs to the residents of North Carolina, not any single person, couple, or family. Besides the fact that I do not feel that the administration has the true authority to change the name of such a public institution (it should reside within the people of the State), I strongly disagree with the notion that someone could just plop down a large sum of money and essentially buy the naming rights to the school. I am truly offended and despite what is to be printed on a letterhead or posted on the website, I refuse to refer to the school as anything other than UNC, Chapel Hill – School of Public Health. I just read in the announcements that the school will officially change its name to “Gillings” in September. I think that this is a travesty. The University of North Carolina is a public institution of higher learning, and as I understand it, the oldest in the nation. It is an institution that belongs to the residents of North Carolina, not any single person, couple, or family. Besides the fact that I do not feel that the administration has the true authority to change the name of such a public institution (it should reside within the people of the State), I strongly disagree with the notion that someone could just plop down a large sum of money and essentially buy the naming rights to the school. I am truly offended and despite what is to be printed on a letterhead or posted on the website, I refuse to refer to the school as anything other than UNC, Chapel Hill – School of Public Health.

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