The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

fridaycenter.unc.edu

NORMAN LOEWENTHAL, Director

Timothy Sanford, Associate Director for Credit Programs for Part-Time Students

Annette Madden, Associate Director for Professional Development and Enrichment Programs

Vacant, Associate Director for Friday Center Conference Services

June Blackwelder, Associate Director for Communication and Instructional Design

R.J. Vaccarelli, Associate Director for Finance

Brick Oettinger, Associate Director for Correctional Education

The Friday Center for Continuing Education is the University’s arm for extending credit and noncredit instruction to North Carolinians who wish to further their education on a part-time basis or through short, intensive periods of study. The Friday Center’s conference facility is designed to accommodate varied continuing education activities.

Through self-paced courses, students may complete degree-related correspondence and online courses under the direction of UNC–Chapel Hill instructors. UNC–Chapel Hill serves as the administrative center for this statewide program that also offers courses from seven other member institutions of the University of North Carolina system. Carolina Courses Online is a distance education program that offers courses via the Internet. Class sessions are not required, but courses generally follow the semester schedule. World Wide Web access and e-mail are required in order to enroll.

Part-Time Classroom Studies enables part-time students to enroll in undergraduate and graduate evening and daytime courses. Off-Campus Credit Studies provides classroom instruction in locations away from campus or in flexible time formats. The Correctional Education program enables qualified inmates in the North Carolina prison system to take correspondence courses and on-site classes, and provides assistance in transition to study release.

Professional Development and Enrichment Programs provides consultative and management services in developing continuing education programs in a variety of formats. A number of noncredit conferences and institutes are held at UNC–Chapel Hill each year, usually with the cosponsorship of a University school or department or an educational or professional organization. Enrichment programs for the local community are also offered.