Melissa Enoch recounts her experience as a student at UNC Charlotte from 1988 to 1993. Melissa discusses experience in one of the first classes of UTOP (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University Transition Opportunity Program) during the late 1980s [49:53] and the role that Dr. Herman Thomas and Dr. Gregory Davis played as the catalyst for students' success [8:31]. She also discusses her academic path [13:50], her experience as a non-traditional student [15:50], the network of Charlotte graduates [24:33], taking courses in Africana Studies [51:04], the growth of UNC Charlotte [1:06:06], growth of Charlotte [42:18], Hurricane Hugo [1:09:02], and her relationship between time spent at UNC Charlotte and present day.
