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UNC Faculty Council discussed COVID-19 policy updates, Project Kitty Hawk and campus mental health concerns at their Friday meeting.
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UNC Faculty Council discussed COVID-19 policy updates, Project Kitty Hawk and campus mental health concerns at their Friday meeting.
The readings for William Sturkey’s America in the Sixties class include much of what one might expect from another history course — speeches from John F. Kennedy, articles about the Vietnam War and lectures on the civil rights movement.
It should come as no surprise that, at a University shrouded in national controversy at the hands of its predominantly white Board of Trustees, UNC’s ability to retain faculty members of color is severely limited.
When professor Juan Álamo went to Mexico for the first time, he looked out at the audience as he performed in his last recital. As he played a Puerto Rican tune — something he tried to do whenever he visited a new country as a way to share a piece from his homeland — he noticed a Puerto Rican flag flying in the crowd.
If UNC students did not get tested at Campus Health, they should report positive results in order to get a University Approved Absence document, Dean of Students Desirée Rieckenberg said at Friday’s Faculty Council meeting.
Thus far this semester at UNC, there has been no University-wide mandate for classes to be held online, either temporarily or for the whole semester.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise with UNC's return to campus, the Faculty Executive Committee discussed pass/fail grading for the semester — an issue Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz asked Faculty Chairperson Mimi Chapman to bring to the committee's meeting on Monday.
The University has no plans to delay the spring semester as of now, Provost Bob Blouin said at a UNC Faculty Executive Committee special meeting Thursday.
UPDATE 12/14/2021: The story text has been updated to include new information on a Dec. 14 emergency meeting of the UNC Board of Trustees and a Dec. 10 statement from Faculty Chairperson Mimi Chapman.
For every conflict the University has faced in 2021, faculty members on the Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee have weighed in on how UNC should navigate these challenges.
Last summer, the UNC Board of Trustees initially failed to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and creator of the 1619 Project, which reframes U.S. history and examines the legacy of slavery in the U.S.
This semester, students and faculty returned to complete their first full in-person semester in almost two years.
Outside Terry Rhodes’ office in South Building at UNC-Chapel Hill, students in Carolina Blue robes take graduation photos with the University seal that reads “Lux Libertas” on the ground in front of them: Light and Liberty.
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Content warning: This article contains mention of suicide.
Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a Faculty Council meeting Friday that he expects UNC will start next semester fully in-person with the expectation of at least one Wellness Day.
UNC faculty concerns over upcoming University Libraries budget cuts continue to grow. The library system will face a total of $5 million in budget cuts over the next two years, according to an October campus message.
Content warning: This article contains mention of suicide.
University Libraries faces a drastic budget cut, with $2 million cut this fiscal year and $3 million cut next fiscal year, University Librarian Elaine Westbrooks said at a meeting of the UNC Faculty Council on Friday.
The Faculty Executive Committee met Monday to discuss ongoing COVID-19 trends at UNC, the search for a new vice chancellor of communications and recent changes in the nomination process for the Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Award.