UNC faculty member selected for prestigious O. Max Gardner Award
Every year, one faculty member from across the UNC System's 17 institutions is chosen by the UNC Board of Governors for the O. Max Gardner Award.
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Every year, one faculty member from across the UNC System's 17 institutions is chosen by the UNC Board of Governors for the O. Max Gardner Award.
UNC Board of Governors member Tom Fetzer announced he is resigning effective immediately at the Board's monthly meeting Wednesday.
The UNC System Presidential Search Committee met via conference call Monday afternoon to review applications and provide an update on its selection process for the next UNC System president.
Update, 2:18 p.m.: The University is currently preparing to reopen in phases in the hope of having students return to campus in August, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in an email Tuesday. Guskiewicz said UNC is working to develop a plan that would allow university research operations to reopen in June and July. Details of the full plan are expected to be announced later in May.
A petition written by a group of UNC System students with demands relating to the suspension of in-person instruction due to COVID-19 has garnered over 22,000 signatures.
The UNC System is planning on refunding students for unused housing and dining services due to COVID-19-related campus closures, according to a system press release Monday.
A court order last month retroactively killed the UNC System’s backdoor dealing of Silent Sam to a Confederate group after months of nationwide criticism, legal challenges and undisclosed leaks detailing a courtroom collusion effort.
UNC System Board of Governors Chairperson Randy Ramsey said Silent Sam will be secured away from UNC's campus at a meeting Friday.
In October 2013, UNC graduate Lindsey Jefferies became the first Black female Black Hawk pilot in the N.C. National Guard.
According to a motion filed in February by the petitioner in Semelka v. The University of North Carolina, a case arising from the discharge of a tenured UNC radiologist: “Judge (R. Allen) Baddour made critical findings in favor of Defendant (UNC) in the face of contradictory evidence,” in a past case.
Internal conflict has intensified within the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. since its questionable settlement with the UNC System weeks ago.
The leadership of the UNC System Board of Governors changed drastically between the time Tom Ross became UNC System president in 2011 and when he was forced to resign in 2015.
Before being selected as the University’s 10th chancellor in 2008, Holden Thorp was a researcher, UNC professor and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Years later, asked how his background as an academic prepared him for the chancellorship, he laughed.
Republican leader Tim Moore is currently serving his third term as speaker and ninth term as a member of the N.C. House of Representatives.
Now that interim UNC-System President Bill Roper has announced he will step down on June 30, the pressure is on for the UNC Board of Governors to nominate someone for the permanent job. But the buzz around the General Assembly has circled around one controversial potential candidate — N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore.
Dan Gerlach, interim chancellor of East Carolina University, has been placed on administrative leave in light of reports that he acted inappropriately in a Greenville-area bar last week, according to a statement from interim UNC-System President Bill Roper on Monday morning.
Bill Roper will serve as UNC-System interim president through June 2020 to give the Presidential Search Committee time to find a permanent replacement, UNC-System Media Relations announced Wednesday. Roper has "no plans to seek" the position of permanent system president.
Amidst a new age in college game-day drinking laws, tension between students and law enforcement and the need for police to maintain good optics, Thomas Younce — Air Force captain-turned-police officer — is heading UNC’s police force for the time being as interim police chief.
By Margaret High, UNC Media Hub
This week UNC-system leadership implemented a new policy that equalizes the AP credit guidelines for all 16 schools. Instead of each university creating their own standards for students to hit, high schoolers now just have to score a three on their exam, which will give them credit for the same classes across the system schools.