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In the midst of a global pandemic and a surge of protests for racial justice across the country, it’s easy to forget any other major news existed before spring 2020.
At first, Holden Thorp declined a request to interview for the chancellor job. He said he still had a lot to learn about administration.
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.
Clarification: This article has been updated to include attributions to information derived from the After Action report. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
Winston Crisp: Vice chancellor for Student Affairs (October 2018)
Updated at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday
Update 3:05 p.m.: Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said Saturday's incident is under review in an email sent to the University community Friday afternoon. The University will also convene an assessment team to "review all significant campus police actions and major emergency management and public safety events in the future," the email said.
Less than two months after her departure from UNC, Carol Folt has found a new role. She was selected and approved as the University of Southern California's new president on Wednesday after a seven-month search process by the university's Presidential Search Advisory Committee. When she begins the job this summer, she will become USC's first female president.
Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced Monday that the UNC-system Board of Governors has extended the deadline for the Silent Sam preservation plan from March 15 to the May 2019 meeting – once again delaying a decision about the contentious monument's future, a cause for concern for student activists on campus.
Emails sent to UNC administration regarding Confederate monument Silent Sam reveal a variety of suggestions for the statue’s future – including placing the monument in an underground glass vault, putting it in a full-size replica of the Parthenon of Athens, half-burying it in concrete, melting it down into miniature replicas, making a hologram of the monument, and creating a new, transparent version of it.
Interim UNC-system President Bill Roper announced Kevin Guskiewicz as interim chancellor on Wednesday, effective immediately. Following former Chancellor Carol Folt’s Jan. 31 resignation, Guskiewicz’s appointment has quickly become a controversy among student activists.
Interim UNC-system President Bill Roper has named Kevin Guskiewicz as interim chancellor of UNC, according to a statement from the UNC system.
An independent report on the toppling of Silent Sam, released to The Daily Tar Heel on Friday, found "serious deficiencies" in how the Aug. 20 protest was handled by UNC administration and UNC Police.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this column incorrectly stated that last year's meetings between Chancellor Folt and DTH editors were off the record. They were on the record. The column has been updated with this information, and The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
On Thursday, UNC said goodbye to Chancellor Carol Folt, who simultaneously announced her resignation and approved the full removal of the Silent Sam pedestal from McCorkle Place on Jan. 14. As of yet, neither the interim chancellor nor the eventual permanent chancellor to succeed Folt have been announced.
Carol Folt gave her final remarks in a Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, her last day as chancellor of UNC.
Chancellor Carol Folt was honored with a standing ovation after giving her final remarks at the UNC Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.
Carol Folt completed her last day at UNC on Thursday, which elicited a mixed reaction from students. The Daily Tar Heel asked students in the Pit what they would want to say to Folt on her last day as chancellor.
The UNC-system Board of Governors gathered in the Center for School Leadership Development on Friday morning for their regular January meeting. At the meeting, several board members presented updates regarding the work of various committees and community members continued to discuss Silent Sam during the public comments session.
Interim UNC-system President Bill Roper met with the Faculty Executive Committee Friday afternoon to outline the criteria guiding his search for an interim chancellor to replace UNC Chancellor Carol Folt. Roper also answered questions and took remarks from the Faculty Executive Committee, as well as other faculty members present at the meeting.