Folt commended for her service, addresses responsibility around Silent Sam
With nine days left in Chancellor Carol Folt’s term, the Faculty Executive Committee met Tuesday to appreciate her service and discuss steps after her resignation.
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With nine days left in Chancellor Carol Folt’s term, the Faculty Executive Committee met Tuesday to appreciate her service and discuss steps after her resignation.
The recent removal of the Silent Sam base and plaque from UNC’s campus has sparked new discussions and protests surrounding the monument and its history, extending conversations to potential new students and their families.
In recent months, the role of the UNC-system Board of Governors and UNC Board of Trustees has been highlighted surrounding the Silent Sam controversy and Chancellor Carol Folt’s resignation. The two governing bodies complement each other to develop the University and the UNC system.
A collective sigh of relief was heard across campus early Monday evening as students learned that the base of Silent Sam would finally be removed from campus. This unprecedented announcement provoked mental images of Chancellor Folt personally yanking down placards and dragging Sam’s podium behind her.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Folt's announcement was followed by a statement of support from the UNC Board of Trustees. The statement was from only the Board members who signed it. The story has been updated with the correct information. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
On Tuesday, The Daily Tar Heel spoke with Charles Scott, the first Black men's basketball player to integrate the sport at the University, regarding Scott's thoughts on Silent Sam and the decision of the UNC-system Board of Governors to push Chancellor Carol Folt's resignation forward to Jan. 31, 2019.
Chancellor Carol Folt announced her resignation and authorized the removal of Silent Sam in an email to the UNC community on Jan. 14. Later that night, Silent Sam's plaques and the remaining base were removed from McCorkle Place. Folt originally intended to resign following May 2019 commencement; however the UNC Board of Governors voted Tuesday to make Folt's resignation date effective Jan. 31.
After nearly six years of creating and fostering relationships with sponsors, Chancellor Carol Folt will be concluding her tenure as the University's primary liaison to outside financial and educational partners.
Update, 4:45 p.m.: “While I’m disappointed by the Board of Governors’ timeline, I have truly loved my almost six years at Carolina," Chancellor Carol Folt said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. "Working with our students, faculty and staff has inspired me every day. It is their passion and dedication, and the generosity of our alumni and community, that drive this great University. I believe that Carolina’s next chancellor will be extremely fortunate, and I will always be proud to be a Tar Heel.”
After announcing her resignation and authorizing the removal of Silent Sam’s base and plaques on Monday, Chancellor Folt said in a media conference call on Tuesday that she made the two decisions separately.
The Silent Sam controversy is far from over, but by the end of the month Carol Folt won't be a part of it.
Chancellor Carol Folt's unexpected resignation comes soon after several UNC officials have announced they will step down. On Tuesday, the Board of Governors moved her resignation date up to Jan. 31, leaving her biggest projects and issues for a new administration.
It all started with Rick Ross lyrics.
Carol Folt became UNC’s chancellor in July 2013. In January of that year, three UNC students, a former student and a former administrator submitted a complaint to the U.S. Department of Education claiming UNC facilitated a hostile environment for students reporting sexual assault.
Carol Folt has finally reclaimed the moral high ground – but at the cost of her job. After six years as chancellor, Folt announced that she will be resigning in May 2019. And for that, the Editorial Board, for the first time this academic year, commends her.
In the wake of Chancellor Carol Folt announcing her resignation and authorizing the removal of Confederate monument Silent Sam's base from McCorkle Place, anti-Silent Sam activists held an “impromptu press conference” for reporters.
Updated 1:02 a.m.: UNC Media Relations provided the following statement at 12:58 a.m. on Tuesday.
Huddling in the rain on a near-freezing Sunday morning, a few dozen protesters gathered in the Peace and Justice Plaza to counter-protesters known as the Heirs to the Confederacy, but the group never showed up.
As the fall 2018 semester drew to a close, Chancellor Carol Folt apologized to the student body.
An email sent by a UNC department chairperson on Oct. 13 to University administration about the future of Silent Sam shows striking similarities to the proposal put forth on Dec. 3 by Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees, which was rejected Friday by the Board of Governors.