Bubba Cunningham to lead UNC athletics
After nearly a seven-week search, North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced UNC’s next athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, at a press conference Friday.
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UNC system looks to tuition hikes to absorb budget cuts
When the UNC system’s governing body met Thursday, discussions about how to absorb budget cuts and supplement them through other sources of revenue dominated its agenda.
University's Housekeeping Services faces imminent changes
After a consultant’s report unveiled problems of discrimination and inadequate management in Housekeeping Services, University administrators are starting efforts to reform the department immediately.
UNC system lacks funds to buy out tenured faculty
Plans to offer buyout packages to tenured faculty have been discussed as a viable option to cut costs and find savings at universities in the state.
End in sight for UNC diversity provost search
With the selection of four candidates for the position of vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, the University has moved one step closer to addressing its diversity woes.
UNC language courses studied
UNC-system administrators are working to expand foreign language learning opportunities for students as part of an initiative they hope will save money in the long run.
UNC athletic head search continues
The 13-member committee tapped to select UNC’s next athletic director and the firm hired to lead the search met for the first time Wednesday to discuss candidates for the job.
UNC’s athletic director search committee holds first meeting
The 13-member search committee that was formed to help find North Carolina’s next athletic director held its first meeting on Friday, at which the group refined the job description and decided to employ the services of a national search firm.
UNC keeps recent administration searches under wraps
As the search for the University’s head of finance draws to a close, the search for a new athletic director is just beginning — with a familiar twist.
UNC announces new vice chancellor for finance and administration
After months of interviews and closed-door meetings, Chancellor Holden Thorp has recommended Karol Gray be named the next vice chancellor for finance and administration.
Talks continue in search for next dean of UNC journalism school
Further talks between the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Susan King will be necessary before she accepts the position as dean of the school. But Bruce Carney, executive vice chancellor and provost, said he is confident she will eventually take the job.
State enrollment funding model could be altered
Despite proposed changes to the way universities fund enrollment growth, UNC-system administrators say increasing enrollment may no longer be an option because of state funding cuts.
University searches for new vice chancellor for finance
As the state legislature prepares to finalize budget cuts to the UNC system, the search continues for a key faculty member who will oversee the cuts at the University.
University proceeds with renovations to chancellor’s house
Looming budget cuts have forced the University to put some capital projects on hold. But renovations of Chancellor Holden Thorp’s house are proceeding as planned — and they carry a price tag of $165,627.
UNC Hospitals prepares for big budget cuts
Gov. Bev Perdue presented her budget last month with a proposed 25 percent cut to the UNC Hospitals state appropriation that will reduce the financial support for charity care.
Search committee for new UNC financial leader meets
A committee of top University administrators met to review the criteria for the new vice chancellor for finance and administration. Dick Mann, the current chief financial officer, will step down from his position June 30.
UNC vice chancellor for research candidate outlines ideas
It’s been almost six years since David Lee stepped down as the chairman of the department of biochemistry and biophysics at UNC to become the vice president for research at the University of Georgia.
Weintraub named new Dentistry dean
At two airports hundreds of miles apart, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney saw two directions for the School of Dentistry. In San Francisco, he met Jane Weintraub, a dentistry professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
Strauss to lead UNC Global
Both emerged from the applicant pool as candidates resolved to “live and breathe” the University’s endeavors to become a destination for global scholarship. And after interviews with the two finalists for associate provost for UNC Global, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney came to his decision.
UNC to add third tier of lecturers
But after several conversations Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney provided faculty with the brightest glimpse to date for the creation of a third promotional rank for fixed-term faculty, deciding on the title of “master lecturer” for lecturers and senior lecturers who have long sought for a rank that would more closely parallel the three-tiered career trajectory for tenure-track professors
