The Board of Governors makes policy decisions for the UNC system and all of its constituent institutions. The board also elects the president of the UNC system — currently Thomas Ross — who oversees the system’s administrative affairs. The N.C. General Assembly elects all 32 voting members of the board to four-year terms. There are non-voting members as well, such as former board chairmen, former governors and the president of the Association of Student Governments.
Committees are often appointed to discuss certain issues. Some of those standing committees include one for audits, budget and finance, educational planning, policies and programs, personnel and tenure, public affairs, strategic directions and university governance.
Folt announced her plan to resign on Monday with intentions to resign following spring commencement. In the same announcement, she ordered the removal of Silent Sam's pedestal. It was removed early Tuesday.
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Folt announced her plan to resign on Monday with intentions to resign following spring commencement. In the same announcement, she ordered the removal of Silent Sam's pedestal. It was removed early Tuesday.
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All the initiatives started by Carol Folt but left behind after her announcement of her resignation.
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Counter-protesters emphasized the importance of continuing to fight, even if the supporters of Silent Sam don't show up.
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The UNC-system Board of Governors rejected the plan to house Silent Sam in a new on-campus on building on Friday.
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“We are academics. We are scholars. We know our history. There’s a role for civil disobedience and for disobeying the law when it is unjust.” Professors, TAs and students both graduate and undergraduate have become groups of signatories on various letters protesting Silent Sam. With the letters being shared publicly, opposition to the statue's on-campus relocation has gleaned national support.
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“If you try to be everything to everyone, you end up being nothing to anyone.”
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Margaret Spellings, Dr. Bill Roper and Winston Crisp have given up their current positions within the UNC system this year.
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On Monday morning, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees officially made their recommendation to the Board of Governors about where to house Silent Sam, the heavily debated Confederate statue that was toppled in August.
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The new building would be a center meant to contextualize UNC's history, Folt said at the Monday morning meeting.
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The UNC-system BOG met to present awards to two N.C. professors and accept an additional grant for students. Two UNC students spoke to the board about Silent Sam and online stalkers.
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In the original Board of Governors resolution, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees were due to present a plan for Silent Sam's future to the BOG on Nov. 15.
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BOG approved a $2 million grant to the board to establish the Hurricane Florence Emergency Grant Program for Postsecondary Students.
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"I can't think of anyone I'd rather give the reins to than Bill Roper,” Margaret Spellings said.
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The announcement comes exactly one week after UNC-system President Margaret Spellings' plan to leave her position was made public.
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Spellings did not indicate what her plans for the future are.
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UNC-system President Margaret Spellings will be leaving her position, according to the News and Observer. The Board of Governors has called an emergency session "to consider an executive personnel matter" at 10 a.m. on Friday, according to BOG Director of Media Relations Jason Tyson.
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Here’s a recap of everything that has happened with the Confederate monument in this school year:
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On its 225th birthday, UNC-Chapel Hill’s administrators, faculty, staff and students pledged to look back on its checkered history to help UNC adapt to a modern age. In a year where debates surrounding Silent Sam have taken precedence in campus discourse, many University Day speakers emphasized the need to carry the lessons of UNC’s past into its future.
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The Chancellor and Board of Trustees have opened the floor to suggestions regarding Confederate monument Silent Sam's future.
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