Carol Folt was the 11th chancellor of UNC and the first woman to hold the position, and she took office on July 1, 2013. She was officially installed on Oct. 12, 2013. She came to UNC after acting as the interim president of Dartmouth College. Folt announced her resignation on January 14, 2019 while simultaneously authorizing the removal of Silent Sam's base and tablets from McCorkle Place.
Chancellor Carol Folt’s term only has 9 days left, and the Faculty Executive Committee convened with her before her leave.
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Chancellor Carol Folt’s term only has 9 days left, and the Faculty Executive Committee convened with her before her leave.
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Student Admissions Ambassadors have to tackle difficult questions during tours, and find a way to tactfully explain the recent events to prospective students and parents.
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In recent months, the role of the UNC-system Board of Governors and UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees has been highlighted surrounding the Silent Sam controversy and Chancellor Carol Folt’s resignation.
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Developments in the ongoing Silent Sam controversy may have dominated the news cycle during the final year of Chancellor Carol Folt's reign, but the academic fraud scandal was among the first to mar Folt's chancellorship.
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Here's a compilation of the financial growth Chancellor Folt championed for on-campus programs and student scholarships.
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After replacing former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp in 2013, Chancellor Folt has outlasted numerous scandals and gained respect among faculty, staff and students alike. From her first day on campus as the first female chancellor, Folt and the position she occupied has been inundated by firsts and lasts. Folt’s accelerated departure has been met with letters of support and criticism. As students look with uncertainty at the new vacancy and the state of the University in the coming semester, one thing is certain: Folt's tenure will be remembered, for better or worse.
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On Tuesday, the Daily Tar Heel spoke with Charlie 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.
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Staff writer Arabella Saunders asked UNC students what they thought about Chancellor Carol Folt stepping down from her position and what it means for the University.
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The Board of Governors reaction to Chancellor Folt's announcement is a dim reflection of modern partisan politics.
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In a news conference, Folt explains that removing Silent Sam for the sake of public safety has been her stance all along.
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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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Following the announcement of her resignation, take a look back on how Chancellor Folt handled campus sexual assault.
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"Carol Folt has played one of the biggest hands in the defamation of UNC, but she now has a chance for redemption in the following months."
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“I know how difficult these past few months have been and am sorry that this semester has been so trying and painful for many as we struggle to deal properly with Silent Sam,” Folt said in a campuswide email following the rejection of the plan she and the BOT presented for the future of the Confederate monument.
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All the initiatives started by Carol Folt but left behind after her announcement of her resignation.
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Student activists gave short speeches and answered questions about their "victory party."
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"As I have reflected on all of this, I’ve decided that this is the right time for me to pass the leadership of our outstanding university, with all its momentum, to the next chancellor, and look ahead for my own 'new and next,'" Folt said in a media release.
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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 conflict surrounding Silent Sam will not be left in 2018 after the UNC Board of Governors rejected the plan to move the monument to a separate building on-campus. Here's the latest on student and administrative responses to the issue.
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Mark Crescenzi, chairperson for both the Department of Political Science and the Administrative Board of the Library, sent a personal suggestion about the future of Confederate monument Silent Sam on Oct. 13, which bears many similarities to the plan put forth by the Chancellor and BOT on Dec. 3.
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