2,000 new graduates celebrate in the Dean Dome
Another 2,113 UNC students switched their tassels to officially become alumni Sunday afternoon.
Carol Folt
Carol Folt is the current chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. She is the 11th chancellor at 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.
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Students ask administrators to act on systemic racism
Halfway through moderator Clarence Page’s first sentence at Thursday’s Town Hall on race and inclusion, a chant broke out.
Iowa State president drops in on nightlife
Colleges are constantly trying to combat binge drinking, but the president of Iowa State University might win the prize for most creative.
Board of Governors gives Carol Folt $50K raise
The Board of Governors announced Monday that 12 UNC-system chancellors would be receiving raises ranging from about $17,000 to $70,000.
Faculty Council talk Spellings, Student Stores at October meeting
“She hasn’t had the chance to come on campus, but I’ve already begun to have conversations with her about our university, what we do, who we are, and she starts in March,” Folt said. “We have lots of time to really develop an understanding for her about what our special aspirations are.”
A year after the Wainstein report, the NCAA and discipline decisions loom
The final investigation. That was what the 136-page report on UNC’s academic-athletic scandal by former federal investigator Kenneth Wainstein and his team represented to a University in the midst of a seemingly never-ending scandal.
UNC's public relations department has expanded since 2013
UNC’s public relations department has reorganized and centralized since 2013, when complications from the athletic-academic scandal highlighted the weakened state of the department.
UNC-system president search leaves public in the dark
Tucked in a room belonging to an analytics and software company in Cary, the UNC-system presidential search committee met in closed session this week.
Letter: Folt took a stance on undocumented issue
I was surprised to read your editorial “All students deserve aid,” regarding the state of North Carolina’s One State, One Rate policy.
UNC prof organizes conference with Stephen Hawking
Chancellor Carol Folt, along with other administrators and astrophysics professors, spent the week in Stockholm, Sweden at the Hawking Radiation Conference.
Folt responds to accreditation decision
UNC's accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, chose to place UNC on a one-year probation. The University maintains its accreditation during the probationary period.
Folt believes she should keep her opinions private
To Ayesha Faisal, most incoming freshmen have false expectations coming into UNC about what their time at the University will be like.
As theme comes to close, Folt talks water research
Chancellor Carol Folt peered through two glass bottles — one filled with dirty water, one filled with clear.
Filling top in administration spots costs UNC $840K
If anyone should be happy about chancellors quitting after just years on the job, it’s William Funk.
Workers warn of sweatshop injustices
The issue of low-wage work often seems distant to UNC students, but health care worker Shannon Milton said her job and others like it don’t pay people enough to make a living.
Houston Summers sworn in as student body president
Houston Summers was sworn in as student body president in a Tuesday ceremony culminating in a rendition of the alma mater and a reception featuring meatballs and fruit salad.
Student Advisory Committee, Carol Folt discuss first Carolina Conversation event
By Stephanie Lamm Assistant University Editor Chancellor Carol Folt entered her meeting with the Student Advisory Committee on Friday feeling tired. "It's a mixed tired," Folt said.
