Housekeepers ask for higher pay, backed by students
By Aisha Baiocchi | Nov. 16Housekeepers employed by the University have been advocating for higher wages since early in the semester. Here's an update on their progress so far.
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Housekeepers employed by the University have been advocating for higher wages since early in the semester. Here's an update on their progress so far.
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The UNC Faculty Council met Friday to discuss a new health research center, graduate student stipends, changes between online learning systems and affirmative action.
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A recent University memo asked employees not to speak directly to media and to refer all media inquiries to the relevant University offices. Provost Chris Clemens said at the Employee Forum meeting on Wednesday that this memo was not intended to prevent staff from speaking on campus issues.
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Doug Dibbert has been president of the General Alumni Association since 1982. He announced his retirement in a Board of Directors meeting earlier this month and reflects on his time in the position.
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The UNC Faculty Executive Committee spoke on the importance of faculty mental health and gave updates on the UNC System's return-on-investment study. The committee also discussed authority for University hiring approvals at their Monday meeting.
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Two UNC professors, Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan, are the authors of "Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom." The recently published book discusses strategies that instructors can use to promote inclusivity and cater to all students.
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This fall, Kenan-Flagler Business School has seen a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former doctoral student, as well as the co-leads of the school’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative leaving their positions. Douglas Shackelford, who had been serving as dean of the school since 2014, unexpectedly retired in September. In terms of diversity, Kenan-Flagler is 61st out of 81 ranked U.S. business schools, according to Bloomberg's 2022-2023 Diversity Index.
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The UNC World View program has worked for over 20 years to connect K-12 and community college educators with the surrounding world to foster not only knowledge of global topics, but also collaborative professional development.
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On Sunday, Sept. 11, UNC professor Randall Kenan’s friends and former colleagues held a book launch for a compilation of Kenan’s work from before he passed, titled “Black Folk Could Fly.” The book contains 21 works of non-fiction pieces, some of his most personal writings and was made available for sale last month.
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In the first meeting of the UNC Faculty Council this school year, faculty members voted on a resolution regarding the faculty's free speech under the First Amendment, and to what lengths they could expect to be supported by the University.
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On Friday, the University reached an agreement with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to resolve legal matters related to her application for a tenured position in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The settlement required three key provisions for UNC: an inclusive search process, mental health counseling and reserved funds in the provost's office, according to a statement by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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Greg Copenhaver, a UNC faculty member since 2001, was promoted to director of the Institute for Convergent Science, which focuses on problem-solving in science.
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Dr. Janet Guthmiller was named the dean of the Adams School of Dentistry on Wednesday, according to a campus-wide email from the University. She will start her role on Oct. 15 and will hold the Claude A. Adams Distinguished Professorship.
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"Despite immediate, and understandable, outrage at the profoundly irresponsible administration that allowed this to happen, we shouldn’t be surprised that the program’s priorities are so maligned. It’s nothing that the journalism school – and UNC as a whole – hasn’t demonstrated to us before."
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Effective July 1, UNC classics professor Patricia Rosenmeyer will be the director of the Carolina Center for Jewish studies.
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There are significant racial and gender-based inequities within faculty salaries at the University, recent research shows. The research was based on data from previous studies and was led by Misha Becker, a UNC professor and chairperson of the linguistics department. She presented the work at recent Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee meetings. “You have to realize that the situation is bad when a faculty committee has to point this out in a public space,” Deb Aikat, journalism associate professor, said. “I mean this is terrible.”
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Recently released records show that the scope of the University's inquiry into the emails of journalism school faculty and staff may have been larger than previously thought. Journalism school associate professor Ryan Thornburg calculated that the inquiry might have targeted up to 22 people — and the records show that UNC officials requested access to emails and hard-drive backups. “It indicates that this was not just a performance for donors," Thornburg said. “It indicates that there was some real effort that was put into going deeper after the surface was scratched. Somebody said, ‘That’s not enough.’”
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement Bettina Shuford was recognized by "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education" for its Women's History month issue. Shuford's work at UNC centers on diversity, equity and inclusion, identity development of students of color and retention of students of color.
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This Carolina Latinx Faculty Council held its first official meeting on April 8. Created within the Carolina Latinx Center, the council consists of faculty from a wide array of disciplines who share the goal of bringing awareness and fellowship to the Latinx community at the University.
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At their April 4 meeting, Faculty Executive Committee members continued their conversation on faculty salary inequities, and also spoke about the University's inquiry into journalism faculty emails regarding the $25 million Hussman school donor agreement.
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