Peter Hans was elected unanimously as the next UNC System president at an emergency Board of Governors meeting Friday. Hans is the ninth president of the N.C. Community College System and has previously served on three terms on the Board. The search for a permanent UNC System president began a year ago.
The UNC System Presidential Search Committee met via conference call Monday to review applications for the position. The selection process for the next UNC System president has been delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the committee has no indication of when they will vote on a replacement.
There are mixed responses throughout the UNC community about the possibility of N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore running for UNC-system president.
The UNC System President Search Committee met on Thursday to discuss the terms of their search, promising that students will be an important part of that process.
Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is confident he can beat Donald Trump in the race for the White House.
John Fennebresque, the chairperson of the UNC-system Board of Governors, has announced his resignation, effective immediately.
In an attempt not to say anything controversial about the LGBT community, UNC-system President-elect Margaret Spellings said something controversial.
The move was announced at the UNC Board of Governors meeting in Chapel Hill after 10 months of searching following current system president Tom Ross' forced resignation in January.
The UNC-system Board of Governors will name Tom Ross' successor at a meeting on Friday.
The UNC-system Board of Governors will name Tom Ross' successor at a meeting on Friday.
Clearly, the Board of Governors’ selection process for UNC-system president is not working the way it should. It has been characterized by infighting, calls for board chairperson John Fennebresque’s resignation and acrimony between the board and the North Carolina legislature.
After 10 months of dealings behind closed doors, the search for the next UNC-System president may be nearing its conclusion.
The UNC-system Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Friday in Cary, but the agenda indicates that the briefing by the presidential search committee and a candidate review will happen in a closed session.
The UNC-system Board of Governors reconvened for its first meeting of the academic year Friday to welcome new board members, approve upcoming projects and announce some curriculum changes.
The months-long process to replace UNC-system President Tom Ross is guaranteed to be closely watched across the state — and will likely begin within the next few weeks.
The forced resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross in January embodied what many university faculty members across the state perceive as a political attack on public higher education.
CARY — Students and faculty have made clear over the past week through public statements, letters to the editor and social media that they want a say in the search for UNC-system President Tom Ross’ successor.
