UNC’s move to combat grade inflation by adding context to transcripts hasn’t gone unnoticed. In the days after the University’s 2011 decision to pursue contextual transcripts, UNC’s registrar got calls from dozens of universities.
When news broke this afternoon that Chapel Hill institution Pepper’s Pizza was closing, social media platforms erupted with thousands of tweets and comments — the most The Daily Tar Heel’s feed had seen since Gumby’s closed in the fall.
Some University housekeepers are optimistic. And that optimism — though fueled partly by reform in the unit — is largely thanks to the housekeeping department’s new director, who began work Monday.
Housekeeping Services — the department once riddled with allegations of poor management and harassment — is filling in the gaps.
The University announced Wednesday it has hired a new director of Housekeeping Services, filling a profound leadership gap in a department undergoing sweeping reform.
Two months after his arrest, UNC professor Paul Frampton is still being held in a high-security Argentine prison, contesting charges of attempting to smuggle cocaine out of the country.
Seven juniors declared their candidacy for student body president Tuesday night, expressing a desire to avoid the sort of controversy that defined the race last year.
Yet another leadership gap appeared in an ailing division of the University with the December departure of former Facilities Services director Van Dobson. But University officials said the transition to Interim Director Ray DuBose has been smooth, and that all signs point to a better future for rebuilding the unit, which oversees housekeeping, grounds and building services, among others — totaling more than 1,000 employees.
A department plagued by allegations of harassment, poor management and discrimination got the spotlight this year. And the focus of the move toward reform has changed from immediacy to higher-quality and more long-term changes.
Every day, UNC students hear the exhaust of buses, the hubbub of the Pit and the scuff of shoes on bricks.
Alpine bagels and freshly squeezed orange juice.
