UNC Police Chief David Perry submitted his resignation from his position effective June 30, according to a statement from George Battle, vice chancellor for institutional integrity and risk management.
Read More »The UNC Board of Trustees voted to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application Wednesday after she was initially offered only a five-year, fixed-term contract. Many students feel Hannah-Jones is overqualified for the position and think she deserved tenure from the start.
Read More »Faculty members are encouraged by the Board of Trustees' decision to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure, but they say this situation has been nothing new for people of color at UNC. “There's a constant crisis that’s happening,” professor Kathy Williams said. “What they're trying to do is run us out of here. They will not get the satisfaction of wearing me down.”
Read More »When the meeting went into closed session, which is standard practice for the Board voting on matters like tenure, there was confusion and some demonstrators who refused to leave the room were forcibly removed by UNC Police.
Read More »Starting July 12, revised COVID-19 community standards will go into place. These include new mask requirements, classroom occupancy changes and changes to the Carolina Together Testing Program.
Read More »Trustees Dave Boliek, Haywood Cochrane, Allie Ray McCullen and John Preyer were the dissenting votes.
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The Board will hold a vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure case this week, according to NC Policy Watch. The vote will be officially announced on Monday morning.
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On June 23, the Committee on Appointments, Promotion and Tenure released a statement calling the BOT to offer Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position at the University. “Every day that this case hangs in limbo is another day that damage is being done to this University that we all cherish,” the statement read.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join the UNC faculty unless she is offered a tenured position, according to a letter obtained by NC Policy Watch. Hannah-Jones will also not start her position on July 1 as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, according to the letter, which Hannah-Jones' legal team sent to the University on Monday.
Read More »Chairperson of the Faculty Mimi Chapman wrote a letter, which she posted on Twitter Sunday, urging members of the UNC community to speak out as the Board of Trustees remains silent about the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure situation. This comes after Student Body President Lamar Richards wrote an open letter to the UNC community Thursday encouraging prospective students and staff from marginalized communities to look elsewhere.
Read More »Screenshot of the Board of Trustees meeting held over Zoom on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.
The Advisory Committee meet virtually on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 to discuss spring COVID-19 testing.
Screenshot from the History, Race and a Way Forward Commission meeting held over Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.
The UNC Faculty Athletics Committee meets over Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020.
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