The Faculty Council met Friday afternoon to discuss various issues across campus. Topics discussed at the meeting ranged from the new ethics and policy department to internet phishing.
Chancellor’s Remarks
Chancellor Carol Folt acknowledged some of the challenges facing the University currently, but spent the majority of her time talking about her day-to-day role for the University and highlighted the great things happening across campus.
“Sometimes people ask me, in the face of troubles, how are you so optimistic?” Folt said. “I do think that I appear as a glass half-full kind of person. I do think that I try to bring energy, but they say why is that true and it’s because I touch every aspect of this institution. Unlike many people, it is my great privilege to have a moment every single day that I’m with students, that I’m with faculty.”
Ethics and policy education discussion
Kim Strom-Gottfried, director of ethics education and policy management, discussed the two major parts of her portfolio — the policy ecosystem and the culture of integrity. She said she is working on creating a policy repository that is transparent and searchable.
Lactation: New Rooms and Resources
Clare Counihan, program coordinator for faculty and staff for the Carolina Women’s Center, discussed the lack of lactation spaces on campus.
“Working with the committee on the status of women, I, and the Carolina Women’s Center and Michael Pierce in facilities, went to the Provost and the Chancellor and together they committed $100,000 worth of funding for two years to create new lactation rooms on campus,” Counihan said.
