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Three former Tar Heels were selected to join UNC's Board of Trustees

By Preston Lennon | June 11

These three Tar Heel alumni are preparing to join the Board of Trustees, the University's governing body.

Founder of UNC's Institute for the Arts and Humanities dead at 88

By Preston Lennon | June 3

Following a decades long career, arts and humanities advocate Ruel Tyson, Jr. died last week. He founded the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. ...

Board of Trustees braces for membership shake-up at final meeting for many trustees

By Preston Lennon | May 30

During the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, plans for the upcoming school year, including the Campus Master Plan, were discussed and some trustees ...

Remember the Mental Health Task Force from last year? Here's what it's been working on

By Preston Lennon | May 29

Requests for student mental health services have been increasingly consistently in the past five years. In a presentation to the board of trustees, the ...

UNC announces new vice provost for digital and lifelong learning, Todd Nicolet

By Molly Weisner | May 16

Todd Nicolet will serve as the new vice provost for digital and lifelong learning as announced by Robert Blouin on Thursday.

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Vice Chancellor Felicia Washington to leave UNC for a new position at USC

By Maeve Sheehey | May 2

Washington is just the latest in a long list of administrators to leave UNC this year. She will follow former chancellor Carol Folt to the University ...

What is the Campus Safety Commission?

By Cam Edson | April 24

The commission, initially announced on March 22, will also facilitate discussion with the UNC community regarding the roles and expectations of the relationship ...

Letter to the Editor: Goodbye, McCracken

April 21

"McCracken’s claim that his officers are 'assaulted, both literally and figuratively' is demonstrably false and dangerous."

We sat down with interim Chancellor Guskiewicz to talk about UNC's present and future

By Myah Ward | April 17

Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to his new position in February, following the unexpected ...

UNC names new dean of students and associate vice chancellor for student affairs

By Maeve Sheehey | April 12

Desirée Rieckenberg will assume the title of dean of students effective immediately, according to an email from Christi Hurt, interim vice chancellor ...

Drafts of Folt’s resignation letters shed light on her frustration with BOG

By Myah Ward | April 11

On Thursday, the Triangle Business Journal released emails from former Chancellor Carol Folt, drafting the public announcement of her resignation and ...

UNC Chief Diversity Officer G. Rumay Alexander to step down at end of academic year

By Taylor Buck | April 4

Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor G. Rumay Alexander will be resigning at the end of this academic year, continuing a turnover trend ...

How Anne Cates became UNC's first and only female Board of Trustees chairperson

By Elizabeth Holmes | March 26

Cates was named chairperson in 1999, making her the first woman to lead the BOT in its history of over 200 years.

Confederate group brings guns to campus; no arrests made

By Charlie McGee | March 21

On Saturday, a confederate group showed up to UNC's main campus near Silent Sam's former location in McCorkle Place. The group was joined by members armed ...

Former Chancellor Carol Folt has been selected as USC’s first female president

By Rachel Jones | March 20

The Los Angeles-based university has made recent headlines for a college admissions scandal. More than 50 individuals were charged last week, including ...

BOG member said its chairperson is responsible for UNC-system resignations, per WUNC

By Myah Ward | March 19

Board of Governors member Steve Long told WUNC on Tuesday that BOG Chairperson Harry Smith is the reason for not only the resignation of ECU's chancellor ...

East Carolina University chancellor announces May resignation

By Kate Karstens | March 18

East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Stanton is resigning after three years in his position.

BOG Comittee Meetings Kellie Hunt Blue, Wendy Floyd Murphy, Matt Brody

Extended Silent Sam decision perpetuates uncertainty of statue's future

By Elizabeth Thompson | March 6

The Board of Governors has extended the deadline for their decision on the future of Silent from March 15 to their May 2019 meeting, a cause of concern ...

The Silent Sam decision has been extended for a second time

By Taylor Buck | March 4

The email did not cite reasons for the extension.

BOG Committee Meetings Kellie Hunt Blue, Pearl Burris-Floyd, R. Doyle Parrish

UNC alumni and former leaders call for reform in system governance

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 3

A petition surfaced that demanded reform to the way the UNC system is governed, especially in the wake of several administrative departures.