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Folt explains new snow day policy at Faculty Council

By Colleen Moir | January 29

At Friday afternoon’s Faculty Council meeting, three resolutions passed their first read and presenters and members discussed a range of campus issues, ...

Four arrested at BOG meeting

By Marisa Bakker | January 27

Irving Allen wasn’t expecting to leave the Center for School Leadership Development with a police escort — much less with a criminal charge and a ...

Four arrested at UNC Board of Governors meeting

By Marisa Bakker | January 26

UNC Public Safety officers arrested and charged Irving Allen, Femi Mimi Brown Shittu, Jen Myers and Madeleine Scanlon with disrupting an official meeting ...

Spellings protest delayed, not disbanded

By Lauren Hong | January 25

Due to delays from a winter storm, students and faculty will protest UNC-system President-elect Margaret Spellings at the Board of Governors meeting Tuesday ...

New UNC-System president Margaret Spellings sits in the historic Carolina Inn.

Margaret Spellings unfazed by critics

By Hayley Fowler | January 20

Margaret Spellings is a lot of things, but intimidated is not one of them.

Former UNC-System President, Tom Ross, glances at documents in his office.

Bags packed, Tom Ross recounts his 5 years with UNC

By Corey Risinger | January 11

Just days after his official removal from office, former UNC-system President Tom Ross sat down with Assistant State & National Editor Corey Risinger ...

Q&A with BOG Chairperson Lou Bissette

By Corey Risinger | January 11

The UNC-system Board of Governors selected Lou Bissette as chairperson of the board in December, replacing John Fennebresque, who resigned in October. ...

Protestors at Board of Governors meeting demand Spellings' dismissal

By Sierra Dunne | December 11

The UNC-system Board of Governors were met with a crowd of students, faculty and community members this morning calling for the dismissal of President-elect ...

Athletes' academics, online learning main topics at BOG committee meeting

By Jane Wester | December 10

Timothy Gallimore, assistant vice president for academic planning and state authorization, discussed the possibility of North Carolina joining the State ...

Interim Board of Governors chairperson Lou Bissette (center) answered legislators' questions about the board's transparency.

Board of Governors taught legality of closed meetings, committed to transparency

By Danielle Chemtob | December 10

The UNC Board of Governors got a lesson in open meetings laws Thursday following a rocky few months of closed-door decision making.

Former Board of Governors chair John Fennebresque leads a meeting announcing the new UNC-system president in Chapel Hill on Friday.

Year in Review: A tumultuous year for the Board of Governors finally concludes

By Grant Masini | December 1

Rarely has the UNC-system’s Board of Governors seen a year like this one. Marked with turmoil and change, 2015 has seen the board face criticism from ...

Campus Y calls for Margaret Spellings' dismissal

By Grant Masini | November 24

One of UNC’s largest student groups is challenging Margaret Spellings’ appointment as UNC-system president.

Legislators to meet with Board of Governors on Wednesday, discuss transparency issues

By Grant Masini | November 17

For months, members of the N.C. legislature have called for more transparency regarding the UNC-system Board of Governors. When the Joint Legislative ...

John Fennebresque steps down as head of UNC system Board of Governors

By From staff and wire reports | October 26

John Fennebresque, the chairperson of the UNC-system Board of Governors, has announced his resignation, effective immediately.

UNC-system's president-elect criticized for word choice

By Hayley Fowler and Bradley Saacks | October 26

In an attempt not to say anything controversial about the LGBT community, UNC-system President-elect Margaret Spellings said something controversial.

UNC-system president elect greets members of the board of governors after their announcement Friday.

Margaret Spellings to be next UNC-system president

By Bradley Saacks | October 23

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' ...

Difficult UNC-system president search concludes

By Hayley Fowler | October 23

It only took a week to force out UNC-system President Tom Ross, but it has cost the Board of Governors 10 arduous months to select his successor.

Five things to know about the UNC-system president election Friday

By From staff and wire reports | October 21

The UNC-system Board of Governors will name Tom Ross' successor at a meeting on Friday.

Opinion: UNC Board of Governors’ practices need reform

October 18

Clearly, the Board of Governors’ selection process for UNC-system president is not working the way it should. It has been characterized by infighting, ...

Seeking transparency in UNC-system head search

By Mary Tyler March | September 30

After months of dealings behind closed doors, the UNC system may see new transparency in its search for its next president.