Summer session changes and credit hours were the subject of Thursday’s BOG meeting

The Board of Governors met on Thursday to discuss academic success in UNC-system schools.

What's the difference between the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees?

In recent months, the role of the UNC-system Board of Governors and UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees has been highlighted surrounding the Silent Sam ...

Partnerships at UNC fostered by Folt will outlive her tenure

Here's a compilation of the financial growth Chancellor Folt championed for on-campus programs and student scholarships. 

With 15 days left as UNC's chancellor, Folt looks back at her controversial tenure

After replacing former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp in 2013, Chancellor Folt has outlasted numerous scandals and gained respect among faculty, staff and ...

BOG approves Folt's resignation, pushes official resignation to Jan. 31

Folt announced her plan to resign on Monday with intentions to resign following spring commencement. In the same announcement, she ordered the removal ...

Here's what's left unfinished in Chancellor Folt's final days

All the initiatives started by Carol Folt but left behind after her announcement of her resignation.

Sunday's Silent Sam demonstration brought one group, but where was the other?

Counter-protesters emphasized the importance of continuing to fight, even if the supporters of Silent Sam don't show up.

Board of Governors denies Chancellor Folt, UNC's Silent Sam proposal

The UNC-system Board of Governors rejected the plan to house Silent Sam in a new on-campus on building on Friday.

Thousands of grads, student athletes and national faculty protest Silent Sam proposal

“We are academics. We are scholars. We know our history. There’s a role for civil disobedience and for disobeying the law when it is unjust.”  Professors, ...

BOG member Thom Goolsby chastises Silent Sam plan a week before he casts his vote

“If you try to be everything to everyone, you end up being nothing to anyone.”

Three major changes in UNC leadership this year

Margaret Spellings, Dr. Bill Roper and Winston Crisp have given up their current positions within the UNC system this year. 

Folt explains Silent Sam decision amid student and community backlash

More details of Silent Sam plan emerge at Faculty Executive Committee meeting

On Monday morning, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees officially made their recommendation to the Board of Governors about where to house Silent ...

Silent Sam to be housed in new freestanding building, Folt and BOT recommend

The new building would be a center meant to contextualize UNC's history, Folt said at the Monday morning meeting. 

Here's what you missed at Friday's BOG meeting

The UNC-system BOG met to present awards to two N.C. professors and accept an additional grant for students. Two UNC students spoke to the board about ...

Folt and Board of Trustees granted extension to present plan for Silent Sam

In the original Board of Governors resolution, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees were due to present a plan for Silent Sam's future to the BOG ...

UNC-system BOG approves Hurricane Florence grant program

BOG approved a $2 million grant to the board to establish the Hurricane Florence Emergency Grant Program for Postsecondary Students.

Roper awarded interim president role, BOG dodges public discussion of transition

"I can't think of anyone I'd rather give the reins to than Bill Roper,” Margaret Spellings said. 

Roper announced as interim UNC-system president

The announcement comes exactly one week after UNC-system President Margaret Spellings' plan to leave her position was made public.