White House town hall at UNC 'tightly scripted'
By Nick Andersen | February 2President Barack Obama’s chief housing and urban development official paid a tightly scripted visit to UNC on Thursday.
President Barack Obama’s chief housing and urban development official paid a tightly scripted visit to UNC on Thursday.
The promotional posters for PlayMakers Repertory Company’s latest production, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” bill the drama as a “dysfunctional family slugfest for the holidays.”
Sue Estroff always said that it didn’t cost money to dream. In public comments supporting her work writing the University’s new Academic Plan last year, Estroff’s line almost became a catch phrase.
Senior Cierra Hinton remembers when she attended N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University’s Homecoming football game during the fall of her senior year of high school.
As the implementation committee for the University’s Academic Plan enters its third month of slow progress, a pending meeting with the provost and a recently hired administrative assistant could help push the plan into high gear.
UNC students often make comparisons with Duke’s sterling track record of bringing high profile artists to campus, especially after the Carolina Union Activities Board announced this year’s homecoming concert, which will feature indie super group The New Pornographers.
With an eye on quick and noticeable policy changes, the committee charged with developing the University’s latest academic plan has begun to chart out its opening projects.
With a broad vision and a even broader heft, a permanent version of the Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team was officially launched Monday, angling to foster a more creative and innovative campus.
Five characters, two actors and one devastatingly uncomfortable premise – these are the ingredients of PlayMakers Repertory Company’s first production of the 2011-12 season.
As the group formed to implement the University’s new academic plan works to find its operational rhythm, members of the committee could bring sweeping changes to academic policy across departments.