Dear colleagues: Carolina’s mid-year commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, December 18, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Dean E. Smith Center. Faculty members are invited to join the processional with or without regalia. As has been the campus … Read more

Chair of the Faculty and John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor Bruce Cairns was the featured speaker at Carolina’s celebration of veterans on November 10. Read more about the event at the University Gazette.

Read the full UNC News press release here. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will honor veterans and active duty members of the armed services during an annual Veterans Day ceremony at a memorial devoted to alumni military … Read more

October 17, 2016 Dear colleagues, In the spring of 2017 we will elect a new Chair of the Faculty to succeed current chair Bruce Cairns.  According to the Faculty Code of University Government, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee serves as a … Read more

Dear faculty colleagues, It’s the time of year again to celebrate the official founding of the University. I hope you will join me and your faculty colleagues at the annual University Day processional and celebration. We will honor our distinguished … Read more

Chair of the Faculty Bruce Cairns has shared the response he received last night to Faculty Council Resolution 2016-4 (“On Supporting and Sustaining LGBTQ Academic Initiatives”) from new UNC system President Margaret Spellings and Interim President Junius Gonzales. Below you … Read more

As anticipated by the resolution passed at the September 30 Faculty Executive Committee meeting, Prof. Bruce Cairns resumed his duties as Chair of the Faculty as of December 1st. We in the Office of Faculty Governance are grateful to Prof. Peter … Read more

The announcement below was sent to the General Faculty on September 30, 2015: ### Acting in its capacity as the body holding the faculty’s delegated legislative power when quick action is needed, the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) Monday afternoon approved a plan … Read more

Faculty Chair Bruce Cairns published the following letter to the editor in the Daily Tar Heel on September 3, 2015: TO THE EDITOR: As a 19-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Chair of the Faculty, and in reference to … Read more

Bruce Cairns, who is entering his second year as chair of the Faculty Council, and Charles Streeter, who is starting his third year as chair of the Employee Forum, represent different constituents, but they serve the same University. They are … Read more