On behalf of the Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee, I invite you to nominate a faculty colleague for the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award. This award recognizes a current member of the voting faculty who has succeeded in realizing President … Read more

The nomination window for Chair of the Faculty candidates for the 2023 faculty election has been extended to Thursday, October 20, 2022. Nominations may be submitted using the form available at this link. Ideal nominees: have strong leadership experience and … Read more

  Dear Colleagues, Today is University Day when we celebrate the founding of Carolina so many years ago. As is traditional, at today’s University Day ceremony, we will also celebrate several notable alumni who will be presented with a Distinguished … Read more

Dear Faculty Colleagues, In the spring of 2023, we will elect a new Chair of the Faculty to succeed current Chair, Mimi Chapman. According to the Faculty Code of University Government, the Advisory Committee must select at least two members … Read more

At its September 9 meeting, the Faculty Council considered the matter of faculty freedom of speech, and the protection of that speech. After hearing presentations from Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman and First Amendment scholar and UNC Professor Michael … Read more

The deadline for submitting nominations for the UNC-Chapel candidate for the System-wide Oliver Max Gardner Award has been extended toThursday, September 15, 2022 at 5 p.m. For more information, please refer to this year’s call for nominations message [HTML] from Prof. … Read more

Faculty and others attending the September 9 Faculty Council meeting on the livestream can use Poll Everywhere to submit questions and comments during the meeting. Feedback will be addressed as time permits. Please identify yourself and your department or school. … Read more

Dear Colleagues: As the fall semester gets fully underway, I wanted to take a moment to welcome you back to campus. Although we know everything is not “normal” with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are certainly in a very … Read more

Update to initial post: The nomination deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 15 Dear Faculty Colleagues, I’m writing to you as the chair of the Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee to encourage you to consider nominating … Read more

Call for Nominations: 2023 Oliver Max Gardner Award The Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the UNC-Chapel Hill nominee for the 2023 Oliver Max Gardner Award. The nomination deadline is September 12, 2022. The award was … Read more