Faculty Council
The Faculty Council makes university-wide educational policies and recommends recipients for honorary degrees and special awards. Meeting materials, membership records, memorials and resolutions are found here.
Faculty Code and Faculty Handbook
The Faculty Code of University Government provides the framework for faculty governance at Carolina. The Faculty Handbook is a portal to policies and resources for teaching, research and professional development opportunities.
Committees
Committees advise the faculty and administrators on a range of issues related to teaching, research and campus climate. A list of committees and their charges, memberships and reports are found here.
Get Involved
Nearly three hundred faculty from across the University participate in campus-wide faculty governance every year.
Faculty members serve on the Faculty Council and a diverse array of committees that take up issues such as undergraduate educational policy, promotion and tenure decisions, fixed-term faculty policies, varsity athletics, diversity and faculty welfare. We welcome faculty members to contact us at any time to express interest in service.
News
Resolutions to amend The Faculty Code passed by the general faculty
Voting on the resolutions to amend The Faculty Code of University Government ended yesterday at midnight. All three resolutions were passed by this vote of the general faculty after having been passed by the Faculty Council earlier this fall. Resolution 2024-7. … Read more
Vote on amendments to The Faculty Code to be held Dec. 4-18
Members of the voting faculty are asked to vote on resolutions to amend The Faculty Code of University Government, our university’s foundational document for faculty governance. Amendments to The Faculty Code require two votes: one by the Faculty Council, and … Read more
Winter Commencement Ceremony
The 2024 Winter Commencement Ceremony is taking place on Sunday, December 15 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dean E. Smith Center. Faculty who plan to attend must notify Julie Thompson at julie.thompson@unc.edu by Monday, December 9. Faculty who respond will … Read more
Nominations for Gardner Award accepted through Nov. 25
Nomination deadline for the UNC-CH candidate for the 2025 Oliver Max Gardner Award extended to Monday, November 25 The Office of Faculty Governance, on behalf of the Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards, is now accepting nominations for the … Read more
Calendar
Tuesday 3:30 pm
Advisory Committee
Tuesday 8:30 am
Faculty Assembly Delegation
Friday 3:00 pm
Faculty Council
Monday 11:00 am
Canceled-Faculty Research Committee