Update 9:10 am, February 27, 2015: In light of the university’s announcement that we will return to Condition 1 this afternoon, and in consultation with Chancellor Folt and Chair of the Faculty Bruce Cairns, we have decided to HOLD this … Read more
Legislating on behalf of Faculty Council due to the need for prompt action, the Faculty Executive Committee on Monday, February 23, 2015 adopted the following resolution: Resolution 2015-7: On Oversight Authority of Centers and Institutes With reference to the recent … Read more
Faculty Chair Bruce Cairns wrote the following letter to the editor of the Daily Tar Heel on Friday, February 20, 2015: TO THE EDITOR: During these unprecedented and challenging times, it is understandable that we focus on the difficult issues … Read more
We’ve created a “Storify” to collect live-tweets and media coverage of the January 23, 2015 Faculty Council meeting. The agenda for the meeting is here. [View the story “UNC-CH Faculty Council, January 23, 2015” on Storify]
All members of the Voting Faculty should be on the lookout for the annual Faculty Elections Interest Survey, coming to your inbox within the next week or so. This survey provides an opportunity for you to express interest in serving … Read more
Nominations for the 2015 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards are due Feb. 6, 2015. Chancellor Carol Folt will recognize six recipients for “unusual, meritorious or superior contribution made by an employee, past or present” and the honor includes an … Read more
Steven Salaita, the Palestinian American scholar who was recruited to join the faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and then “dehired” due to tweets critical of Israel’s bombing of Gaza that university leadership deemed “uncivil,” will speak at Hyde … Read more
The university has posted its report responding to a November request for information from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), its regional accrediting body. The full text of the report, along with some additional context … Read more
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter UNC-CH invites you to attend a presentation and discussion: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste: Strengthening Faculty’s Role in Governance Using AAUP Policies Donna E. Young, Senior Program Officer and … Read more
The Faculty Council will meet tomorrow, January 23, 2015, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Pleasants Room of Wilson Library, and the agenda is now online. On the docket will be regular remarks from the chair of the faculty, … Read more
