The Faculty Council will hold an emergency virtual meeting on Wednesday, July 14, at 3 p.m. to discuss University administration and governance.  The agenda includes a link to the livestream. Please note that this meeting will go into closed session … Read more

The Faculty Executive Committee held a special meeting this morning to discuss recent Board of Trustees actions regarding tenure in light of journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones not having been offered a tenured faculty position. Due to the sensitive nature of such … Read more

The Faculty Executive Committee will hold a special meeting to discuss recent Board of Trustee actions regarding tenure. The meeting takes place Monday, May 24, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be held remotely using Zoom ID 942 1879 … Read more

This statement by the Faculty Executive Committee is issued in response to the news that, on April 28, the Carolina Review’s website was hacked and some of its distribution boxes were vandalized. We look forward to learning more about this … Read more

The March Faculty Council meeting will also be a meeting of the General Faculty on Friday, Mar. 19 from 3 to 5 p.m. Members of the voting faculty may attend on Zoom by registering online before 11 a.m. on Friday, … Read more

Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman convened a special meeting of the Faculty Executive Committee on Friday, January 29 to consider a resolution in response to the recent incident that occurred at the Campus Y. The resolution passed unanimously. It reads: “Be it … Read more

  The Office of Faculty Governance, on behalf of the Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards, is accepting nominations for UNC-Chapel Hill honorary degrees to be awarded in spring 2022. The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2021. At May … Read more

The Educational Policy Committee brought forth a resolution to amend the guidelines on course syllabi before the Faculty Council at its December meeting. The resolution passed handily. Resolution 2020-6. On Amending the Guidelines for Course Syllabi [PDF] requires that syllabi include information … Read more

The Faculty Council will hold a joint meeting with the Employee Forum on December 4, 2020 at 3:30 p.m to discuss and hear about plans for the spring semester from campus administrators and content experts. Per the agenda, the Faculty … Read more

The Office of Faculty Governance, on behalf of the Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards, is now accepting nominations for the 2021 O. Max Gardner Award through November 30, 2020. Please note that the deadline has been extended. The … Read more