At their November 18 meeting, Faculty Council members heard an update from a panel of faculty and staff who are actively working to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering … Read more
November 9, 2016 Dear colleagues, I write to you on behalf of the Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee to ask for your help identifying deserving faculty for two important honors. I realize that it is a busy time of … Read more
Imagine a time when you felt excluded in an academic environment. Now imagine telling a group of strangers about it in a public forum. The feeling of discomfort that this exercise evokes is what presenters Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy … Read more
Special guest live-tweeter Professor Paul Jones put together a collection of tweets from the Faculty Council meeting on Friday, October 7 for those who are interested in seeing the highlights. Please keep in mind that tweets from the meeting reflect … Read more
Dear colleagues, I write to you today on behalf of the UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Assembly Delegation to encourage you to provide valuable feedback on the Board of Governors’ Strategic Plan. This system-wide plan will articulate a new set of goals … Read more
The General Faculty and Faculty Council met on September 16, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Kerr 2001. A summary of actions follows: The Faculty Council approved Resolution 2016-14 On the Importance of Shared University Governance, which recognizes … Read more
The Carolina Women’s Center launched a new resource that will help supervisors and employees better understand nursing mothers’ rights to accommodation.The toolkit provides sections with information about the benefits of breastfeeding, lactation policies for supervisors and lactation policies for employees. Dr. Clare Counihan, program specialist for … Read more
The General Faculty and Faculty Council meeting schedule is now online here. This webpage will be populated with links to agendas, meeting materials and minutes when they become available. Please bookmark the link and check back for more information. Please note … Read more
This year’s final Faculty Council meeting will be held Friday, April 15, 2016 at 3:00 pm in Kerr Hall 2001. As per our custom, this meeting will also be a meeting of the General Faculty, and several General Faculty resolutions … Read more
Over the past year, the Community and Diversity Committee has organized a series of briefings for Faculty Council members on diversity initiatives at Carolina. In the video segment below, Professor Rumay Alexander (Nursing) introduces Professor Don Hornstein (Law), chair of … Read more
