Special guest live-tweeter Professor Paul Jones put together a collection of tweets from the Faculty Council meeting on Friday, November 18 for those who are interested in seeing the highlights. Please keep in mind that tweets from the meeting reflect the … Continued

The next Faculty Council meeting will take place on Friday, November 18, 2016, in Kerr Hall 2001. All members of the faculty are welcome to attend. Chancellor Carol Folt will present a working draft of the University’s Strategic Framework. The … Continued

The Faculty Council will meet this Friday, October 7, 3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. In Kerr Hall, room 2001 (Eshelman School of Pharmacy). The agenda is posted here on our website. As usual, we ask Council members to arrive by 2:45 p.m. and sit towards the front/middle … Continued

Prof. Vin Steponaitis, professor of anthropology, Director of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, and chair of the curriculum in archaeology, will become Secretary of the Faculty as of July 1, 2016. He will succeed longtime Secretary Joe Ferrell, who is retiring … Continued

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 … Continued

Summary of resolutions presented to the Faculty Council and their outcomes: Resolution 2016-4. On Supporting and Sustaining LGBTQ Academic Initiatives, presented by Professor Ruth Salvaggio (English and Comparative Literature) and a group of faculty sponsors who are affiliated with the … Continued

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 … Continued

Chair of the Faculty Bruce Cairns has shared the response he received last night to Faculty Council Resolution 2016-4 (“On Supporting and Sustaining LGBTQ Academic Initiatives”) from new UNC system President Margaret Spellings and Interim President Junius Gonzales. Below you … Continued

The Faculty Council agenda for the February 19, 2016 meeting has been posted here. The agenda this month includes remarks from the chancellor and provost, another installment of the “diversity syllabus,” second votes on three proposed amendments to the Faculty … Continued

The General Faculty and the Faculty Council considered three resolutions presented by the Committee on University Government at the January 29 Faculty Council meeting. Each of the resolutions passed the first reading and will be voted on once more on … Continued