The faculty’s Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards invites nominations for candidates for the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award. This award, established in 1961, is given annually to “that member of the academic community who through personal influence and performance of duty … Read more
Check out the live-tweets and news coverage of the February 27, 2015 UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council and General Faculty meeting. [View the story “UNC-CH Faculty Council, February 27, 2015” on Storify]
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
Two useful resources have come to our attention that we thought you would like to know about: Helping Heels Caregiver List: Child- and elder-care providers list maintained by UNC Office of Human Resources. [Link updated November 2021.] Connect Carolina User … 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
