All faculty invited–please share with your colleagues! Open Access Task Force Expert Forum April 22, 2014 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Freedom Forum, 305 Carroll Hall Light refreshments served Sponsored by the new ad-hoc Open Access Task Force, appointed this spring … Read more

Here’s the “Storify” collection of live-tweets from this afternoon’s Faculty Council meeting.  This collection includes all tweets carrying the #FacCouncil hashtag. [View the story “UNC Faculty Council, March 28, 2014” on Storify]

The Open Access Task Force will be holding an expert forum to learn about the rights-retention policies that have been adopted by faculty at several peer institutions in recent years. Such policies typically ensure that faculty have the legal rights … Read more

The 2014 Faculty Elections will be conducted by electronic survey from April 14-21.  All members of the Voting Faculty will receive their individualized, unique ballot by email early Monday morning, April 14th. The ballot email will carry the subject line … Read more

All members of the faculty are invited to join us at the Anne Queen Faculty Commons at the Campus Y on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to meet this year’s candidates for Chair of the … Read more

During this year’s Faculty Elections (April 14-21), voters will choose a successor to current Chair of the Faculty Jan Boxill, who will end her three-year term on June 30.  Chair candidates Prof. Andrew Perrin (Sociology) and Prof. Bruce Cairns (Surgery) … Read more

The Faculty Council and General Faculty will meet Friday, March 28, 2014 for a slightly lengthened meeting beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the Pleasants Room at Wilson Library.   All members of the faculty are invited to attend.  Key items … Read more

Faculty members will vote next month to choose a new chair of the faculty to succeed Jan Boxill, who will complete her term June 30. Two veteran faculty members, Bruce Cairns and Andrew Perrin, are running for the faculty leadership … Read more

At its January 17 meeting, Faculty Council passed a resolution — drafted by the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) — concerning required use of social media in classroom settings.  Resolution 2014-6 advises that instructors make any required use of public social … Read more

Even experienced and long-serving faculty members are sometimes surprised to find campus policies and resources they weren’t aware of.  One that came to our attention this week is the Registrar’s University Policy Memorandums page.  This page contains documents that codify … Read more