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
The Faculty Council Agenda Committee met on Monday, February 17 and decided not to reschedule February’s canceled Faculty Council meeting. Instead, agenda items from February will be incorporated into the regular March 28 meeting, which will begin at 2:30 rather … Read more
The faculty’s Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards invites nominations for candidates for the 2014 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
The Faculty Council and General Faculty meeting set for Friday, February 14, 2014 has been canceled, since the university will remain closed on Friday. We will reschedule for one of the next two Fridays and will post an announcement as soon … Read more
We’ve created a “Storify” pulling together much of the live-tweeting from Friday’s Faculty Council meeting. Read along for an overview of the content and feel of this important conversation about athletics and academics at UNC. [View the story “UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more
The Faculty Council and General Faculty will meet Friday, January 17, 2014 from 3:00 to 5:00 in the Pleasants Room at Wilson Library. The agenda and all related materials are online here. All members of the faculty are welcome to … Read more
We’ve assembled a “Storify” capturing all the tweets about this afternoon’s UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council meeting using the hashtag #FacCouncil. Most of these tweets are from our office’s @UNCFacGov Twitter account, managed by Anne Whisnant. Check them out to see … Read more
