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RALEIGH: Following UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz’ resignation to become President of Michigan State University, Governor Roy Cooper reiterated the need for changes in the governance of the UNC System, highlighting recommendations put forward by the Governor’s Commission
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina officials, politicians, and analysts offered mixed reactions Thursday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the use of race in admissions policies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 11:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper joined DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley, UNC System President Peter Hans, Chancellors and leaders from the 17 UNC System campuses on a virtual meeting on Friday, February 17, to discuss ongoing investments and efforts to support mental health for college students across NC
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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After a competitive national search, a UNC System veteran engineering educator and administrator has been named Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at East Carolina University by Chancellor Philip G. Rogers.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 11:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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The UNC System has seen much change recently – from a new chairman to the UNC Board of Governors to a new Chancellor at their flagship campus, UNC Chapel Hill.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 6:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved increases in student tuition and fees beginning in the fall 2020 semester and announced a search committee to find its next chancellor during a meeting Nov. 22.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 10:41 am
By: ECU News Services
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The University of North Carolina System wants to pay chancellors based on their quality of work.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 @ 5:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Who should lead the University of North Carolina System?
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On July 2, the Chancellorsville (Virginia) City Council voted to no longer recognize Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13, as a celebrated a paid holiday. Chancellorsville is the hometown of our country's most renown Founding Father.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 12:33 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Since January 2016, the University of North Carolina system has had two “permanent” presidents and two interim leaders (including current Interim President Dr. Bill Roper).
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2019 @ 5:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a week of public turmoil and bad press, University of North Carolina Board of Governors member Steve Long opened a March 22 meeting at Appalachian State University by offering his regrets for how he handled his criticism of board Chairman Harry Smith.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC's new interim president presented a welcome address Jan. 25 to the UNC Board of Governors, setting the tone for new leadership in the departure of former President Margaret Spellings.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, Jan. 14, Folt announced her plans to leave her position in Chapel Hill at the end of the academic year and to remove Silent Sam's pedestal from campus.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt will leave her job at the end of the academic year, and Silent Sam's pedestal is going with her, she announced to the UNC Board of Governors in an emergency closed session meeting Jan. 14.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 1:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Elizabeth City State University interim Chancellor Karrie Dixon was named permanent chancellor Friday, Dec. 14, during a meeting of the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 @ 1:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Silent Sam - the controversial Confederate statue that formerly stood on UNC Chapel Hill's campus - may turn into a rallying election issue for liberal activists, a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors told Carolina Journal.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The relationship between the University of North Carolina's president and Board of Governors is strong, not strained, the board's leading member said after the withdrawal of UNC President Margaret Spellings' nominee for the open chancellorship at Western Carolina University
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2018 @ 1:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After months of searching, UNC-Asheville has a new chancellor. Nancy Cable, president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations - an organization that funds private higher education, health care, and religious causes, among others - was elected to lead the university
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced the appointment of Dr. Jay Golden, ECU vice chancellor of research, economic development and engagement and a professor of engineering, to the EPA Board of Scientific Counselors on Thursday, Nov. 30
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 @ 1:24 am
By: ECU News Services
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University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings announced today that Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar has been named acting Chancellor of Western Carolina University
Published: Thursday, November 30th, 2017 @ 4:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The University of North Carolina's governing body may provoke national backlash if it bars the UNC Center for Civil Rights from entering into lawsuits, said UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2017 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pay increases that were awarded last week to seven UNC system chancellors reflect a national trend that tends to inflate salaries for public higher-education administrators, an expert on college affordability said
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2016 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC Board of Governors' Oct. 30 closed-session vote to increase pay for 12 chancellors - which passed by a narrow 16-13 margin - will face the scrutiny of the General Assembly's Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Legislative Office...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chancellor Steve Ballard announced today he will step down as East Carolina University's top leader next year, serving in his current role until July 1, 2016. Ballard has served as chancellor since 2004.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 12:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) visited the UNC Genetic Medicine Building to discuss the recently announced public-private partnership between UNC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to create an HIV Cure Center and a jointly owned company, Qura Therapeutics, dedicated to discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, MD, announced today that Robin Gary Cummings, MD, Deputy Secretary for Health Services and Medicaid Director, will step down from his position to accept the role of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at...
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 11:45 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory was on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill today to celebrate the largest financial commitment from an individual in the university's history. Class of 1972 alumnus Fred Eshelman has made a $100 million donation to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The governor joined Chancellor...
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 9:54 am
By: Chris Downey
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In 2012, a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman with a blood level of alcohol nearly three times the legal limit was found dead. Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs, saw this as indicative of a nationwide problem-one he has been working to address since then.
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 9:15 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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East Carolina University remembered those who sacrificed and served during a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. "This day is about honoring service above self," said Dr. Steve Duncan, assistant vice chancellor and director of military programs at ECU.
Published: Sunday, November 16th, 2014 @ 9:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Monday will be a big day for constitutional rights at the General Assembly. H 937 is on the calendar for a floor debate and vote.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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I disagreed with the late Bill Friday on nearly every public policy issue you can imagine. But over two decades of regular phone conversations and occasional meetings, Mr. Friday and I never had a disagreeable moment.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 10:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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