Turmoil continued through 2019 among the leadership of individual UNC campuses and the UNC System itself. A new state budget for 2019-21 still hasn’t been adopted; raises for K-12 teachers and higher education faculty are still on hold. And the fate of a statue continued to divert energy from the university’s more noble pursuits. Yet… READ MORE
Guskiewicz: Researcher, listener, conciliator
CHAPEL HILL – When he named Kevin Guskiewicz as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last week, UNC System Interim President Bill Roper named a nationally recognized concussion researcher, a listener and a conciliator. “Kevin Guskiewicz possesses the leadership qualities needed to take Carolina forward: strength, poise, humility, vision, the strong… READ MORE
Guskiewicz shares concerns about Silent Sam settlement
After listening to faculty and students, then-Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz of UNC-Chapel Hill sent the following letter to UNC Interim President Bill Roper and UNC Board of Governors Chair Randy Ramsey regarding the campus climate and concerns about the legal settlement of the Confederate Monument. December 11, 2019 President William RoperRandy Ramsey, Chair – UNC… READ MORE
UNC Presidential Search: Independence, integrity, stature
EDITOR’S NOTE: A delegation of Higher Ed Works board members met last week with Randy Ramsey, Chair of the UNC System Board of Governors and Co-Chair of the Board’s Presidential Search Committee; and Kim Strach, Executive Director of the Presidential Search, to discuss the search process. The following letter summarizes the group’s major points. December… READ MORE
UNCG: No. 1 in NC Social Mobility
GREENSBORO – Chancellor Frank Gilliam is proud of UNC Greensboro’s recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 university in North Carolina for social mobility.1 Not only that, Gilliam notes in the accompanying video, but UNCG is one of just five universities in the country with more than 50% of students… READ MORE
Student success at UNCG: ‘In their corner’
GREENSBORO – Officials at UNC Greensboro have a firm grasp on who their students are: 34% are first-generation college students. 51% are eligible for low-income Pell Grants. 51% are non-white. 26% are from rural counties. That means paying special attention to students’ needs in curriculum, advising and financial aid, Andrew Hamilton, UNCG’s Associate Vice Provost… READ MORE
UNCG: 20,000 students and counting
GREENSBORO – The number of students at UNC Greensboro has grown steadily in recent years, making the university a richer, more diverse community. “We’re now over 20,000 students,” UNCG Chancellor Frank Gilliam says in the accompanying video. “Which makes us sort of big enough to matter, but still small enough that we can provide our… READ MORE
UNCG: An ‘Earn It’ school
GREENSBORO – Some 80 percent of students at UNC Greensboro work either full- or part-time. “I like to call us an ‘Earn It’ school,” UNCG Chancellor Frank Gilliam declares in the accompanying video. “They’re not here on their family’s money. They work, and work hard – some of them two and three jobs. Some 40… READ MORE
UNCG Gen Ed: Applied knowledge in a complex world
GREENSBORO – UNC Greensboro recently revised its General Education (or “Gen Ed”) requirements to take more of a multi-disciplinary approach to an increasingly complex world. Starting in the fall of 2021, entering students would be required to meet 11 basic competencies by choosing from a broad array of classes. As might be expected, the new… READ MORE
2019 Davie Awards: Teresa Williams, Kel Landis, Art Pope
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2019) – Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees presented the board’s highest honor this week to three individuals who exemplify dedication, commitment and service to the University. The three recipients of the 2019 William Richardson Davie Award are Teresa Holland Williams of… READ MORE
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