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Margaret Spellings: UNC System ‘Can’t Operate’ Without Federal Funding

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 10, 2016 | Featured, UNC

The UNC Board of Governors met in a special session on Tuesday to discuss the University System’s legal options following a flurry of litigation on Monday over House Bill 2. The controversial North Carolina legislation was the...

President Spellings: What Should Her Agenda Be For UNC?

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 1, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

UNC leaders say Margaret Spellings should be building relationships – and she may be uniquely suited to do it.

UNC President Margaret Spellings Clarifies Stance on HB2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 8, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Margaret Spellings said on Friday that she wanted to “clarify perhaps some confusion about the guidance that went out” to the UNC System campuses in a memo dated Tuesday, April 5. The memo told campuses that the controversial...

ACLU Responds to UNC System Memo Regarding HB2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 7, 2016 | Featured, State

The plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 issued a statement saying they were “disappointed” in the leadership from the University of North Carolina after a memo was sent to the system Chancellors...

50+ UNC – Chapel Hill Faculty Members Sign Petition Against HB2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 30, 2016 | Featured, State

More than 50 UNC – Chapel Hill faculty members have signed a statement asking for the repeal of House Bill 2, the controversial legislation pushed through the North Carolina legislature in a special session last week. The bill,...

Spellings Outlines Takeaways from UNC Visit

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 23, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Margaret Spellings made several stops during her visit to the UNC – Chapel Hill campus on Tuesday. She had lunch with students and faculty in Gerrard Hall while protesters shouted “Go Home Marge” and “Come Outside” from a staged...

UNC Protesters Greet Margaret Spellings on Campus Visit

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 22, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Margaret Spellings in visiting the UNC campus on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, student protesters were well aware of the visit and were there to greet Spellings as she entered Gerrard Hall to have lunch with select members of the...

Heavner: Welcome, President Spellings

Posted by Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

Let’s welcome President Spellings, our new university system president, and Margaret, our new neighbor in the Southern Part of Heaven. This neighbor thing is important to every mission. A single parent whose children are grown,...

Protesters Greet Margaret Spellings as Board of Governors Tries to Increase Public Input

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 4, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Protests have been held over the last few months, even this week, speaking out against new UNC System President Margaret Spellings. But all was relatively composed, on Friday, at Fayetteville State University for the first...

Protests At Margaret Spellings’ First Board of Governors Meeting

Posted by Staff | Mar 4, 2016 | Higher Education

Margaret Spellings’ first Board of Governors meeting was Friday morning at Fayetteville State University. Protesters interrupted the meeting. WCHL’s Blake Hodge was at the meeting and will have a full report later...

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