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Pushing Spellings into the pantheon, not the trash bin

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 4, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Let’s help her all we can. That is what I am telling my friends in the university community when they express displeasure at the selection of Margaret Spellings as their new president, or when they complain about the UNC...

Who is Margaret Spellings?

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 28, 2015 | The Commentators

Our university’s system Board of Governors, manipulating rules to speed up the process, has handed the presidency of our state’s university system to a non-academic with strong Republican political credentials....

Fennebresque Out as Chair of the UNC Board of Governors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 26, 2015 | Featured, UNC

John Fennebresque has resigned from his post as Chair of the UNC Board of Governors. Not only has Fennebresque stepped down as chair, according to a news release, Fennebresque has resigned his seat on the board effective...

Spellings Elected Unanimously Following Divisive Search Process

Posted by Staff | Oct 23, 2015 | Featured, State

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been named the new president of UNC’s 17-campus university system.

It’s Margaret Spellings As New UNC System President

Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 23, 2015 | UNC

Margaret Spellings was Secretary of Education under George W. Bush.

UNC Board Of Governors to Name New System President Friday

Posted by Staff | Oct 22, 2015 | UNC

After months of controversy, the UNC Board of Governors is expected to elect a new system president Friday.

Tom Ross on UNC Presidential Search: ‘I’ve Stayed Out of It’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 20, 2015 | Featured, Higher Education, UNC

The UNC Board of Governors will be meeting at 11 o’clock on Friday morning to select a new System President. A tentative agenda for the meeting calls for the 32-member board to go into closed session for reports from the...

UNC Board of Governors Scrambles to Presidential Search Finish

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 19, 2015 | Featured, UNC

A new President of the UNC System is expected to be in place before year’s end. And while a selection may be closer, it does not appear the decision is being made with a unanimous voice. The UNC System Board of Governors met for...

UNC Board of Governors to Hold Emergency Meeting for Presidential Search

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 16, 2015 | Featured, UNC

The UNC System Board of Governors has called an emergency meeting for one o’clock Friday afternoon at the SAS campus in Cary. The Presidential Search Committee has been meeting at a breakneck pace in recent weeks as they...

University Day Celebrations Interrupted by Protest

Posted by Staff | Oct 12, 2015 | Featured, UNC

UNC’s 222nd University Day was interrupted by Silent Sam protestors on Monday. As the procession of faculty and students entered Memorial Hall for the University Day celebrations, students began chanting. They chanted “tear it...

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