The Coalition for Carolina recently held a panel about university governance at UNC. The group questioned GOP influence within the UNC Board of Governors and UNC Board of Trustees.
With the recent appointment of astrophysicist Chris Clemens as UNC’s next provost and several faculty leaving the university, some faculty members say there is a concerning trend of political influence at Carolina.
Dawna Jones is a jack of all trades. She’s president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, was chair for the Carolina Black Caucus, worked as an adjunct instructor in the UNC Higher Education program and served as the assistant dean of students UNC. This month, she began a new position as the Director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture at Duke University.