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Board of Governors Vote to Delay NCGAP

Posted by Staff | Apr 21, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

The UNC Board of Governors voted April 15 to recommend delaying a controversial new college admissions program until 2018. The Guaranteed Admission Program, or NCGAP, will tighten admissions requirements at UNC System schools...

Protesters Once Again Shut Down UNC Board of Governors Meeting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 15, 2016 | Featured, UNC

The UNC Board of Governors meeting on Friday was once again brought to a halt by protesters. The meeting was being held in Chapel Hill at the Center for School Leadership Development on the campus of the Friday Center after it...

UNC Board of Governors Moves Meeting Amid Planned Protests

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 11, 2016 | Featured, UNC

The UNC Board of Governors has changed the location for its scheduled meeting on Friday amid “potential for large numbers of protesters,” according to UNC System spokesperson Joni Worthington. The meeting was scheduled to take...

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,...

UNC Board of Governors Penalizes UNC – Chapel Hill Over Out-of-State Admissions

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 7, 2016 | Featured, UNC

One item on the UNC Board of Governors meeting agenda last Friday sparked a 30 minute debate and led to a $1 million penalty for the system’s flagship university. The debate generated from a recommendation of the board’s...

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...

Former UNC BOG Chair Arrested Carrying Gun in Airport

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Former chair of the UNC Board of Governors John Fennebresque was arrested Thursday morning at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport after he apparently tried to take a gun through a security checkpoints, according to WSOC....

BOG Protesters Agree to Deal to Dismiss Charges

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

Resolutions were reached against two of the three protesters facing charges following their arrests at the UNC Board of Governors meeting in late January. The individuals were arrested after a group of protesters took over the...

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