A decision on the disposition of UNC’s Confederate monument has been delayed again. In mid-December, the UNC System Board of Governors directed UNC’s trustees, the chancellor and top administrative staff to work with a BOG task force to… read more
Members of the UNC System Board of Governors have agreed to an extension of the March 15 deadline for a decision on the disposition of UNC’s Confederate monument. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors engaged experts who found deficiencies, but not conspiracy, in police and administration actions as Silent Sam was pulled down. read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt will leave the University at the end of January and not at the end of this academic year as she previously announced. read more
Carol L. Folt announced that she will step down as chancellor at the end of this academic year. She also ordered the last of the Confederate monument removed from campus. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors has soundly rejected the University’s proposal to place its Confederate monument in a new building on South Campus, citing financial and security concerns. read more
Under a trustees-approved measure that requires concurrence of the UNC System Board of Governors, UNC’s Confederate monument would be moved to a new building on the southern edge of the campus. read more
Thirty-seven percent of the respondents to a survey of UNC’s faculty and staff on the disposition of the Silent Sam statue believe it should be relocated off campus. read more
UNC has asked for and received an extension on its deadline to present a plan for preservation of Silent Sam. The new deadline is Dec. 3; the next Board of Governors’ meeting is on Dec. 14. read more
“I know that many in our community and beyond feel passionately about the monument,” Carol L. Folt wrote in an email to the Carolina community. read more