Nilda “Nena” Peragallo Montano, dean and professor for the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, has been tapped to become dean of UNC’s School of Nursing in 2017. read more
Gloria Thomas had served since 2009 as director of the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan. read more
The University has turned to a faculty member from UNC’s School of Social Work to fill a new position of director of ethics education and policy management. read more
Thomas W. Ross Sr. ’75 (JD), former president of the UNC System, is this year’s recipient of the University Award, the highest honor given by the UNC System Board of Governors. read more
Emil J. Kang, executive and artistic director for UNC’s Carolina Performing Arts, has been named special assistant to the chancellor to lead integrating the arts into the teaching, research and service mission of the University. read more
Thomas Ross ’75 (JD) will become president of The Volcker Alliance, a nonpartisan organization formed in 2013. The appointment was announced by Paul A. Volcker, former chair of the Federal Reserve. read more
Dr. Ken May ’69, a longtime faculty member at UNC, will become interim dean at the School of Dentistry effective July 1. read more
Veteran Charlotte attorney Mark W. Merritt ’79 has been named vice chancellor and general counsel for the University. read more
She arrives with a reputation for toughness and thick skin that has already has come in handy, as well as more than three decades in education and public policy work at the highest levels. read more
The University has chosen Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, the associate dean for research and research education in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the new dean at UNC’s School of Education. read more