Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has named Julia Sprunt Grumbles ’75, former corporate vice president of Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta, as UNC’s interim vice chancellor for advancement. “Julia Sprunt Grumbles is a devoted, engaged alumna who… read more
The University’s trustees took an unprecedented step Wednesday afternoon to ask Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 to stay on the job. Thorp announced on Monday his intention to resign next June, saying the move was in UNC’s best interest. In… read more
Students were talking about the resignation of Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 on Tuesday. Here’s what some of them said to the Review’s editorial intern, Emily Palmer. Shelby Sugierski, a junior public policy and Romance languages… read more
On the day Holden Thorp ’86 announced he would leave the chancellorship to someone else next spring, and again on the day after, there was a strong sentiment on the campus that he should reconsider. The chair of the trustees, the Faculty Executive… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 told UNC System President Thomas Ross’75 (JD) on Sunday that he plans to resign at the end of the academic year. According to a UNC news release, Thorp said he would be leaving because it is best for the future of the… read more
Matt Kupec ’80, who led Carolina through the two biggest fundraising campaigns in its history, has resigned following questions related to his travel expenses. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 said Monday that he had accepted Kupec’s… read more
Bruce Carney, the University’s provost for the past three years, will leave South Building and return to the astronomy faculty at the end of June 2013. Carney, who also holds the position of executive vice chancellor, put off a scheduled… read more
When his law school study group classmate William C. Friday ’48 (JD) called, William B. Aycock ’37 (MA, ’48 JD) was on leave teaching law in Virginia. Friday knew that his first selection for UNC’s chancellor was a pivotal decision. He was… read more
Peter D. Hans ’91, has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the UNC System Board of Governors. Hans, whose term begins July 1, is completing his second term as the board’s vice chair. Cary businessman Frank Grainger was elected vice… read more
William Friday ’48 (LLB), who guided the UNC System through often tumultuous waters as its president for 30 years, died this morning, on University Day. Friday was 92. History will remember Friday as a sensible agent for its enduring lessons… read more