Andrew Lakis has been named executive director of the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program, the undergraduate merit scholarship program sponsored and administered by the Robertson Foundation in cooperation with the UNC and Duke University. read more
Christopher Bradford, co-founder of a pre-higher education institution in Johannesburg, will be the Morehead-Cain Foundation’s new president. He will be the foundation’s first new leader in 34 years. read more
ary Bowen ’76 (MSW), dean of the School of Social Work since 2016, plans to return to his full-time faculty role on July 1. read more
Dr. Scott De Rossi, who became dean of UNC’s Adams School of Dentistry in January 2017, is stepping down as of Jan. 15 and returning to the faculty. read more
Steve Farmer, Carolina’s undergraduate admissions director since 2004, will leave at the end of the semester to become vice provost for enrollment at the University of Virginia. read more
The president will be able to designate one or two people who would then join in search committee interviews and be among the candidates referred to schools’ boards of trustees. read more
Jonathan Pruitt, vice chancellor for finance and operations for two and a half years, left Carolina as of Aug. 1 to return to the UNC System as chief operating officer. Before joining the University in January 2018, Pruitt worked for the… read more
The UNC System Board of Governors affirmed its policy that tuition and fees charged at state universities will not be adjusted should schools now planning to resume on-campus classes in a few weeks later switch to mostly or all remote classes. read more
The proposed policy also charges the president to develop potential candidates from within the system who are residents of the state. read more
Peter Hans ’91, for the past two years the president of the 58-campus North Carolina Community College System, was elected the next president of the UNC System on Friday. read more