Issue 8.2
October 3, 2013
The UNC­Chapel Hill Office of Faculty Governance publishes Faculty Governance News eight
times a year. Send information to be considered for inclusion to Anne Whisnant on the Monday
before an issue is scheduled to appear.
Faculty Council meets
Friday, October 4th,
Wilson Library
Faculty Council will hold its October
meeting on Friday, October 4th, from 3:00
to 5:00 pm in the Pleasants Room of
Wilson Library. The agenda is now
available here, and all members of the
faculty are welcome to attend.
Highlights of this month's meeting include
continued discussion of the Rawlings Report on athletics and higher ...
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RSVP's requested NOW for participation in faculty
processional at Chancellor Folt's installation,
October 12th
In keeping with longstanding University tradition, we invite you to join other members of the
University community to celebrate the University’s 220th birthday on University Day, Saturday,
October 12th. The celebration commemorates the laying of the cornerstone ...
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Faculty invited to installation events
Beginning Thursday, October 10th and continuing through Sunday, October 13th, Carolina will
celebrate the installation of Chancellor Carol Folt with a series of lectures, panels, musical
events, and community gatherings. The events begin Thursday, October 10th at 6:30 with a
presentation by professor Jim Leloudis about university history. On Friday starting at 3:00 p.m.,
Carolina faculty will participate in three academic panel discussions on the topics of innovation,
water – the focus of Carolina’s two­year academic theme – and the future of the U.S. public
research university. A full schedule is available here.
Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award
nominations sought
The Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards invites your nominations for the
Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award to be presented at the October 12, 2014,
University Day ceremony. This award was established in 2010 to recognize outstanding service
by a member of the Voting Faculty of the University of North Carolina at ...
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Call for nominations for distinguished professorships
in the college
Below are three separate calls for nominations for several distinguished professorships that the
College will appoint as of July 1, 2014 or July 1, 2015: 2013 Division of Humanities Call for Nominations
2013 Distinguished Endowed Professorships Call for Nominations
2013 Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professorships Call for Nominations
Please note that each nomination must be sent via email to Alexis Cline in the Dean’s Office.
Any questions should be directed to her at alexis_cline@unc.edu or 919­962­3082. All
nominations are due October 7, 2013.
Call for Faculty Council agenda topics
The Agenda Committee of the Faculty Council meets eight times a year, usually 7­14 days in
advance of the regular Faculty Council meeting to set the two­hour agenda (a list of dates is
available here). If you would like to suggest topics for the meeting agenda, please email
facultygovernance@unc.edu. Tweets and minutes from September 13, 2013
Faculty Council
Did you miss the September Faculty Council meeting? Here's a "Storify" (collected archive) of
the live­Tweets related to the Faculty Council and General Faculty meeting held on Friday,
September 13, 2013. Or, for a more polished account, check out the minutes, online here.
Other Upcoming Events
October 8: Performance and Promotion: A Primer for New Faculty
October 8: Clinical Trial Study Designs
October 9: New PI Training: Data Management, Sharing, and Security
October 10: Academic Publishing
October 10: How Students Learn
October 11: Setting Goals for Individuals, Groups and Organizations
October 15: Teaching Portfolios
October 16: Mentoring Series: Structuring the Mentor­Mentee Relationship
October 24: Research Statements
October 25: Finding a Mentor and Making the Most out of the Mentoring Relationship
October 30: Publishing in Peer­Reviewed Journals
Click here for a full list events sponsored by the Center for Faculty Excellence.
Student Success Workshop Program offers in‐class
presentations
Undergraduate Retention and the Center for Faculty Excellence are sponsoring a student
success workshop series designed to enhance behaviors and habits key to success in college.
These workshops are especially designed to support student learning and academic development
in 100 and 200 level courses. For more information, email Candice Powell, Retention Specialist,
at c.powell@unc.edu with your name, course title, course location, requested date, number of
students, and workshop number. We have migrated our "What were reading" feature to our Facebook page and Twitter account so
we can post things as we find them. To get those timely links to interesting articles, reports, and
news, please "like" our page and/or follow us on Twitter @UNCFacGov.