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 ... Read online. 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 ... Read online. 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 ... Read online. 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 inâclass 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.