FACULTY GOVERNANCE NEWS

October 2020

Faculty Council meets on October 9

The Faculty Council will meet remotely on Friday, Oct. 9, from 3 to 5 p.m. The three main topics on the agenda are 1) campus well-being and mental health, 2) student-athlete issues, and 3) spring semester planning. The last item will be an opportunity for Faculty Council members to discuss their ideas for and concerns about the spring.

Award Nomination Deadlines

Edward Kidder Graham Award

due October 12, 2020

O. Max Gardner Award

(Campus nominee)

due November 23, 2020

Honorary Degrees

due February 15, 2021

Thomas Jefferson Award

due March 22, 2021

In addition, the Chancellor and Provost will give brief remarks, and Chair of the Faculty Mimi Chapman will give an update on the Campus and Community Advisory Committee that she co-chairs with Employee Forum Chair Shayna Hill and Student Body President Reeves Moseley. Weekly updates from the committee and information about upcoming meetings are posted on the Faculty Governance news page.

The meeting will be streamed live online.

Two-day University Day Observance includes installation of Kevin M. Guskiewicz as Chancellor

Please join us for a historic virtual event as Kevin M. Guskiewicz is installed as the 12^th Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Sunday, October 11, as part of a special two-day University Day observance. This momentous event will be aired on the University’s YouTube channel and will feature live and recorded content, including brief remarks from N.C. Governor Roy Cooper, UNC System President Peter Hans and faculty, staff and student leaders. In a keynote address, Chancellor Guskiewicz will share his vision for the University’s future.  

A special feature of the virtual event is a watch party that will track locations of those signing up to attend and will be updated until October 11. You can sign up on the installation website and find a map highlighting locations of those watching the event. University Events will email those that register reminders and other content prior to the ceremony. The watch party is open to anyone -- you are encouraged to sign up!

More information can be found on the Installation Celebration webpage.

The University Day celebration on Monday Oct. 12 will include the presentation of several prestigious UNC-Chapel Hill awards:

Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards will be presented to Anu Anand '95, Francis Collins '77 MD, Mary K. Estes '72 PhD, Daniel Patterson '55 MA and '59 PhD, Joel R. "Peter" Skillern '91 MCRP, and Marla Smith-Nilson '94 MS.

The Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award will be presented to Nicholas M. Didow Jr.

The Rebecca Clark Staff Award for Moral Courage will be presented to James Holman.

Read about all of the awardees on the University Day webpage.

Nominations being accepted for 2021 Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award

2019 Edward Kidder Graham Awardee Giselle Corbie-Smith, center, with Jonathan

Oberlander and Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill).

Faculty are encouraged to nominate a UNC-Chapel Hill faculty colleague for the

2021 Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award

This award recognizes a member of the voting faculty with

an exemplary record of service to the state or beyond.

Nominations are due Monday, October 12, 2020.

Congratulations to 2020 awardee Nick Didow from the Kenan-Flagler

Business School, who will be presented with his award on University Day.

2020 Hettleman Prize winners

The four recipients of the the 2020 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement were remotely acknowledged and applauded at the September 11 Faculty Council meeting. Congratulations to this year's recipients!

• Mohit Bansal, John R. & Louise S. Parker Associate Professor of computer science, College of Arts and Sciences
• Andrea Bohlman, associate professor of music, College of Arts and Sciences
• Angela Smith, associate professor of urology, School of Medicine
• William Sturkey, assistant professor of history, College of Arts and Sciences

Read more about these colleagues and their accomplishments in this article written by Layla Dowdy for UNC Research.

The recording of the September Faculty Council meeting is available at this link.

Additional Events and Announcements

• The Light of Truth: Ida B. Wells symposium (throughout October)
• Global Ethics Month (throughout October)
• Fiddle, Banjo, and Clay: North Carolina Folklife on Film (10/6)
• Thomas Wolfe Lecture: MIchael Parker (10/6)
• Health and Human Rights Lecture: "How Pandemics Show Us Who We Are: Race and Risk in the U.S." by Mary Bassett (10/7)
• Applied Physical Sciences Research Symposium (10/8)
• Honors Carolina: Systemic Racism and Economic Disparities (Lecture 10/8, Hour of Action 10/16) part of Structures of Inequality: A Focused Look at Systems of Racism
• Virtual Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture: Lauren Francis and Zoë Charlton (10/8)
• Jazz Faculty Concert (10/14)
• Benefits Open Enrollment (10/15-31)
• University Research Week (10/19-23)
• Frank Porter Graham Lecture: Raj Panjabi (10/21)
• Mental Health: The Secret Epidemic (10/23)
• FPG Distinguished Virtual Lecture Series featuring Joanna Lee Williams on "The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for all Youth" (10/28)
• Application deadline: Tyson Academic Leadership Program (10/30)

October Faculty Governance Committee Calendar

Meetings are subject to change on short notice. All meetings are open to everyone, including members of the public, unless held in closed session. The online calendar includes meeting times and locations (or connection information, if held remotely).

10/05    Faculty Executive Committee

10/07    Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure

10/07    Faculty Information Technology Advisory Committee

10/08    Buildings and Grounds Committee

10/08    Committee on University Government (canceled)

10/09    Faculty Council

10/12    University Committee on Copyright

10/14    Advisory Committee

10/19    Faculty Executive Committee

10/19    Faculty Welfare Committee

10/20    Committee on Community and Diversity

10/22    Status of Women Committee

10/23    Scholarships, Awards, and Student Aid Committee

10/27    Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee

10/29    Committee on University Government

10/30    Agenda Committee