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Meeting of the General Faculty and Faculty Council |
The General Faculty and Faculty Council will meet jointly on Friday, March 24 at 3 p.m. in Carroll Hall, Room 111. All faculty are welcome to attend.
Members of the General Faculty may attend on Zoom by registering before 11 a.m. on Friday, 3/24. Please visit the registration page to sign up.
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Award Nomination Deadlines |
Spring Faculty Council dates |
January 20
February 17
March 24
April 21
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The meeting will be streamed live at this link.
In addition to remarks by the chair of the faculty, the chancellor and the provost, the meeting will include:
- A presentation on faculty resources from the EOC and the Ombuds Office
- Introduction to 2023 Chair of the Faculty candidates
- Faculty Information Technology Advisory Committee report and resolution
- Annual Committee Reports (by title)
A preliminary agenda is available at this link.
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Faculty Election to be held from March 29-April 12
All members of the voting faculty will receive an individualized ballot for the 2023 UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Election via email on March 29.
The annual election is a way for faculty to influence policy on issues related to the University’s core research, teaching and service missions. Faculty Council and a variety of faculty committees that are vital to the advancement and support of faculty will be on the ballot, such as the Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure; the Faculty Grievance Committee; and the Educational Policy Committee.
This year, the next chair of the faculty will also be elected. During the March 24 meeting both candidates will address the General Faculty and Faculty Council. A voter guide with information about the candidates and a sample ballot will be available on the Office of Faculty Governance website before the start of the election.
Results will be posted online shortly after the election concludes.
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Chair of the Faculty Candidates |
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James Dickson Phillips, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, Director of the UNC School of Law Institute for Innovation, and Director of the Community Development Law Clinic, School of Law |
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Associate Professor of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health and Associate Director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center
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Nominations open for the Thomas Jefferson Award
The Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards is requesting nominations for the University’s 2023 Thomas Jefferson Award. The award will be presented at a 2023-2024 Faculty Council meeting.
The committee acknowledges the complicated history and legacy of Thomas Jefferson. Established in 1961, this award is given annually to “that member of the academic community who through personal influence and performance of duty in teaching, writing, and scholarship has best exemplified the ideals and objectives of Thomas Jefferson.” Any active member of the faculty is eligible, including those participating in the phased-retirement program. This award is one of few campus-wide opportunities for faculty to recognize a colleague's excellence that includes a monetary prize.
Nominations will be accepted through Monday, April 10, 2023.
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Celebrating Women's History Month at Carolina |
More than half of the Tar Heels enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today are women, but that hasn’t always been the case. It wasn’t until 1877 that women first began enrolling at the University for summer sessions. Another two decades passed before Sallie Walker Stockard became the first woman to receive a degree from Carolina. |
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Center for Faculty Excellence Upcoming Opportunities for Faculty
The CFE offers many faculty development opportunities, including the February and early Spring events listed below. For more information, please contact cfe@unc.edu or visit CFE.unc.edu.
Featured Opportunities
REGISTER TODAY for the Spring 2023 CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching
March 23, 12:30-4:00 PM, Zoom; March 24, 9:00-2:00 PM, The Carolina Club
The 2023 Faculty Showcase on Teaching is just around the corner! For more than a decade, the Faculty Showcase on Teaching has brought together faculty members across campus to celebrate teaching at Carolina. Join us for concurrent sessions (featuring more than 40 instructors), a virtual keynote address by Dr. Paul Hanstedt, and enjoy lunch and a conversation on teaching with Provost Chris Clemens.
Please view our full program for more details!
Learn more and register by March 22
Sign Up for the 2023 CFE Summer Writing Group Program
CFE Summer Writing Group Program
Lunch Kick-Off and Orientation May 5, 12:00-1:30 PM, 304 Wilson Library
Now in its 10th year, the CFE Summer Writing Group (SWG) program brings together faculty members from all disciplines and career stages in small peer groups that meet regularly throughout the summer.
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Mentoring Programs
Workshop: Enhancing Work-Life Integration and Promoting Graduate Student Professional Development
March 22, 12:00-1:30 PM, Zoom
Workshop: Addressing Equity and Inclusion in Mentoring Graduate Students
March 28, 3:00-4:30 PM, In-Person
Workshop: Communication and Negotiation Skills
March 29, 9:00-11:00 AM, In-Person
Workshop: Understanding Tenure and Promotion Requirements
April 12, 2:00 to 3:30 PM, Zoom
Teaching and Learning Programs
Workshop Series: Carolina Teaching and Learning Colloquium (CTLC)
March 22, 3:30-4:45 PM, Hybrid
Partners for Equity in Teaching Workshop: Academic Support Program for Student Athletes
April 17, 2:30 – 3:30 PM, 304 Wilson Library
Learn more and register by April 16
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Institute for the Arts and Humanities Funding
Fixed-Term Faculty Support Fund
Deadline: March 23, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
The Fixed-Term Faculty Fund provides funds for projects and collaborative events that advance a faculty member’s pedagogical or research portfolio. Fixed-term and teaching-track faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are invited to submit proposals. All proposals should be endorsed by the chair of the applicant’s department or curriculum.
Summer International Collaborative Research Grant
Deadline: March 27, 2023
This grant provides $20,000 of ongoing funding for up to five years for international projects beginning in summer 2023. Faculty may use the funds to travel abroad and establish new collaborative research projects or continue existing ones. Two grants will be awarded. These funds will expire on June 30, 2028. Any faculty member in the fine arts, humanities, and qualitative social sciences at the rank of associate professor with their primary appointment in the College of Arts and Sciences is eligible to apply.
William C. Friday Arts and Humanities Research Award
Deadline: April 14, 2023
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities and Honors Carolina—with the generous support of the William C. Friday Leadership Fund—are proud to offer an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students to assist former IAH Faculty Fellows in their current research projects. Students will also acquire fundamental skills in conducting graduate-level research in the arts and humanities. Student and Fellow need to submit a joint application. Preference will be given to pairings that have not previously worked together on funded research projects.
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2023 LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Award
Deadline: Sunday, April 16 at 11:59 p.m.
Each year the LGBTQ Center recognizes the individuals and small teams advocating, educating, improving polices, and raising awareness on key issues with the goal of making UNC-Chapel Hill a more welcoming and inclusive environment for folks of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. The award recipient(s) will be honored at the 2023 Lavender Graduation ceremony.
Please take a moment to nominate your colleagues, instructors, supervisors, and friends who have:
- Advocated on behalf of LGBTQIA+ individuals or groups
- Conducted educational programming or beneficial research regarding LGBTQIA+ communities
- Helped to improve campus or community policies affecting LGBTQ-identified persons
- Enhanced visibility and awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues
The nomination form can be found here
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2023 Frank A. Daniels Jr. Lecture |
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Please join UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media for the inaugural Frank A. Daniels Jr. Lecture.
Melissa Hariss-Perry is the host and managing editor of “The Takeaway” daily public radio program — produced by WNYC and distributed by PRX — that airs Monday through Thursday on WUNC. She is also the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. From 2012-16, she hosted the television show “Melissa Harris-Perry” on weekend mornings on MSNBC and was awarded the Hillman Prize for broadcast journalism.
Please register for the event here
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2023 Barbara Hanna Wasik Distinguished Lecture |
Please join the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute for the 2023 Barbara Hanna Wasik Distinguished Lecture.
Anne Wheeler, PhD, is a neurodevelopmental psychologist and senior research analyst at RTI International, where she conducts multiple research projects focused on the development of tools and strategies to improve outcomes for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, especially those with rare monogenetic/neurogenetic conditions. She is also an adjunct associate professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill and a practicing licensed psychologist at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities.
Register for this virtual event by Monday, March 20
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Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture |
In this year’s Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture on March 21 at 12 p.m., Mia Ives-Rublee, MSW’09 will share how she uses multiple tools, including research, storytelling and lobbying, to uplift the needs and priorities of marginalized communities. |
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As a transracial adoptee born with a disability, Mia Ives-Rublee has leaned on lessons from her personal and professional experiences to challenge her own physical limitations and to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, immigrants and other disadvantaged individuals. Mia is best known for founding the Women’s March Disability Caucus and organizing the original Women’s March on Washington in 2017. She is a member of President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
This event is offered in-person and via livestream.
Registration for the lecture is free but required.
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Gordon H. DeFriese Distinguished Lecture on Health Services Research and Health Policy |
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The Sheps Center is excited to host the Gordon H. DeFriese Distinguished Lecture on Health Services Research and Health Policy on March 22 at 1 p.m. at the North Carolina Botanical Garden Reeves Auditorium. This lecture is a wonderful opportunity to hear from leading health services researchers and connect with colleagues across campus.
Professor of Social Medicine Julia Adler-Milstein (University of California San Francisco) will deliver the lecture.
This free event is open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. More information can be found here.
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George H. Johnson Prize Lecture: Kenneth Janken |
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On March 23 at 4 p.m., African, African American and Diaspora Studies Professor Kenneth Janken will deliver the George H. Johnson Prize Lecture as the recipient of the 2022 award from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
Janken will give a lecture titled, “Bringing the Wilmington Ten to the Public’s Attention: One Historian’s Experience in Public Humanities.” An audience Q&A will follow.
Janken’s most recent book, The Wilmington Ten: Violence, Injustice, and the Rise of Black Politics in the 1970s, received the Clarendon Award from the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society.
Registration is appreciated but not required.
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The Carolina Data Science Now seminar series continues this month with “Libraries, Literature, and Learning.” This series aims to illuminate data science research and scholarship across the disciplines at UNC-Chapel Hill and foster a community of data science researchers and practitioners interested in connecting beyond domain boundaries. |
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2023 Give UNC will be held on March 28
GiveUNC is a day like no other in support of a place like no other. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 28, 2023 — UNC-Chapel Hill’s annual day of giving.
Join thousands of alumni, students, parents, friends, faculty and staff by giving to the areas of campus that mean the most to you. By participating in GiveUNC, you are supporting the passion, determination, creativity and excellence of the people who truly make Carolina a place like no other.
Please visit giveunc.unc.edu for more information on how to donate!
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Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Moving Beyond Fighting Anti-Asian Racism |
The Keohane Professorship brings prominent faculty to serve as visiting professors at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke for a one-year period, during which they deliver a lecture series and engage students and faculty around areas of shared interest to both institutions. Find more information about the event here. |
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CITAP Event: Hakeem Jefferson on Race and Inequality in the Social Sciences |
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From Margin to Center: Reorienting Our Approach to the Study of Race & Inequality in the Social Sciences
March 31 at 11 a.m., Curtis Media Center, Room 301
The UNC Center for Information, Technology, & Public Life (CITAP) will host this event.
Studying race and inequality requires an approach that takes seriously the experiences, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of those who live on the margins of our society. Social science research often falls short, theoretically and empirically, because of a tendency to ignore the margins in favor of those who have, for far too long, occupied the center.
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Hakeem Jefferson is an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University, where he is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the Stanford Center for American Democracy. |
North Carolina Science Festival |
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UNC Science Expo
April 1, 2023 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
This annual celebration of science features more than 100 hands-on activities and science demonstrations lead by STEM students, researchers, and practitioners from UNC-Chapel Hill. The UNC Science Expo is your chance to get up close and personal with cutting edge science hands-on activities, demonstrations, games, and performances. More information can he found here.
Science for All Summit
April 5-6, 2023 | Friday Conference Center Chapel Hill, NC
The inaugural Science for All Summit is a community convening to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The theme of this year’s Summit is From IDEA to Action.
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2023 Pride Week: April 10-April 14
Pride Week at Carolina is a partnership between the LGBTQ Center, student organizations, university departments, and community organizations to host events that center themes of history, inclusion, intersectionality, expression, and advocacy within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities.
Visit the LGBTQ Center's website for the more information.
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University Public Service Awards Ceremony
April 11 from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center
Please join Carolina Center for Public Service in-person or via livestream in celebrating the recipients of the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Awards, the Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Awards and the Ned Brooks Award.
Please email CCPS for an invitation.
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2023 Arts Everywhere Day
Arts Everywhere Day will be held on April 14. It is an annual campus-wide celebration of the arts in which we engage the campus community with diverse arts experiences, transform campus spaces into creative hubs, and raise awareness of the breadth and depth of the arts at UNC. This year's theme is “YOU Are an Artist.”
There will be over 30 performances, exhibits, hands-on activities, and installations sprinkled throughout campus and the surrounding community. Working with UNC departments, units, and student groups, this day is truly a celebration of all the creativity on campus.
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Faculty Classroom Preparedness
Students look to the person at the front of the class for leadership, anticipating that you will know what to do if an emergency occurs. Be Carolina Ready in the classroom by reviewing and utilizing emergency preparedness resources to help you manage classroom emergencies.
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Campus equipped with 107 lifesaving defibrillators
According to the American Heart Association, cardiac arrest claimed the lives of 436,852 Americans in 2020. Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival. Use of an Automated External Defibrillators (AED) can increase the chance even further.
There are 107 AEDs strategically located around Carolina’s campus. Their locations can be found on this map.
AEDs work by delivering an electric shock through the chest to the heart to restart or regulate a person’s heartbeat. Fully automated kits are equipped with voice prompts walking a user through the process, which is so straightforward that many children can complete the seven critical steps. According to the American Heart Association, there is no minimum age to operate the device.
More information on Carolina's AED
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Additional Events and Announcements
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March 2023 Faculty Governance Calendar
Meetings are subject to change on short notice. Please consult online calendar for updates, meeting times and locations. All meetings are open to everyone, including members of the public, unless held in closed session in accordance with state open meeting regulations.
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March 20
March 21
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March 24
March 27
April 3
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April 11
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April 17
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Faculty Executive Committee
Administrative Board of the Library
Faculty Athletics Committee
Committee on Fixed-Term Faculty
Educational Policy Committee
Meeting of the General Faculty and Faculty Council
Faculty Welfare Committee
Faculty Executive Committee
Faculty Information Technology Advisory Committee
Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure
University Committee on Copyright
Faculty Assembly Delegation
Advisory Committee
Agenda Committee
Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee
Faculty Executive Committee
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