UNC Board of Governors Subcommittee to meet Monday, February 14

NC Board of Governors Subcommittee on the 2022 O. Max Gardner Award will meet in regular session on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. In addition, the Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools will meet in regular session on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

UNC Board of Governors to meet in regular session on Nov. 18

The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session at the Hunt Library at North Carolina State University on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 at 9 a.m. A total of five committee meetings of the Board will be held starting on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021.

UNC System Awards Mental Health Grants to 12 Institutions

The University of North Carolina System Office has awarded $981,181 in grant funding to 12 UNC System institutions to increase behavioral health capacity and strengthen mental health resources available to students starting this fall.

ECU, Fayetteville State University advance partnership to benefit students, region

Leaders from East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University met at ECU’s Main Campus Student Center Friday to take the next step in a partnership intended to promote graduate recruitment and education; undergraduate student engagement and collaboration; and research, public service and scholarship.

UNC System announces committee for UNCW chancellor search

University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans and University of North Carolina Wilmington Board of Trustees Chair Gidget Kidd today announced the formation of an 18-member chancellor search committee.

PBS North Carolina Partners with the UNC System on The Innovators

PBS North Carolina, in partnership with the UNC System and the Board of Governors Committee on Historically Minority-Serving Institutions (HMSI), announces the new series The Innovators: The Transformative Power of NC’s Historically Black and American Indian Universities. Comprised of digital shorts that begin rollout online on September 20 and a one-hour broadcast special on October 18, the series will bring focus to the six public HMSIs across North Carolina – Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), Fayetteville State University (FSU), North Carolina A&T State University (N.C. A&T), North Carolina Central University (NCCU), UNC Pembroke (UNCP) and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).

Elizabeth City State University, United Airlines Launch Partnership

Elizabeth City State University and United Airlines Aviate pilot career development program have partnered to train a new generation of pilots. On Friday, Aug. 27, on the ECSU campus, university officials will be joined by United Airlines representatives to launch a partnership that seeks to not only train future pilots, but also bring more women and people of color into the ranks of commercial aviation.

NC Education Leaders Address Increasing Statewide Teacher Pipeline

North Carolina education leaders signed an agreement Monday to address the critical teacher shortage in the state. President Thomas Stith of the North Carolina Community College System and President Peter Hans of the University of North Carolina System made a joint announcement of their new Comprehensive Articulation Agreement that will increase opportunities for community college students to transfer to teacher education programs within the UNC System. It is effective fall 2021.

FSU clears $1.6 million in student balances

At Fayetteville State University (FSU), leaders recently utilized pandemic funding to clear the debt of all students who attended the university at any point during the pandemic. Any student with a past due balance was cleared. Students attending the FSU from fall 2019 to spring 2021 now have zero balances.

Board to meet in regular session July 22, 2021

The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday July 22, 2021. A total of 6 committee meetings of the Board will be held starting on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.