- UNC Asheville Chancellor: ‘We can do this’ASHEVILLE – Students and parents want to come back. Faculty and staff want to get back to work. And Western North Carolina’s economy needs it. So with pages and pages of ...Read more
- UNC Asheville helps build broadband in the WestASHEVILLE – The COVID-19 shutdown revealed glaring gaps in high-speed internet access, especially among rural and minority communities, for both college and K-12 students. And in North Carolina’s mountains, the ...Read more
- Guskiewicz: ‘We can do this safely’CHAPEL HILL – Some of the plans are still coming together. But UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz says he’s confident students can safely return to campus this fall. “Most ...Read more
- Former CDC Director: ‘Maybe that’s why I’m here’CHAPEL HILL – Though normally quite reserved, Bill Roper gets personal as he discusses his and the UNC System’s approach to reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 institutions ...Read more
- Roper: ‘Preparing for whatever scenario comes’CHAPEL HILL – It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as president of your university during a global pandemic. In a series ...Read more
- A message from UNCG’s chancellorDear Students, Faculty, and Staff, To sustain our democracy, and enact our shared values of freedom, prosperity, equality, safety, and a brighter future for our children, we must solve our problems ...Read more
- UNC System works to make online betterCHAPEL HILL – UNC System officials know many students weren’t happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing ...Read more
- Separate yet closer than ever: Advising in the midst of a pandemicRayana SwansonJames B. Hunt High SchoolWilson County Schools Krissia PocasangreNorth Rowan High School and Salisbury High SchoolRowan-Salisbury School System Tabitha DeanSouth Stokes High SchoolStokes County Schools Ana GuerreroWest Mecklenburg High SchoolCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Emma Kroll-SmithCaldwell ...Read more
- UNC System freezes tuition for 2020-21CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – The UNC System’s governing board voted Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees at North Carolina’s 16 public universities for 2020-21. Because state law locks tuition ...Read more
- BOG talks sanctions for rogue members; Fetzer resignsCHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – After scandals involving trustees who tried to influence a student election and a member who conducted his own investigations of a job candidate and ...Read more