Two former members of Western Carolina University’s board of trustees recommended Tom Fetzer as interim chancellor at the university, Fetzer told Carolina Journal after the UNC Board of Governors July 27 meeting in Chapel Hill. Fetzer is a member of the Board of Governors, lobbyist, former Raleigh mayor, and long-time Republican activist and consultant. The...
The search for a new chancellor at Western Carolina University is exposing a growing and contentious divide between the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors and UNC President Margaret Spellings. On July 12, the full board was slated to vote on a nominee for WCU’s chancellorship, an official agenda released July 11 stated. The...
WILMINGTON — The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors should take a serious look at how it awards bonuses and pay raises for university administrators, Bob Rucho, a former state senator and current board member, told Carolina Journal. On Friday, March 23, the board approved a $95,000 bonus for UNC President Margaret Spellings, roughly 12...
CHAPEL HILL — University of North Carolina leaders aren’t sure whether a partnership between UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System would help — or hurt — North Carolinians, UNC President Margaret Spellings said Friday. The plan, introduced in August, would join the two nonprofit systems, making it one of the largest in the nation. UNC Health...
CHAPEL HILL — Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Jan. 26 tangled with their chairman, Lou Bissette, over a recent op-ed calling the body “too political.” In a Charlotte Observer opinion piece published Dec. 26 titled, “UNC Board of Governors Chair: We need to stay out of politics,” Bissette wrote...
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights on Friday was officially banned from filing lawsuits. But low-income and minority residents still have options to get legal help, said UNC Board of Governors member Steve Long. The board voted 19-3 to end the ability of the CCR, and centers...
CHAPEL HILL — UNC President Margaret Spellings has garnered $90,000 in bonus pay after just one year on the job. The money — in addition to her base salary of $775,000 (plus a travel allowance) — is an incentive for accomplishments since she settled into her Chapel Hill offices last March, members of the UNC Board...
University of North Carolina system campus leaders are entangled in regulations that waste time and money, and they should be free from such worries, system President Margaret Spellings said Friday. Spellings statement came after the UNC Board of Governors’ unanimous vote to adopt a “strategic plan” that seeks to improve the university’s efficiency, student access,...
