On Tuesday, April 24^th, the Anne Queen Faculty Commons will be unavailable. Faculty Coffee hours will take place in the lobby of the Campus Y building. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

 If you have questions or concerns, please direct them to Kathryn Turner at 962-2146 or katie_turner@unc.edu

http://outlook.unc.edu/owa/calendar/dsa_campusyfl.rmb@ad.unc.edu/Calendar/calendar.ics

From Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4 (at the beginning of the campus Spring Break period), access will be blocked to the Bynum Circle (N3), Caldwell (NG3), and Steele (NG3) parking areas due to a utility duct bank installation project.

Two-way traffic along Cameron Avenue will be maintained.

The sidewalk along Cameron Avenue near the Bynum Circle access-way will be blocked but pedestrian access to all building will be maintained.

Those N3 / NG3 permit holders displaced by the project should seek alternative parking in the Hanes, Old East (N3), Swain (NG1) or Lenoir (N3) lots. Disability and Zipcar parking will be temporarily relocated to the Old East Lot (N3 Zone).

The project will involve excavations and heavy equipment so all are encouraged to use caution. Construction will throughout the week following the closures, but access will be maintained to the parking lots.

Call the Department of Public Safety at 962-3951 during normal business hours with other questions or concerns.

Thank you,

The Department of Public Safety

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 4:30 pm

NCCU School of Law “Great Hall,” 640 Nelson St., Durham NC 27707

Panel discussion:  “Student-Athlete Due Process and the UNC Football Investigation”

Panelists include Bomani Jones (Around the Horn), Deunta Williams (Tarheelblue Network), Robert Orr (Poyner Spruill), Noah Huffstetler (Nelson & Mullins), and Marcia Shoop (Calling Audibles).  The panel is free and open to the public.  Please RSVP to studentathleteshumanrights@yahoo.com

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm

Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theater, UNC-CH

Panel discussion:  “Big-Time College Sports: What Needs to Change?”

Panelists will be Taylor Branch, William C. Friday, and Charles T. Clotfelter.  Author Will Blythe will moderate.  Three prominent critics of collegiate sports will discuss the way forward.  The panel is free and open to the public.  For information contact Liza Terll, Friends of the Library (919-548-1203).

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 5:30 pm

Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theater, UNC-CH

“Big-Time Sports and the University: A Conversation with Joe Nocera of the New York Times.”  A celebrated opinion columnist and an outspoken critic of the NCAA, Joe Nocera will present his thoughts on prospects for reform in collegiate athletics and take questions from the audience.  The conversation is free and open to the public.  For further information see http://noceraconversation.web.unc.edu/

Attention N3 & NG3 Permit Holders:

From Saturday, December 17 through Friday, December 30 (weather permitting), the western portion of Bynum Circle will be closed for a ductbank installation project. ALL parking spaces in the Bynum Circle (N3 Zone) will be closed to allow two-way traffic access to buildings and the NG3 lots. N3 permit holders displaced by this project may park in the Caldwell or Steele (NG3 Zone) Lots, and entry gates will be raised to those lots (see the map below). The two Zipcars usually parked in Bynum Circle will be located to the Old East Lot (N3 Zone) across Cameron Avenue.  For more information and to see a map of the impacted areas, visit the following link:

http://www.dps.unc.edu/NewsLinks/BynumWeb/Bynum.pdf

Traffic and vehicles without an N3 or NG3 parking permit are discouraged from entering the circle except to access the aforementioned Caldwell or Steele Lots. The project will involve excavations and heavy equipment so all are encouraged to use caution.

Call the Department of Public Safety at 962-3951 during normal business hours with other questions or concerns.

Thank You
UNC Public Safety

To the General Faculty

Dear Colleagues,

Our mid-year commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dean E. Smith Center.  There are fewer graduates in December than in May, and the number of associated family and friends present is correspondingly smaller.  As a result you can play a large role in the life of December 2011 UNC graduates by joining the faculty who attend this climactic event.

As has been the campus tradition, one of our own will be the commencement speaker.  Professor Barbara Frederickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of UNC’s positive emotions and psychophysiology lab, will deliver the commencement address.

The conferral of degrees is the culmination of years of investment by everyone associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  We invite you to participate in the faculty procession with or without regalia.  Faculty members will assemble at 1:30 p.m. in the Press Room of the Smith Center. Use Entry D and take the elevator down to the main floor. Marshals will direct you to the room. Parking is available in the Koury Lot adjacent to the Smith Center. Full details are online at http://www.unc.edu/commencement/.  If you have questions, please contact Jane Smith at jane_smith@unc.edu or 962-0045.

As the curtain falls on another successful semester, please consider joining in this December commencement celebration.

Sincerely yours,

Jan Boxill

Chair of the Faculty

Dear Faculty Colleagues:

With the attention that has recently been focused on the management of athletics at Carolina and the announcement last week of the hiring of a new Athletics Director, the Faculty Council leadership, Faculty Athletics Committee members, and I have arranged an event on November 2nd to provide faculty an opportunity to learn more the roles of the Athletics Director and the Faculty Athletics Representative here.

I invite you all to attend.

This forum-style event will feature short presentations and questions and conversation with outgoing Athletics Director Dick Baddour and current Faculty Athletics Representative Prof. Lissa Broome.  This is a wonderful chance to hear from Lissa and Dick about their work and find out about the ways faculty members play a role in athletics at Carolina.   Event details are below, and a flyer to share with colleagues is attached:

Faculty Council Forum:  ”The Role of the Athletics Director and the Faculty Athletics Representative at Carolina” A Conversation with Dick Baddour and Lissa Broome

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 3:30-5:00 pm

Anne Queen Faculty Commons, Campus Y

This event is sponsored by the Office of Faculty Governance and Faculty Council. If you have any questions, please contact us at 962-2146.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Jan Boxill, Ph.D.
Chair of the Faculty