The Dec. 17 ceremony gave graduating Tar Heels a chance to reflect on their achievements, celebrate their hard work and think deeply about their future.
In a campus email, Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and Provost J. Christopher Clemens called on the Carolina community to demonstrate how people of different backgrounds and perspectives can come together.
Asian student groups have rightly observed that appeals to diversity don’t make much sense if you exclude them, as both Harvard University and UNC are alleged to have done.
Five of the departures are deans of prominent schools. In addition to executive vice chancellor and provost Bob Blouin, three others are top-ranking staff members.