Suspecting Plot to Oust Chancellor, Chapel Hill Faculty Gears Up for (Another) Fight
Kevin Guskiewicz, chancellor of the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fresh off a contentious battle to force a tenure vote for Nikole Hannah-Jones, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty members are fending off a possible effort to oust the campus’s chancellor.
At an emergency meeting of the Faculty Council on Wednesday, Mimi V. Chapman, chair of the faculty, laid out what she described as multi-sourced evidence of a push to remove Kevin M. Guskiewicz from the flagship’s top post. Chapman said she had been contacted by an unnamed source “who was alarmed about a meeting they had been a part of in which names were being solicited for an interim chancellor.”
Courtesy UNC Office Of The Chancellor
The Faculty Council at UNC Chapel Hill has passed a resolution in support of Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. It comes as the chair of the Faculty Council, Mimi Chapman, said she was contacted by someone over the weekend who had been in a meeting where names were being solicited for interim chancellor.
Chapman organized an emergency – and sometimes contentious – meeting of the Faculty Council on Wednesday evening, which passed the resolution that affirmed confidence in Guskiewicz and in the expectation of shared governance. It is my strong belief that this is not a time for a leadership change on our campus, Chapman said.
Maurice Gipson, MU vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, announced that he was pausing plans to restructure MU s social justice centers, plans which caused outrage among students and faculty members.
Gipson said the plans to reimagine the centers and positions are paused, meaning they are no longer looking to begin implementation July 1. Gipson said the pause will allow him to learn and get more feedback from stakeholders.
On April 28, MU spokesperson Christian Basi said plans to restructure the five social justice centers, which provide resources and mentoring to underrepresented students, were planned to be implemented July 1. However, initial steps, such as posting new positions, were on hold until Gipson met with Faculty Council on May 6, the Missourian previously reported.
COLUMBIA - Maurice Gipson, MU vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, announced he was pausing plans to restructure MUâs social justice centers â plans that caused outrage among some students and faculty members.
Gipson told the MU Faculty Council on Thursday the plans to reimagine the centers and positions are paused, meaning they are no longer looking to begin implementation July 1. Gipson said the pause will allow him to âlearn and get more feedbackâ from stakeholders.
On April 28, MU spokesperson Christian Basi said plans to restructure the five social justice centers, which provide resources and mentoring to underrepresented students, were scheduled to start July 1. However, initial steps, such as posting new positions, were put on hold until Gipson met with full Faculty Council on Thursday, the Missourian has reported.
By Madison Stephens & Zoe Hormell & Columbia Missourian
• May 7, 2021
Maurice Gipson, MU vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, announced that he was pausing plans to restructure MU s social justice centers, plans which caused outrage among students and faculty members.
Gipson said the plans to reimagine the centers and positions are paused, meaning they are no longer looking to begin implementation July 1. Gipson said the pause will allow him to learn and get more feedback from stakeholders.
On April 28, MU spokesperson Christian Basi said plans to restructure the five social justice centers, which provide resources and mentoring to underrepresented students, were planned to be implemented July 1. However, initial steps, such as posting new positions, were on hold until Gipson met with Faculty Council on May 6, the Missourian previously reported.