News & Messages
Dear Campus Community:
My leadership team and I have been thinking a lot about our community today following yesterday’s election. There are a wide range of emotions being felt by our campus, especially after such a close, heated and hard-fought election. Our privilege as part of a great public university is to be the catalyst for meaningful dialogue about the issues of the day.
We know Carolina is at its best when we come together and support one another, and we are fortunate to have all of you here helping to create such a great University as part of our great democracy. We deeply appreciate what our faculty, staff and students are doing to help our community continue to be welcoming, inclusive and forward-looking. The values we embrace as a University – light and liberty – are what help us progress. It is our fervent hope that all of us will continue to be a source of care, aspiration and thoughtful discussion in service to our state and nation.
Sincerely,
Carol L. Folt
Chancellor
In his remarks at Faculty Council on Jan. 19, Interim Chancellor Lee H. Roberts said, “There’s clearly no place for anti-Semitism or any other form of hatred on this campus.”
In a campus email, Interim Chancellor Lee H. Roberts expressed his excitement to join the University and wished Tar Heels a brilliant start to the new year.
“My advice to you is this: Go for it. Make this next chapter an unexpected one. You don’t always know what the future is going to hold.”
“Let empathy and compassion be your first and your second reaction.”
We write with mixed emotions to let you know that Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Mark Merritt will leave Carolina at the end of the year.