Carol L. Folt

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1. October 12, 2013 Carol Folt is installed as chancellor at Chapel Hill Folt was installed as the eleventh chancellor of the university on University Day in Polk Place, the first woman to hold the post. Chief Justice Sarah Parker administered the oath, and system president Tom Ross presided and presented the chancellor's medallion.Search the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Together, we can make history
2. February 11, 2015 About 2,000 people hold a vigil in UNC's Pit for Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha The day after the three were killed, an estimated 2,000 people gathered at the Pit on the UNC campus. Speakers included Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke, Deah's brother Farris Barakat, Chancellors Carol L. Folt and Randy Woodson, and Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt. People: Razan Abu-Salha, Carol L. Folt, Mark Kleinschmidt, Yusor Abu-Salha, Deah BarakatUNC-Chapel Hill, University Gazette: A call for unity (February 12, 2015)
3. March 9, 2015 UNC, Self-Help, the Jackson Center and the town launch the Northside neighborhood initiative UNC-Chapel Hill committed a $3 million, 10-year, no-interest loan to Self-Help to buy Northside homes as they came on the market and hold them in a land bank for affordable resale or rental. The Jackson Center and the Town of Chapel Hill were partners. People: Mark Kleinschmidt, Carol L. FoltUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Supporting the Northside Neighborhood Initiative
4. June 2015 UNC and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina set up the Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award The university and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina established a memorial award in the names of Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha, to be presented for the first time in the 2015-16 academic year. People: Carol L. Folt, Yusor Abu-Salha, Deah BarakatUNC General Alumni Association: Memorial Award Set Up Honoring Slain Students (June 23, 2015)
5. April 2016 Smithies and Sancar give replica Nobel medals to UNC At a Davis Library gathering, Oliver Smithies and Aziz Sancar presented gold-plated bronze replicas of their Nobel Prize medals to the university. Chancellor Carol Folt recounted that Sancar had led the search committee that brought Nobuyo Maeda and Smithies to UNC. People: Oliver Smithies, Carol L. FoltSearch the index · UNC School of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biophysics: UNC Nobel laureates Oliver Smithies and Aziz Sancar present medals to UNC
6. October 11, 2016 UNC names scholarships for its first Black undergraduates and other "firsts" At University Day, UNC named existing grants and fellowships for 21 people who were firsts in its history, among them John L. Brandon, Ralph K. Frasier and LeRoy B. Frasier Jr., its first Black undergraduates. People: John Lewis Brandon, Ralph Frasier, Carol L. FoltSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Carolina names scholarships to honor noteworthy 'firsts'
7. August 2017 UNC leaders warn Governor Cooper that Silent Sam may be pulled down UNC System President Margaret Spellings, Chancellor Carol Folt and the chairs of the Board of Governors and the campus trustees wrote to Governor Roy Cooper that police believed an attempt to pull down Silent Sam could come at any time. Cooper answered that state law let the university remove the monument if its leaders saw a real risk to public safety. People: Carol L. FoltSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: Cooper gives UNC permission to remove Silent Sam
8. September 28, 2017 UNC's Noteworthy Firsts program honors Karen Parker At a reception in Kenan Stadium, UNC honored Parker among 21 people whose names were given to need-based undergraduate awards and graduate fellowships in its Noteworthy Firsts initiative, begun by Chancellor Carol Folt in 2016. People: Carol L. FoltSearch the index · UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media: UNC Hussman alumni W. Horace Carter '43, Karen Parker '65 among those being honored at UNC 'Noteworthy Firsts' scholarship reception
9. August 21, 2018 UNC leaders ask the SBI to help investigate the toppling of Silent Sam The day after protesters pulled down Silent Sam, Spellings and Board of Governors chair Harry Smith called the act unacceptable, dangerous and incomprehensible. A later joint statement with Chancellor Folt and trustees chair Haywood Cochrane said the administration never told police to let the monument fall and that the SBI had agreed to help investigate. People: Carol L. FoltSearch the index · NC Newsline: UNC leaders: SBI investigating 'Silent Sam' toppling
10. August 24, 2018 The Smith Center floor is dedicated as Roy Williams Court UNC announced on August 2, 2018 that it would name the Dean E. Smith Center playing floor for Williams, and the floor was dedicated on August 24. People: Carol L. FoltSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Carolina to name Smith Center floor for Roy Williams
11. August 28, 2018 The UNC Board of Governors gives Chapel Hill until November 15 to propose a 'lawful and lasting' plan for the monument Eight days after the toppling, the Board of Governors met for nearly two hours in closed session and adopted a resolution directing Chancellor Folt and the trustees to present by November 15 a plan offering 'a lawful and lasting path that protects public safety, preserves the monument and its history'. Thom Goolsby cast the lone no vote, and the board ordered an outside review of the University's handling of the August 20 protest. The trustees met the same day. People: Carol L. FoltWRAL: UNC-CH board has until November to devise plan for 'Silent Sam'
12. September 24, 2018 UNC names its new field hockey stadium for Karen Shelton The university announced that its field hockey facility would be called Karen Shelton Stadium, the first UNC playing field named in honor of a woman. The team had moved in at the start of preseason that August, and the stadium holds about 1,000 spectators. People: Carol L. FoltSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Carolina's field hockey facility will be named for Karen Shelton