James Moeser

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1. April 14, 2000 The Board of Governors elects James Moeser chancellor at the Carolina Inn At a Board of Governors meeting in the Carolina Inn ballroom, UNC system president Molly Broad introduced University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor James Moeser, and the board unanimously elected him the ninth chancellor at Chapel Hill, ending an eight-month search. People: James MoeserSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: BOG Names Moeser as 9th Chancellor of University (April 17, 2000)
2. August 15, 2000–June 30, 2008 James Moeser serves as ninth chancellor at Chapel Hill Moeser, a music scholar who had led the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, became chancellor on August 15, 2000. His years included the Carolina First campaign, which raised 2.38 billion dollars; he announced in September 2007 that he would step down on June 30, 2008.Search the index · UNC Libraries: Office of Chancellor, James Moeser Records, 1940s-2021
3. October 13, 2000 The Board of Governors approves Robert Shelton as UNC's provost After a two-month search by a 16-member committee, the Board of Governors approved physicist Robert Shelton, vice provost for research at the University of California, as provost, succeeding Richard Richardson, who retired in July. Shelton was to arrive in February. People: James MoeserSearch the index · Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), November 2000, p. 19
4. September 6, 2001 Chancellor Moeser sends deans and directors the university's policy statements on nondiscrimination Chancellor James Moeser sent deans, directors and department chairs a memorandum titled 'Policy Statements on Non-Discrimination', which University Counsel later cited as notice of the university's policy on sexual orientation.Search the index · Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), June 2004, p. 13
5. September 12, 2001 More than 10,000 gather on UNC's main quad to mourn the September 11 attacks More than 10,000 students, faculty, staff and others gathered at noon on the main quad, where Chancellor James Moeser and student body president Justin Young urged the campus to hold together. A teach-in followed, the BSM held a moment of silence, and that night the Campus Y led a candlelight vigil in the Pit at which the UNC Gospel Choir sang. People: James MoeserSearch the index · Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), October 2001, p. 9
6. late November 2001 About 150 students walk out of David Horowitz's speech in Memorial Hall Ten minutes into a talk by writer David Horowitz, invited by the College Republicans, about 150 students from the BSM, the campus NAACP, the Campus Y and other groups walked out in silent protest of his writings on Black Americans and reparations. Horowitz went on to attack Chancellor James Moeser for allowing teach-ins after September 11. People: James MoeserBlack Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), December 2001, p. 17
7. 2003 Chancellor Moeser announces the Carolina Covenant The Carolina Covenant promised children of low-income families a chance to graduate from UNC without debt, working 10 to 12 hours a week in a campus work-study job, with grants and scholarships meeting the rest of their need.Search the index · UNC Libraries, History on the Hill: Chronological List of Events
8. April 1, 2003 Matt Doherty resigns as Carolina's men's basketball coach Doherty resigned after three seasons, following meetings that athletic director Dick Baddour and Dean of Students Melissa Exum held with his players after the season. Chancellor James Moeser said the issue was leadership, not wins and losses. People: James Moeser, Dick BaddourSearch the index · UNC Athletics: Matt Doherty Resigns As Men's Basketball Coach
9. February 2004 University Counsel declines to e-mail students the sexual orientation harassment policy After Chancellor James Moeser's December 15, 2003 notice to all students covered only the sexual and racial harassment policies, Lambda asked that the Dean of Students' policy on harassment and assault based on sexual orientation be sent too, and the Office of University Counsel refused, saying federal rules did not require it. By June Lambda had heard that the full nondiscrimination policy would go out with later harassment notices. People: James MoeserSearch the index · Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), June 2004, p. 12
10. March 26, 2004 Chancellor Moeser responds to a dispute over a student's classroom remarks on homosexuality After a student's remarks in a February 5 English class, which classmates said called homosexuality disgusting, drew an e-mail rebuke from the instructor, Chancellor James Moeser issued remarks saying the university must defend the right of those with opposing views, which critics quoted in Lambda called a failure to enforce university policy. Students held a press conference in early April to support the instructor, whose class was under review by the federal Office for Civil Rights.Search the index · Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), June 2004, p. 24
11. August 20–23, 2004 The Sonja Haynes Stone Center celebrates its grand opening After more than a decade of organizing, the freestanding Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History opened in Coker Woods with a four-day celebration. A Friday candlelight procession from the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery preceded Saturday's dedication by Chancellor James Moeser before more than 500 guests. People: Sonja Haynes Stone, James MoeserThe Daily Tar Heel: Set in Stone, August 23, 2004, p. 1
12. September 2004 The federal Office for Civil Rights reports on the English class e-mail dispute The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights found that a UNC lecturer's February 2004 e-mail to her class, which had called a student's remarks about homosexuality hate speech, discriminated against and harassed the student, but that the university had responded appropriately and need do nothing more. Chancellor James Moeser welcomed the finding; LGBTIQ student activists said the report passed over the remarks that began the dispute. People: James MoeserSearch the index · Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), October 2004, p. 4