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By: From Staff Reports
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: University
Chancellor search committee narrows field to about 20
Members of UNC's chancellor search committee discussed about 20 candidates Thursday during a three-and-a-half-hour closed session.
Chairman Nelson Schwab said committee members have completed about 20 in-person interviews with candidates around the nation.
"I think we've got a strong list with people we've met face to face now," Schwab said after the meeting, adding that the committee will narrow the candidate pool further during the next three to six weeks.
Some higher education search committees interview fewer than 10 candidates in person, said Bill Funk, head of R. William Funk & Associates, the consulting firm hired by the committee.
Seniors receive prestigious scholarships for their work
Two UNC seniors were awarded the 2008-09 Churchill Scholarships for graduate work at Cambridge University in England.
Lisa Bond and Stephanie Jones will receive between $46,000 to $52,000 each.
Bond is a biology major, chemistry minor who will pursue a master's degree in biochemistry.
Jones is a chemistry major, entrepreneurship minor and will pursue a mater's degree in chemistry.
There are only 13 Churchill Scholars nationwide. Universities could nominate two candidates each.
UNC had two scholars in 2000-01. Since 1993 only 12 UNC students have received the scholarship.
Former chancellor, wife give $1.1 million to fund UNC arts
William and Sara McCoy of Chapel Hill announced Wednesday at a reception following a performance by renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma that they will honor Chancellor James Moeser by establishing the James Moeser Fund for Excellence in the Arts at UNC.
The McCoys made an immediate commitment of $100,000 and a later contribution will be made as part of the McCoy's estate, bringing the gift to $1.1 million. Additional private support will be sought to increase the fund's value.
The fund will go toward visiting artists' fees and create a permanent source of income for the Office of the Executive Director for the Arts, a position created by Moeser in 2005.
William McCoy served as interim chancellor from 1999 until Moeser took office in August 2000.
Members of UNC's chancellor search committee discussed about 20 candidates Thursday during a three-and-a-half-hour closed session.
Chairman Nelson Schwab said committee members have completed about 20 in-person interviews with candidates around the nation.
"I think we've got a strong list with people we've met face to face now," Schwab said after the meeting, adding that the committee will narrow the candidate pool further during the next three to six weeks.
Some higher education search committees interview fewer than 10 candidates in person, said Bill Funk, head of R. William Funk & Associates, the consulting firm hired by the committee.
Seniors receive prestigious scholarships for their work
Two UNC seniors were awarded the 2008-09 Churchill Scholarships for graduate work at Cambridge University in England.
Lisa Bond and Stephanie Jones will receive between $46,000 to $52,000 each.
Bond is a biology major, chemistry minor who will pursue a master's degree in biochemistry.
Jones is a chemistry major, entrepreneurship minor and will pursue a mater's degree in chemistry.
There are only 13 Churchill Scholars nationwide. Universities could nominate two candidates each.
UNC had two scholars in 2000-01. Since 1993 only 12 UNC students have received the scholarship.
Former chancellor, wife give $1.1 million to fund UNC arts
William and Sara McCoy of Chapel Hill announced Wednesday at a reception following a performance by renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma that they will honor Chancellor James Moeser by establishing the James Moeser Fund for Excellence in the Arts at UNC.
The McCoys made an immediate commitment of $100,000 and a later contribution will be made as part of the McCoy's estate, bringing the gift to $1.1 million. Additional private support will be sought to increase the fund's value.
The fund will go toward visiting artists' fees and create a permanent source of income for the Office of the Executive Director for the Arts, a position created by Moeser in 2005.
William McCoy served as interim chancellor from 1999 until Moeser took office in August 2000.
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