Campus & Community UPDATED: New chancellor reaching out to campus, local leaders during first week
| UPDATED: New chancellor reaching out to campus, local leaders during first week |
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| Monday, June 30, 2008 | |
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Visual opportunity: Breakfast with student leaders Tuesday, July 1, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m., Campus Y University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp will spend his first day in office tomorrow (July 1) getting to know student leaders over breakfast, convening his cabinet and meeting with top faculty and staff leaders. Thorp, a Carolina alumnus and Fayetteville native, has spent the past 15 years at UNC-Chapel Hill as a faculty member and administrator. Since his unanimous election by the UNC Board of Governors in May, Thorp, as chancellor-elect, has been preparing for tomorrow’s transition while carrying out his duties as dean of UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. On Tuesday, Thorp will officially succeed James Moeser, who has held the post since August 2000.  Thorp will begin his work day tomorrow with a 7:30 - 8:45 a.m. welcome breakfast at the Campus Y lounge with student leaders being organized by Student Body President J.J. Raynor. The gathering will be an informal opportunity for Thorp to get to know some of the student leaders with whom he will work during the upcoming academic year. Attendees are expected to include representatives from a broad range of groups reflecting the interests of undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Interested media representatives are invited to cover this event. Following the breakfast, Thorp will convene the first meeting of his Chancellor’s Cabinet – the vice chancellors, the deans of the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine and other top senior administrators. He will also meet with a donor. The afternoon will include one-on-one meetings with Faculty Chair Joe Templeton and Employee Forum Chair Tommy Griffin. On Wednesday and Thursday, July 2-3, Thorp’s activities will include starting a series of meetings on campus with Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bernadette Gray-Little and the deans of the University’s graduate and professional schools. These sessions will launch Thorp’s efforts to gather information and listen to the University’s academic leaders and faculty discuss Carolina’s future. He will have lunch on Wednesday with Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy at Sutton’s on Franklin Street. On Thursday, Thorp will have lunch with Orange County Commissioners Chair Barry Jacobs in Hillsborough. Thorp will be formally installed as chancellor in October, and the occasion will mark his first major speech to the University community. Links: http://www.unc.edu/chan/search/, http://uncnews.unc.edu/points-of-pride.html News Services contact: Mike McFarland, (919) 962-8593, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |