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The survey will mark the widest measure of faculty sentiment toward LeBlanc to date after years of rising tensions.

At its Jan. 21 and 22 meetings, the UNC Board of Governors discussed budget and safety concerns, appointments to vacant positions and the future of North Carolina higher education.

Media Credit: File Photo by Grace Hromin | Assistant Photo Editor The Faculty Assembly, a body open to all faculty members with full-time faculty as voting members, voted 152-25 last month to launch the survey. A group of faculty senators charged with overseeing a faculty-wide survey of University President Thomas LeBlanc said they have already received hundreds of responses since its distribution earlier this month. Senators Susan Kulp, Jamie Cohen-Cole, Shaista Khilji and executive committee chair Arthur Wilson said in a release that 365 faculty have completed the survey as of Monday. The...

Media Credit: File Photo by Grace Hromin | Assistant Photo Editor LeBlanc said officials saw an increase in requested COVID-19 tests and a “modest” increase in positive cases among the on-campus cohort after Thanksgiving break, which he said is likely tied to an increase in travel around the holiday. Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 5:39 p.m. Based on current data about the COVID-19 vaccine, University President Thomas LeBlanc says a full return to campus next fall seems “unlikely.” LeBlanc said at the Faculty Senate’s final meeting of the semester Friday that some faculty, staff and stude...