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27 2010
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BOG names Ross next UNC System president THE DAVIDSON COLLEGE PRESIDENT IS SET TO REPLACE CURRENT UNC SYSTEM PRESIDENT ERSKINE BOWLES JAN 1. STORY BY CHRIS BOUCHER | PHOTOS COURTESY OF NCSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH CENTER & UNC SYSTEMS
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THOMAS ROSS
n a packed boardroom Wednesday afternoon, the UNC Board of Governors unanimously elected Thomas W. Ross as the next UNC System president. Ross, the president of Davidson College since 2007, will succeed Erskine Bowles on Jan. 1. Bowles has led the UNC System for the past five years. While the state’s economic straits have “I pledge to give it my all,” Ross said. “I love this state of ours, and no institution put the UNC System in a tenuous position, is more important to it than [the UNC Ross said he is confident the system will be System]. It enriches the lives of individuals able to recover with time and innovation. “Budget crises will come and go. Hopeand transforms society.” Ross said being mentioned in the same fully, this one goes quickly,” he said. Ross said he hopes to lead the UNC Sysbreath as previous presidents William Friday and Molly Broad was “an honor, but tem to even greater economic clout that can shake off the effects of the recent reto follow in their footsteps is daunting.” “We also all owe a great debt of gratitude cession. “Things are tough right now; we know to Erskine Bowles for his outstanding serthat,” Ross said. “UNC must offer ideas to vice,” he said. Board Chair Hannah Gage praised Ross encourage and bolster economic growth in as the perfect choice after a months long rural areas, urban areas and everywhere in between, so that we can improve the nationwide search. “At the end of that long and winding economy and improve the lives of the citiroad, we ended up back home. He had zens of our state.” Graduation, retention the entire package and a high priority a proven track record of Ross was enthusiastic success serving the peoabout the future, but ple of North Carolina,” said he would make no Gage said. predictions about how Ross will have a startthe system will look uning salary of $525,000 der his guidance. Along with no deferred comwith the budget issues, pensation, Gage said. Ross said his other high New president has a priorities include stuhistory of service dent and staff retention Ross served as a suand student graduation perior court judge for rates, system-wide. 17 years, and has also Thomas Ross, UNC System “We will work together worked with the charipresident-elect to help students grow table organization Z. intellectually and emoSmith Reynolds. In 2007, tionally, to prepare for work in new and he took the reins at Davidson College. “He has had three very different careers evolving occupations,” Ross said. “These and was very successful in all of them,” are big challenges, and I am confident the Gage said. “Through all three careers, UNC System, working collaboratively he’s maintained one thread: a consistent, across campuses, can succeed in this enenduring drive to make the state a better deavor.” Martin said he wasn’t surprised at the place for the people of North Carolina.” D.G. Martin, a former UNC lobbyist, focus Ross displayed during his accepsaid he approves of the selection because tance of the position. “He understands the needs and chalof Ross’ experience and background. It’s this diverse background of experience that lenges of the UNC System across the entire positions him well to run the 17-campus state,” said Martin. “He’ll maintain the reputation, and the reality, of excellence UNC System, he said. “It’s a great selection, as he covers two in this system.” Student Body President Kelly Hook said bases: he knows North Carolina, having grown up here. He also knows the politi- Ross’ new position is a big jump from the cal system, and has earned the trust of the president of Davidson College. “Going from the president of Davidson state legislature during his time as a judge and his work with [the] Z. Smith [Renolds College to the president of the UNC SysFoundation],” said Martin. tem seems like a pretty big jump,” Hook According to Gage, Ross has the talent said. “Hopefully, he’s been building relato head the UNC System regardless of the tionships with state legislators in order to situation. ensure we maintain our percentage of state “He’s got a rare combination of skills, funding. That being said, I’d like to think character and integrity; he’ll be able to the Board and search committee selected leverage system resources in good times the best person for the job.” and bad,” Gage said.
“These are big challenges, and I am confident the UNC System... can succeed in this endeavor.”
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President of Davidson College, August 1, 2007-2010 Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc., 2001–2007 Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, 1999–2000 North Carolina Superior Court Judge, 18th Judicial District, 1984–2000 Chief of Staff to Congressman Robin Britt (D-NC), 1983–1984 Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James and Harkavy, Attorneys, Partner, 1976–1982 Assistant Professor Public Law and Government—School of Government, UNC-CH, 1975–1976
Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor
Sharing academic log-in information is against University policies. Ultrinsic works by allowing students to put money on the site, by credit card, and bet on their future grades, based on their academic history and the history of the course. According to Jeremy Gelbart, cofounder and president of Ultrinsic, students make the decision to share academic login information. “It is the student’s choice to share the login,” Gelbart said. “We’re not going to shut down our program because one school is afraid of something new.” Eileen Goldgeier, vice chancellor
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2006-2010
Graduate of Syracuse University with a baccalaureate degree in economics, 1962
Graduate of UNC-CH, 1967 Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, 1969 Appointed by President Clinton to serve as director of the Small Business Administration, 1993 Served as Deputy White House Chief of Staff 1994-95 Served as White House Chief of Staff, 1996-98 Ran for the U.S. Senate in 2002 and 2004 Named by President Barack Obama to co-chair a bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform dealing with long-term strategies for reducing a federal budget deficit , 2010
C.D. SPANGLER, JR.
Deputy director of the New York State Commission on the Future of Postsecondary Education, 1976 Manager of the Office of Budget and Planning, Director of Institutional Research and Vice President for Government and Corporate Relations, 1971-85 Chief executive officer for Arizona’s three-campus university system, 1985-92 California state university system, senior vice chancellor for administration and finance, 1992-93 Executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, 1993-97
WILLIAM C. FRIDAY
1986 -1997
1956-86
Received a B.S. degree from UNC-CH, 1954
Technician sports editor, president of the 1941 N.C. State graduating class
Received Master’s in business administration from Harvard, 1956 Elected to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1972 Chairman of State Board of Education, 1982-86
Achieved law degree at UNC-CH, 1948 Served as assistant president of the UNC System, 1951-55
Co-chaired Gov. James B. Hunt’s Commission on Education for Economic Growth, 1984
University opposes Ultrinsic site The University sent Ultrinsic a cease-and-desist letter Thursday to ‘avoid identity theft.’
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ERSKINE BOWLES
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Gelbart said the site does not reand general counsel with the Office of General Counsel, has drafted a quire students to share their acaletter, according to Thomas Stafford, demic login with them. However, in signing up for the site, the third vice chancellor for student affairs. “The University Legal Counsel step gives students the option to download has prepared a their academletter to send to ic history by [U lt r i nsic] to sharing their let them know academic they are doing login inforthings against mation. our rules,” Staf“On ou r ford said. site, in our M a r k Hoi t , terms of serv ic e cha nc elvice, we have lor for the office Jeremy Gelbart, co-founder and a clause that of information president of Ultrinsic says by givtechnology, sent ing the login a letter to send to the Technician regarding the site’s information, you’re giving us permission to access the informalegality. “[The letter] is about security, pro- tion,” Gelbart said. “We do hope tection and avoidance of identity all users read our terms of service.” theft,” Hoit said. “It’s about the kinds of things students should be aware of.” ULTRINSIC continued page 3
“We’re not going to shut down our program because one school is afraid of something new.”
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