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The Turmoil Over A New UNC System President

UNC Board of Governors at a Charlotte meeting
Dave DeWitt
UNC Board of Governors at a Charlotte meeting
UNC Board of Governors at a Charlotte meeting
Credit Dave DeWitt
UNC Board of Governors at a Charlotte meeting

The UNC Board of Governors is deeply divided over how to elect a new leader.

Some board members have called for the resignation of chair John Fennebresque after he called an emergency closed-door meeting to interview a candidate.

Emails reveal several board members accused Fennebresque of botching the hiring process which started after President Tom Ross was forced to resign earlier this year. WUNC reporter Dave DeWitt explains the turmoil over a new UNC system president

The division represents a split within the Republican members of the board.

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC reporter Dave DeWitt about the political divide and candidates for the UNC system president position.

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Will Michaels started his professional radio career at WUNC.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.