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UNC-CH Chancellor To Step Down, Silent Sam Base, Plaques Removed

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Laura Pellicer
Published January 15, 2019 at 1:23 PM EST
Graduate student Lindsay Ayling speaks to a couple dozens activists about outgoing Chancellor Carol Folt's decision to remove the Silent Sam pedestal from campus.
Graduate student Lindsay Ayling speaks to a couple dozens activists about outgoing Chancellor Carol Folt's decision to remove the Silent Sam pedestal from campus.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt will leave her post at the end of the month. In a university wide email on Monday, she first announced she would leave this spring. But after the UNC Board of Governors called an emergency meeting, the board moved up her resignation to January 31.

Folt’s tenure came amidst an ongoing battle over Silent Sam, the Confederate monument in McCorkle Place that was torn down by protesters in August. 

Host Frank Stasio gets an update on UNC Chancellor Carol Folt's resignation with WUNC education reporter Lisa Philip.

UNC-CH Chancellor To Step Down, Silent Sam Base, Plaques Removed

In her announcement, Folt also said she has “authorized the removal of the base and commemorative plaques from the Confederate Monument site” because their presence on campus posed a threat to the “personal safety and well-being” of the community. Those plaques and base were removed early Tuesday morning. Host Frank Stasio speaks with WUNC education reporter Lisa Philip about the latest developments.

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Frank Stasio
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.
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Laura Pellicer
Laura Pellicer is a producer with The State of Things (hyperlink), a show that explores North Carolina through conversation. Laura was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, a city she considers arrestingly beautiful, if not a little dysfunctional. She worked as a researcher for CBC Montreal and also contributed to their programming as an investigative journalist, social media reporter, and special projects planner. Her work has been nominated for two Canadian RTDNA Awards. Laura loves looking into how cities work, pursuing stories about indigenous rights, and finding fresh voices to share with listeners. Laura is enamored with her new home in North Carolina—notably the lush forests, and the waves where she plans on moonlighting as a mediocre surfer.
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