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UNC Board of Governors Meets Behind Closed Doors Following ECU Interim Chancellor Resignation

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio,
Laura Pellicer
Published October 30, 2019 at 12:29 PM EDT
File photo of UNC System interim president Bill Roper, left, announcing that Dan Gerlach, right, will serve as ECU's interim leader.
File photo of UNC System interim president Bill Roper, left, announcing that Dan Gerlach, right, will serve as ECU's interim leader.
File photo of UNC System interim president Bill Roper, left, announcing that Dan Gerlach, right, will serve as ECU's interim leader.
Credit East Carolina University
File photo of UNC System interim president Bill Roper, left, announcing that Dan Gerlach, right, will serve as ECU's interim leader.

The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors and the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held closed-door meetings Tuesday, just days after the resignation of ECU interim Chancellor Dan Gerlach. Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC Daily News Producer Will Michaels about the latest UNC Board of Governor's meeting.

The UNC Board meeting was billed as a discussion around “additional facts and issues” that had arisen in the investigation into Gerlach. Host Frank Stasio speaks with WUNC Daily News Producer Will Michaels about the meeting and about the string of recent high-level departures with the UNC system.

 

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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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