The Policy Review Committee met via Zoom on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Policy Updates Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Misconduct (PPDHRM) Cassidy Johnson, Policy Specialist and Grievance Coordinator with the Office of Human Resources (OHR) and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance (EOC), presented updates to the PPDHRM. The PPDHRM will now incorporate contents from the University’s Policy on Non-Discrimination for Student Organizations. Retire: Policy on Non-Discrimination for Student Organizations Cassidy Johnson also presented the request to ..read more

By: Olivia Welsh, Ethics and Policy Intern Each day, headlines highlight the ongoing questions we have about the role of universities in public discourse. These conversations center on questions surrounding political neutrality, what is considered “appropriate” speech from students and faculty, and how to protect university community members from harm. These are not new questions, but the escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict, from everyday campus protests to Ivy League president resignations, has brought the issue of free speech on college campuses to a boiling point. A university or hi ..read more

The Policy Review Committee met via Zoom on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Policy Updates Faculty-Led Off-Campus Domestic Academic Travel Policy & Procedure Meredith Petschauer, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Curricula, and Ashante Diallo, Associate Dean for Human Resources in the College of Arts and Sciences, presented this new policy, informally known as the Field Trip Policy. This policy was created with input from many University stakeholders and is necessary to reduce risk to the University and undergraduate students when traveling for academic purposes within the United Sta ..read more

By: Sierra President, Ethics and Policy Intern Today, cheating is easier than ever. Regardless of its ease, cheating is still frowned upon in most traditional academic settings and will lead to negative consequences if caught. And yet, people continue to cheat. The recent advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), an overload of online resources, and a lack of student understanding regarding academic policies make it more likely that students will cheat and get away with it. Since we are in a digital age, where notebooks are replaced with screens and pencils are traded for keyboards, academi ..read more

The Policy Review Committee met via Zoom on Thursday, January 25, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.    Policy Updates Facilities Use Standard  George Battle, Vice Chancellor for the Institutional Integrity and Risk Management (IIRM), presented the updated Facilities Use Standard. This revised standard clarifies where people may use chalk outdoors on campus and states that Facilities will clean all chalking weekly to ensure a content-neutral refresh. Facilities will also remove any chalkings in unapproved locations as soon as reported.   Administrative Updates  Shoshana Ellis, Univers ..read more

By: Georgia Roda-Moorhead, Ethics and Policy Intern Countless student-athletes at Division I schools have achieved celebrity status since starting their athletic careers. Every year, fans flood football stadiums to get the quarterback’s autograph and drop hundreds on their favorite player’s basketball jersey at the student store. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) is no exception to this phenomenon. If you go to UNC-Chapel Hill, chances are you have snapped a paparazzi-esque picture of a beloved student-athlete on campus. You’ve probably also seen Armando Bacot’s ..read more

Imagine you are sitting in a small room. A single instructor sits in a chair across from you; in their other hand is a puppet. As you sit in this room, you think about how you got there and ask yourself why you are sitting in a room with four other students practicing the art of puppetry in a university setting.  Chances are, you are sitting in this room of puppets because you enjoy what the class entails or watching the Muppets growing up. You enjoy the art of moving your hands to make the lifeless figure say silly words. More importantly, though, you enjoy the thought of what it means t ..read more

The Policy Review Committee met via Zoom on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Policy Updates Finance Policy 108 and Procedure 108.1 – IRS Accountable Plan Walter Miller, Director of Payroll Services, presented Finance Policy 108 and its accompanying Finance Procedure 108.1. This new policy clarifies the time period for reimbursement. Reconciliations and reimbursement should be contemporaneous to the expense and timely. If submitted within 60 days of the expenditure, expenses are reimbursed and not taxable as income to the employee. If submitted between 60-180 days after the expense, ex ..read more

The Policy Review Committee met via Zoom on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Policy Updates EHRA Non-Salary and Deferred Compensation Policy Cassidy Johnson, Human Resources Policy Specialist and Grievance Coordinator, presented updates to the EHRA Non-Salary and Deferred Compensation Policy. This Policy has three significant changes, all of which consist of linking the HR policy to the proper sources to continually provide up-to-date information instead of having text in the document that can get outdated if the source policy changes. The changes are to keep the University policy in l ..read more

The Policy Review Committee met via Zoom on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Policy Updates Amplified Sound Policy Victoria Boykin of Carolina Union presented the modifications to the existing Amplified Sound Policy. The main purpose of this policy revision was to simplify the existing language as it only applies to The Pit and surrounding areas. Carolina Union will consider whether this policy can be merged with the University Facilities Policy, where amplified sound for non-Pit locations is already addressed. Signage and Advertising Policy & Request to Retire: Digital Advertisi ..read more