CHAPEL HILL - UNC President Erskine Bowles recently announced the appointment of the
UNC Study Commission to Review Student Codes of Conduct as they Relate to Hate Crimes.
Led by Dr. Harold Martin, UNC Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and former
chancellor of Winston-Salem University, the group will advise President Bowles on
whether or not a University-wide policy addressing hate crimes and acts of violence
and intimidation should be recommended to the UNC Board of Governors for adoption.
The 11-member Commission, which includes students, staff, and faculty from 10 UNC
institutions, also will consider the development of a University-wide requirement
for diversity orientation for all first-time students. The group will forward its
final recommendations to President Bowles no later than March 31, 2009.
Established in response to community outrage over derogatory, racist statements spray-painted
in the Free Expression Tunnel at NC State University following the November 4 elections,
the Commission will hold its organizational meeting in Chapel Hill on December 17.
Representatives of diverse advocacy and constituent groups will be invited to share
concerns and perspectives with the Commission during a forum to be scheduled in late
January or early February. Public input may be forwarded to the Commission at study_commission@northcarolina.edu.
Joni B. Worthington
Vice President for Communications
The University of North Carolina
General Administration
910 Raleigh Road
P.O. Box 2688
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2688
Phone: (919) 962-4629
FAX: (919) 962-5463
