UNC chancellor 'weighing' departure for Michigan State University

THAT'S SET TO IMPACT YOUR

HOLIDAY TRAVEL NEXT WEEK.

CHANGES COULD BE COMING TO THE

TOP OF UNC CHAPEL HILL'S

LEADERSHIP TEAM. HELLO AND

THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M

GERALD OWENS AND I'M DEBRA

MORGAN CHANCELLOR KEVIN

GUSKIEWICZ SAID TODAY HE IS

WEIGHING THE CHANCE TO GO TO

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

>> WRAL'S MONICA CASEY IS LIVE

ON CAMPUS IN CHAPEL HILL NOW

WITH WHAT A MOVE LIKE THIS

WOULD MEAN TO THE UNIVERSITY.

MONICA.

WELL, DEBORAH, THE CHANCELLOR'S

OFFICE, HE'S HERE IN THE SOUTH

BUILDING. BUT KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ

MAY NOT BE COMING TO WORK HERE

MUCH LONGER. HE HAS SPENT MOST

OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREERS

HERE AT UNC CHAPEL HILL.

HE SAYS HE'S RECEIVED A VARIETY

OF OFFERS OVER THE YEARS AND

HE IS CONSIDERING THIS WANT.

>> KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ HIS TENURE

AS CHANCELLOR HAS BEEN

TUMULTUOUS LEADING UNC THROUGH

CONTROVERSY OVER SILENT.

SAM COVID-19 AND A SHOOTING

ON CAMPUS. I THINK HE'S DONE A

REALLY GOOD JOB AND SOMETIMES

DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

TOM ROSS IS A FORMER UNC SYSTEM

PRESIDENT. HE SAYS ANY CHANGE

IN LEADERSHIP CAN BE DISRUPTIVE

TO FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT.

ROSS TELLS ME THE PERCEPTION OF

UNDUE POLITICAL INFLUENCE CAN

BE JUST AS HARMFUL AS ACTUAL

INTERFERENCE. IT WHETHER IT

IS NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES BUT AT

>> CREATION OF THE SOONER ON

CAMPUS OR TO EVEN LOOK AT THE

WHOLE COUNTRY TO CONFEDERATE

MONUMENT ALL THOSE ISSUES YOU

KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SOME PEOPLE

HAVE THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY

WERE THE POLITICS WERE INVOLVED

IN THEM. AND SINCE 1945, UNC

HAS HAD 12 TOTAL CHANCELLOR'S

SINCE THE YEAR 2000. THE

UNIVERSITY HAS HAD 4.

>> BEFORE GAS CO IT'S TOOK THE

HELM IN 2019. CAROL FOLT WAS

IN THE ROLE FOR 6 YEARS.

HOLDEN THORP FOR 5 YEARS.

AND EASER FOR 8 YEARS. THE

CHALLENGES, HOWEVER, OF BEING A

COLLEGE PRESIDENT HAVE

>> I REALLY MULTIPLIED IN

RECENT YEARS. ARMAND, A LACK

BAY IS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR

THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF

TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI. HE SAYS

LEADERSHIP AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL

IS CRUCIAL. IT'S REALLY

IMPORTANT FOR.

>> ABOARD TOO. PICK THE RIGHT

PERSON FOR

A VERY UNPREDICTABLE TIME GOING

FOR ROSS AGREES ABOUT THE

IMPORTANCE OF HOW A SEARCH FOR

A SUCCESSOR IS CONDUCTED.

PEOPLE FRANKLY, WILL BE LOOKING

TO SEE IF IF POLITICS ARE

INFLUENCING.

>> THAT AND OF COURSE, I HOPE

THEY WANT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL

WE'LL SEE AS TIME GOES FORWARD.

>> IN A STATEMENT, THE UNC

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR JOHN

PRYOR WROTE, QUOTE, WE WISH

KEVIN AND HIS FAMILY WELL AS

THEY CONSIDER THIS IMPORTANT

DECISION. IN THE MEANTIME, OUR

FOCUS AS A BOARD REMAINS ON

THE EXCELLENCE AND CONTINUED

PROGRESS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.

HE GOES ON TO SAY THE

UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE IS BIGGER