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Consolidation and WC: Building the UNC System

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by Erin Lawrimore In 1930, North Carolina Governor O. Max Gardner proposed bringing together the state-sponsored institutions at Chapel Hill, Raleigh (then State College), and Greensboro (then the North Carolina College for Women) into a single consolidated university system, sharing a single president and board of trustees. The 1931 legislature passed the consolidation bill, and […]

The Speaker Ban Law and the Controversy over Academic Freedom at North Carolina Universities

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by Erin Lawrimore On June 26, 1963, just before session adjournment, the North Carolina legislature ratified H.B. 1395, titled “an act to regulate visiting speakers at state supported colleges and universities.” This bill decreed that no college or university receiving state funding in North Carolina was allowed to host a speaker who “(A) is a […]

Origin of a Goddess: Minerva on the Consolidated University era seal

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by Scott Hinshaw During the period of the Consolidated University of North Carolina (1931-1971), a seal for the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) appeared featuring an image of Minerva quite different from those previously used for the school’s seal. Letterhead from Consolidated University period […]

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