From the Greensboro News and Record (8/26/11): The University of North Carolina will welcome media attention when Tom Ross is inaugurated as system president Oct. 6.
The UNC Board of Governors was decidedly publicity-shy during two private gatherings earlier this month.
Ross took over the UNC top job in January, but academic traditions call for an official installation some months later. This one will be special for Greensboro, Ross’ hometown, because it will take place at N.C. A&T.
That will give the Gate City two in a row. Ross’ predecessor, Erskine Bowles, also a native of Greensboro, was inaugurated at UNCG in April 2006.
The Greensboro influence on the Board of Governors itself may have reached a low ebb, however, as there is no longer a single resident of the city, or of Guilford County for that matter, on the 32-member body.