Monthly Archives: May 2010

Campus ministry: change a life, change the world

May 17, 2010 – 8:58 am

Carolina has lots of great graduation traditions.  The pictures at the Old Well, the beautiful blue robes streaming down the stairs in Kenan Stadium, the Clef Hangers singing “Carolina In My Mind.” One of my favorite traditions that I just became aware of last year is our Baccalaureate service, which we hold in the Great [...]

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Time to graduate! Let’s talk about failure, first.

May 6, 2010 – 10:20 am

It’s time to graduate.  It’s time to gather sisters, brothers, parents and grandparents.  Put on those gorgeous Carolina blue robes and stream down the steps in Kenan Stadium. Around the country, pundits, writers and university administrators are pulling out their thesauri to find synonyms for passion, hard work and idealism.  We’re ready to inspire. But [...]

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Carolina innovates again: phasing out coal by 2020

May 4, 2010 – 11:36 am

Today we made the announcement that we will phase out coal at the cogeneration facility by May 1, 2020.  I was joined by Bruce Nilles of the Sierra Club; Tim Toben who chairs our Energy Task Force;  and Stewart Boss, representing the Beyond Coal student effort, for the announcement. We agreed with the students and [...]

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