FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020 127 YEARS OF SERVING UNC STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 128, ISSUE 36 UNC revises spring calendar Chancellor By Maddie Ellis Classes will end on May 5, with The new calendar does not include a wellness days are intended as full Guskiewicz University Desk Editor exams between May 7 and May 14. Spring Break to limit travel and the breaks from the semester. Registration for the spring semester potential spread of COVID-19. This decision comes after students UNC’s spring semester will will now open on Nov. 30, but the Instead, the spring calendar will have petitioned for various breaks have a delayed start on Jan. 19, deadline to register has not been set. include five built-in “wellness days.” throughout the semester, and one talks spring Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz The original spring calendar set the These days will be incorporated into was ultimately granted for Friday. and Provost Bob Blouin said in a last of day of class for April 23, with the spring calendar as either individual campus wide email Thursday. exams between April 26 and May 4. days off or in “combined clusters.” The
[email protected] planning By Maddie Ellis University Desk Editor Just a few First generation Tar Heels feel isolated hours before UNC announced its revised spring semester schedule, University desk Editor Maddie Ellis talked with Chancellor Kevin Kevin Guskiewicz Guskiewicz, who will be installed as UNC’s 12th chancellor on Sunday. Guskiewicz discussed the spring planning process, semester breaks and what decisions still have to be made. This interview has been edited for content and clarity.