University Archives - Official Papers of Mary K. Grant, Chancellor of UNC Asheville, 2015 - 2017
UA3.14

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Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Administrative Information

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

Title

University Archives - Official Papers of Mary K. Grant, Chancellor of UNC Asheville, 2015 -

ID

UA3.14

Date

2015

Extent

3.3 Linear feet  ; 3 boxes

General Description

Contains congratulatory salutes arranged alphabetically by the name of the sender institution and have been divided into those in certificate holders and those that are not. Also includes the program of the Installation.

Location

Located in Special Collections, Row 1, Section 3

Language

English

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Biographical Note

On August 1, 2014, the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina elected Mary K. Grant as the next Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Dr. Grant, who had previously served for 12 years as president of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), became Chancellor on January 5, 2015. Dr. Grant resigned as Chancellor at the end of the Fall 2017 semester to accept the position of President of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

Mary Grant earned an undergraduate degree in sociology from MCLA, a master’s degree in public affairs from the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Public Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston, and a doctorate in social policy from The Heller School at Brandeis University. Starting her education career as a research assistant at UMass Boston, Dr. Grant then held several key administrative positions at the McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at UMass, and served as chair of the Institute’s faculty. Dr. Grant was Deputy CEO and Chief Academic Officer for UMassOnline, until moving to MCLA.

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Scope and Content

This archive holds historically significant official papers of Mary K. Grant, Chancellor of UNC Asheville. Currently, only salutes from other universities and colleges on the occasion of Mary Grant's installation as chancellor, and the installation program, are archived.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina Asheville assumes no responsibility.

Rights

No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the University Archives, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Accruals

Accruals are expected

Creator

University of North Carolina Asheville. Mary K. Grant

Processing Information

Processed by Colin Reeve, May 2016

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