News Brief

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser will give his fifth annual State of the University Address Thursday (Sept. 15) at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to attend.

The chancellor, who came to the university in 2000, started the tradition of giving such an address a year later, bringing with him a practice begun when he was the chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

This year's speech is expected to focus in part on the implications of globalization on North Carolina and what that means for the University's role in serving the state.

The chancellor also is expected to reflect upon his experiences traveling North Carolina as part of the University's "Carolina Connects" initiative and how those lessons can help shape future engagement efforts with state citizens.

The State of the University speech typically has been an occasion for announcements about university initiatives.

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