News & Updates

Watch this video from WRAL with Art Pope as a guest on ‘On the Record’ with David Crabtree.  

Raleigh businessman and philanthropist Art Pope has been appointed to serve on a UNC-system advisory committee to “provide vital input in the development of the next five-year strategic plan for the 17-campus University,” according to a news release. The blue-ribbon group includes a variety of leaders in the business, educational, and political sectors from across the state. Read more in this news release from the university system: President Ross and the Board of Governors are working collaboratively to define the University’s strategic directions for 2013-18.  These core goals are pivotal in setting current and future priorities, resource planning and allocation, program planning, review and refinement of academic missions, and strategic planning by UNC constituent institutions and affiliated entities.  They also must reflect the University’s deep commitment to help North Carolina respond to changing state needs and economic challenges. In support of that effort, this special Advisory Committee chaired by President Ross will help assess North Carolina’s current and future workforce needs and recommend degree attainment goals and strategies that are responsive to those needs and changing demographics.  The group may also consider recommendations related to higher academic standards and competencies required for a globally competitive workforce.  The Advisory Committee will evaluate relevant data and available information in order to complete its work and make a consensus recommendation to President Ross in January 2013.

In June 2011, N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger appointed Art Pope to the Board of Directors for Golden LEAF (Long-term Economic Advancement Foundation). The Foundation, headquartered in Rocky Mount, makes annual grants to spur economic development in tobacco-dependent areas of North Carolina. For the 2011-2012 budget year, the Foundation will make $48.2 million in community-assistance, education, and health-care grants. Art has brought a wealth of business and philanthropic experience to the Golden LEAF Board. He is the current CEO and Chairman of the Board for Variety Wholesalers Inc. and Chairman of the John William Pope Foundation, a private philanthropy that has given away over $100 million in the past 25 years. Art’s past experience in the North Carolina General Assembly has given him added insight into the decisions faced by Golden LEAF. Art serves on the Board with 14 other North Carolinians who represent a variety of industries and business sectors.

http://triangle.news14.com/content/655932/capital-tonight-april-5–conservative-fundraiser-art-pope Source: News 14

Meghan O’Sullivan, Harvard professor of international affairs, will give a lecture on the Middle East, Tuesday, March 13 Please visit:  http://news.chass.ncsu.edu/?p=2160