{"id":20551,"date":"2017-07-20T14:38:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=20551"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:32","slug":"mucha-iah-clp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=20551","title":{"rendered":"Peter Mucha is new Chairs Leadership Program Director at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter Mucha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Peter Mucha<\/a> recently began his work as the Chairs Leadership Program (CLP) Director for the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. He succeeds department of communication professor Bill Balthrop<\/a>, who was the founding chair of the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe departmental chair\u2019s position is one of the most critical academic leadership positions in the College,\u201d says Balthrop.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a critical, and very stressful, position\u201d agrees Mark Katz, IAH Director and former chair of the music department. \u201cThat\u2019s why the CLP is so important\u2014it is both a place of refuge and a great source of wisdom and best practices. Bill deserves so much credit for helping to create this lifeline for Carolina\u2019s chairs. We owe him a great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Balthrop also served as interim Director of the Institute in 2010, and hosted the ambitious and important \u201cA Symposium on Faculty Innovation\u201d at Hyde Hall that year.<\/p>\n

This summer Balthrop is in Europe conducting research into memorials.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am currently working broadly at the intersection of rhetorical and cultural practices. I am working on an analysis of the rhetorical functions performed by the American memorials and monuments constructed in Europe following World War I and World War II.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mucha said he was inspired by Bill Balthrop when he participated in the program back in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cBill Balthrop talked about how the department chair is one of the most essential position in the College of Arts & Sciences,\u201d said Mucha.<\/p>\n

Mucha, the Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor in Mathematics, came to UNC in 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [IAH Director] Mark Katz asked me if I would be willing to be CLP Director, it was immediately an exciting opportunity for me,\u201d said Mucha.<\/p>\n

He has varied experience in leadership roles. He served as chair of the Mathematics Department in 2010. He joined CLP as a new chair when Balthrop was the director. In 2012, he was appointed founding chair of the Applied Physical Sciences Department in 2015.<\/p>\n

Katz says that Mucha\u2019s experience in the role of chair at both an established department and an emerging interdisciplinary department have served him well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has served as a leader and has broad experience to share,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mucha said that since the faculty see the chair as an administrator and the administration view chairs as more aligned with the faculty. For that reason, the Institute\u2019s CLP program is crucial to sharing experiences and creating community among the chairs. Bringing in some more senior chairs to the program is part of that effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho else on campus is dealing with that? It is potentially a very lonely position. For most it\u2019s their first academic leadership role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mucha will facilitate the program alongside\u00a0Rob Kramer,<\/a>\u00a0who continue to serve as Senior Leadership Consultant for the Institute. Kramer also facilitates the Academic Leadership Program with ALP Director\u00a0Suzanne Gulledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so thrilled to be part of the IAH team,\u201d said Mucha.<\/p>\n

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Listen to a podcast <\/a>with Mucha as\u00a0he talks about what inspired him to pursue a career in math scholarship.<\/em><\/p>\n

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— From the Institute for the Arts and Humanities<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Mucha is the new Chairs Leadership Program Director for the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Mucha, the Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor in Mathematics, came to UNC in 2005.
\n\u201cWhen [IAH Director] Mark Katz asked me if I would be willing to be CLP Director, it was immediately an exciting opportunity for me,\u201d he 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