Join us at the Study Center for IP3 Pizza and conversation with UNC’s Provost, Dr. Chris Clemens!

Dr. Clemens will speak about the many remarkable opportunities that UNC affords, share his pro-tips for selecting courses and picking a major, and will lend his advice for how Christian students can flourish in their faith while studying at a large, pluralistic, public university.

All students welcome! This event will be especially relevant for new first-year students making their transition to UNC.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Clemens has had a long and distinguished career since arriving at UNC in 1998. From 2012-2016, Clemens served as chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and from 2016-2019 as Senior Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in the College. In his role as Senior Associate Dean, he supported the development of the new IDEAs in Action Curriculum, and advocated for building students’ capacities for public discourse and debate. In 2019-2020 he led the effort to establish the Program for Public Discourse and served as its acting director. In 2019 he became the inaugural Associate Dean of Research and Innovation for the College of Natural Sciences, and currently serves as the Director of the Institute for Convergent Science, a pan-campus institute that is supporting research teams as they develop ideas, inventions, and technologies for commercial or practical use. In addition to serving as Provost, Dr. Clemens is the Jaroslav Folda Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy.