Peter Hans is the current president of the
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...
system.
He previously served as the ninth president of the
North Carolina Community College System
The North Carolina Community College System (System Office) is a statewide network of 58 public community colleges. The system enrolls over 500,000 students annually. It also provides the North Carolina Learning Object Repository as a central loc ...
, beginning in 2018.
Education and early life
Hans grew up in
Southport
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Southport lies on the Irish ...
and
Hendersonville,
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from
UNC-Chapel Hill and a Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies from
Harvard University
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.
Career
Hans worked as an advisor to U.S. Senators
Lauch Faircloth
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Before his Senate service, Faircloth was a prominent and wealthy hog farmer. One impetus ...
,
Richard Burr
Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is an American businessman and politician who is the senior United States senator from North Carolina, serving since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United ...
and
Elizabeth Dole
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, and later as a lobbyist and public relations consultant.
He served a six-year term on the State Board of Community Colleges, where he was vice chair. He later served three terms on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, including two years as chair. From 2016 to 2018, he advised former UNC System President
Margaret Spellings
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CEO of Texas 2036 since 2019. She previously served as the eighth United States secreta ...
on issues related to technology, health care, strategic planning and K-12 education.
References
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Living people
North Carolina Community College System
Year of birth missing (living people)
Harvard Extension School alumni
Presidents of the University of North Carolina System
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni