UNC president Margaret Spellings is touring campuses across the state. Spellings is getting to know the 17-campus system she's led since the beginning of March.
Spellings spent Tuesday on UNC's flagship campus in Chapel Hill.
The News and Observer reports she lunched with students and faculty while protesters made their thoughts known with signs and chants.
Spellings has faced opposition to her appointment. Protesters point to her time as U.S Secretary of Education under Republican George W. Bush, as well as her ties to the No Child Left Behind law.
She told reporters the protesters need to be patient and give her a chance.
Spellings has talked about the need to increase faculty and staff salaries. She also supports in-state tuition for immigrants who are in the country illegally, but she says the Board of Governors needs to weigh in on the issue.
Spellings will be in Greensboro on Thursday, visiting the campus of North Carolina A&T.
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