From the Carolina Alumni Review: A former law school dean who served as mayor of Chapel Hill and a history professor who directs UNC’s honors program were recognized Friday with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. The GAA Board of Directors presented the award to former dean Kenneth Broun, right, and professor James Leloudis ’77 (’89 PhD). Established in 1990, the award honors faculty members who have performed outstanding service for the University or the association. https://alumni.unc.edu/news/history-professor-former-law-dean-honored-for-service/

Tar Heel Travel: Edinburgh – Art, Culture, People, Aug. 19-27, 2019. Explore the heritage of Scotland during a seven-night stay in Edinburgh. Learn more, and book your adventure today: unc.live/2wGyFKw

Can't wait for the mail to arrive? The digital version of your Jan/Feb '19 Carolina Alumni Review is ready to download. Features stories in this issue include: Making a Marriage Work – She has been called “top of the heap for next-generation leaders in North Carolina.” Jessica Holmes ’06, the youngest-ever Wake County commissioner, brings an unmatchable perspective to issues such as affordable housing and hunger. A Soldier’s Story – The 100th anniversary of the end of The Great War passed in the stillness of the absence of those who sacrificed. The remarkable accounts of Quincy Sharpe Mills, who graduated in 1907, remind us of the University’s determination to preserve. Happy to Stick Around – Not a native, not an alumnus, Bill Roper was hired on the assumption he was a short-timer with expansive career goals. In 22 years, 20 of them as CEO of UNC Health Care and dean of the medical school, he made Carolina and North Carolina his expansion targets. Head to https://bit.ly/2SYmPo8 and start reading today!

Tar Heel Travel: Swiss Alps, June 12-20, 2019. Surround yourself with the beauty of Switzerland — storybook villages, craggy mountains, green forests and turquoise lakes — on this program ideal for active travelers. Book your adventure today: unc.live/2Q4TerT

From the Carolina Alumni Review – Folt’s Resignation Reset to Jan. 31 After BOG Meeting Chancellor Carol L. Folt will leave the University at the end of January — in 16 days — not at the end of this academic year in May, as she announced Monday. The UNC System Board of Governors announced the accelerated resignation Tuesday after a closed session of less than half an hour. Full story at https://unc.live/2APZ5eP

From the Carolina Alumni Review – Folt Says Time is Right to Step Down, Clears Away Silent Sam Chancellor Carol L. Folt announced Monday that she plans to step down as chancellor at the end of this academic year in May. In the same announcement, she said she was ordering the last of the Confederate monument excised from the campus. Full story at https://unc.live/2HboGnV

Basketball 🏀🏀🏀 season is in full swing and so are our game-watch parties. Those parties are where all #UNCAlumni and friends and family are invited and highly encouraged to gather to hang out and cheer on the Heels. It’s real casual, a lot of fun and a sea of Carolina blue. Find the game watch near you at alumni.unc.edu/calendar

From the Carolina Alumni Review – Chancellor Folt Announces Plan to Step Down Chancellor Carol L. Folt announced that she will be resigning at the end of the academic year. She also authorized the removal of the base and commemorative plaques from the Silent Sam site in McCorkle Place. Full story at https://unc.live/2stVIFW

From the Carolina Alumni Review – Senior Named Carolina’s 18th Churchill Scholar Scott Emmons, a Carolina senior, has been named a recipient of the Churchill Scholarship, a research-focused award that provides funding to American students for a year of master’s degree study in science, mathematics and engineering at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge in England. Full story at https://unc.live/2sudkRK

From the Carolina Alumni Review – GAA Board Elections Underway; Annual Meeting Set UNC General Alumni Association members have begun casting votes for candidates for the association’s Board of Directors. All GAA members as of Jan. 1, 2019, are eligible and encouraged to vote in each race, including races representing areas other than those in which the member lives. Members can vote online or by mail. Full story at https://unc.live/2HecN0A

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RT @UNCAlumniReview: Update: #UNC System Board of Governors announces @ChancellorFolt resignation will take effect Jan. 31. https://t.co/fc…

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It’s here! It’s here! 🎉🎉🎉 OcTOTEberfest - just for GAA members, just in October - has arrived. Head over to alumni.unc.edu/store in a hurry to get yours. Free shipping in the continental U.S. #UNCAlumni

Get ready!! Whether you have game tickets or not, we have a lot of ways for you to have fun on a home football Saturday. Saturday, meet us in Polk Place at Tar Heel Town before the game. We’re serving up Walking Tacos to GAA members when you show your member card (even on the new UNC Alumni app!) and then everyone can get their face painted and show us they have the app for a free Rameses magnet. And, enter to win a YETI COOLER thanks to our partner, Nationwide. After all that, meet us at the Bell Tower to make the climb. See you Saturday, Heels! #UNCAlumni

Don’t mind us, we’re busy drinking from our new favorite water bottle via @johnnytshirt. Stainless. Insulated. It’s a real Carolina blue dream. And, GAA members always save 10 percent @johnnytshirt. Head over to johnnytshirt.com and search 81172 to get your hydration on while also being super spirited around the office / at the gym / really everywhere. #UNCAlumni

GAA members. Check your back pocket. You have Alumni Career Services in it. Grab your spot for our Oct. 16 webinar on Management 101. Free to you. Sign up: alumni.unc.edu/webinars