Come back to campus, May 8-9, for engaging sessions provided in conjunction with the 45th, 50th, 55th and 60th class reunion weekend.
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Cost per session: $18
Carolina Alumni member cost per session: $8
Friday, May 8
Disruptive Demographics
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Blue Zone, Kenan Stadium
Six disruptive demographic trends are dramatically transforming all of our social, economic and political institutions. UNC Professor James H. Johnson, Jr. will explore the nature, magnitude and geographical manifestations of these trends and highlight what they mean for higher education, business and consumer markets.
Reforming College Athletics
2:45 – 4 p.m. | Blue Zone, Kenan Stadium
Four of the architects of improvement in the relationship between academics and athletics at Carolina are joined by the Big Ten Conference commissioner to discuss reform in intercollegiate athletics. With panelists Provost Jim Dean, Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham, Faculty Athletics Committee Chair Joy Renner, Faculty Athletics Representative to the ACC and the NCAA Lissa Broome and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany ’70. Moderated by Doug Dibbert ’70.
Dean Smith’s Impact Both On and Off the Court
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Blue Zone, Kenan Stadium
The class of ’65 witnessed the beginning of Dean Smith’s head coaching career, the legacy and impact of which still reaches far and wide today. Woody Durham ’63 will lead a discussion involving several people who will share insights and perspectives about our amazing Coach Smith including Minister Emeritus Olin T. Binkley, Baptist Church Reverend Robert E. Seymour, Jr., Charlie Scott ’70, Phil Ford ’78, Freddie Kiger ’74 and others.
Saturday, May 9
Media and Politics on Campus During Tumultuous Times, 1961-65: The Speaker Ban, Civil Rights and Desegregation
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. | Murphey Hall Auditorium
This discussion will be moderated and led by Karen Parker ’65, the first African-American woman to receive an undergraduate degree; with Jim Wallace ’64, former DTH photographer (and featuring many of his photographs from Chapel Hill’s civil rights protests); and Mickey Blackwell ’64, former DTH reporter.
The 24-Hour News Cycle: When Time, Technology and News Are at Odds
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | The Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center
How do we get our news today and how trustworthy is it given the pressures of the 24-hour news cycle? UNC’s John Clark, executive director, Reese News Lab, will address these issues and also how UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication stays relevant as it prepares students for careers in the media.