Marion Jones ’97, former world champion track and field athlete, evoked both tears and laughter as she spoke on campus Wednesday evening as the kickoff event for this year’s annual Black Alumni Reunion. For nearly an hour, Jones talked to the… read more
Carolina will remember the University’s past and celebrate its future during the 217th annual University Day Oct. 12. This year’s keynote speaker will be Heather Munroe-Blum ’83 (PhD), the 16th principal and vice chancellor of McGill… read more
Warren A. Nord ’78 (PhD) — the founding director of UNC’s Program in the Humanities and Human Values who also was a proponent of religion as an essential part of high school and college studies — has died. He was 63. Nord, who died June 19, ran… read more
Described by colleagues and constituents as a trailblazer for women, especially in politics, Bertha “B” Holt ’41 of Burlington has died. She was 93. Holt, who died June 18, was active in area Democratic politics when she was appointed in 1975 to… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) A college education was handed to Roy… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) One of four children born to a teacher and a… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) At a College of Arts & Sciences board… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) “I don’t know what I do to run off these… read more
Karen Parker ’65, the first black female undergraduate to attend Carolina, will be on campus next week as the first speaker in the Carolina Association of Black Journalists’ lecture series. Parker, who is a former member of the GAA Board of… read more
Ralph Frasier ’59, one of the first black undergraduates at Carolina, is returning to campus for the first time in 52 years. Frasier and two other black students challenged North Carolina’s “separate but equal” admissions policy in the 1950s and… read more