Alumni Recognition News

As an award-winning scientist, Markita Landry ’06 wrestles with nanosensors and DNA in her lab at the University of California Berkeley. As a teenager, she wrestled with other student athletes on a mat at Green Hope High School in Cary. The… read more

Stuart Scott ’87 and Curry Kirkpatrick ’65 were among four inducted this summer into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame. Scott, who died in 2015, was an ESPN sportscaster known for his catchphrases such as “Boo-Yah” and… read more

The General Alumni Association Board of Directors today presented its 2020 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award to three alumni. The recipients are J. Jason Brown ’05, of Henderson; Constance Ranae Jones ’03, of Chicago; and Scott Anthony… read more

(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the awards ceremony and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Jason Brown ’05 doesn’t believe in throwing… read more

(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the awards ceremony and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) When Constance Jones ’03 took over as CEO of… read more

(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the awards ceremony and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Accidents happen. And when they do — say,… read more

The General Alumni Association Board of Directors today presented its 2021 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award to Julius Tillery ’08, of Weldon, N.C. Established in 1989, the award recognizes alumni age 40 or younger whose achievements have… read more

(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the awards ceremony and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Not many cotton farmers enroll in the… read more

The General Alumni Association Board of Directors this month presented its 2022 Distinguished Service Medals to two alumni. The recipients were Patricia Ann Timmons-Goodson ’76 (’79 JD), of Fayetteville, and Terry Ellen Rhodes ’78, of… read more