UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams ’72 has signed a four-year contract extension designed to keep him in Chapel Hill through the 2014-15 season. Williams’ new contract, worth about $2.6 million annually, establishes him as one of the… read more
Dwight M. Davidson III ’77 was installed as chair of the GAA Board of Directors at the Annual Alumni Luncheon on May 12, succeeding Tom Efird ’61 of Gastonia. Randy K. Jones ’79 of Chula Vista, Calif., assumed office as chair-elect. Davidson, who… read more
Four individuals were recognized today for their commitment to the University and the UNC General Alumni Association. GAA President Douglas Dibbert ’70 presented the association’s 2007 Distinguished Service Medals at the Annual Alumni… read more
UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams ’72 learned at the 2007 NCAA Men’s Final Four in Atlanta that he will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Williams is the Carolina program’s eighth coach or… read more
Eight communications professionals will be inducted into the N.C. Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations halls of fame and the N.C. Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on April 1. The halls are based in UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass… read more
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin ’89 spoke at UNC on Monday in the first event of the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. A collaborative initiative of UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and its School… read more
A new scholarship has been created at the School of Nursing in memory of Pamela McClure Wichmann ’99 (MSN), a 40-year veteran nurse who died in October. Wichmann was a nurse practitioner at Kernersville Family Practice in Kernersville, where she… read more
Five longtime supporters of UNC are the 2006 recipients of the William Richardson Davie Award. They are Alan Dickson of Charlotte; Leonard Herring ’48 of North Wilkesboro; Jim Hynes ’62 of Charlotte; Allen Morgan ’65 of Memphis, Tenn.; and U.S. read more
The Black Alumni Reunion, sponsored by the UNC General Alumni Association, honored four alumni, a student and a former associate dean at its annual awards dinner Nov. 10. Recipients of the 2006 Harvey E. Beech Outstanding Alumni Awards are Elbert… read more
Two young alumni who courageously worked to raise awareness at a local and international level were honored by the GAA at a dinner Oct. 13. Rye Barcott ’01 and Andrea Bruce ’95 received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award, which was established… read more