Cancer researcher Dr. Lisa Carey told graduates at UNC’s December Commencement they likely won’t have trouble being successful in life, because they’ve already proved they can succeed. “And people who succeed tend to do it over and over again,”… read more
John Grisham, an iconic figure in American popular fiction writing, will be the May 2010 Commencement speaker. A lawyer who started writing thrillers in his spare time and now is the author of 23 novels, including The Firm and… read more
Dr. Lisa Carey, associate professor of medicine and UNC Breast Center medical director, will deliver the December Commencement address, Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has announced. Thorp will preside at the Dec. 20 ceremony at 2 p.m. in the Dean E. read more
For 92-year-old Roscoe Dillard Griffin of Rougemont, May’s Commencement ceremony was a true cause for celebration. Griffin started work toward his undergraduate degree at UNC in 1934. He completed his last three credit hours this year and became… read more
A renowned anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, an industrialist and philanthropist, the “poet laureate of Southern Jews,” a medical and pharmaceutical leader, a champion of American Indian rights and self-determination, and a… read more
The 2009 class of Public Service Scholars is larger (171) and averaged more hours of public service (504 hours per student) than the four classes that preceded it. The fifth graduating class of Public Service Scholars was honored a few days before… read more
The University of North Carolina Spring Commencement 2009 Video highlights Photo highlights Captioned version, presenting the entire ceremony. Text of Archbishop Tutu’s address Audio Archive Note: All audio clips… read more
Chemistry Professor Valerie Ashby ’88 told December graduates that they should prepare themselves to put their smarts and savvy to the service of society. “As you walk out of this experience, certainly a more informed person than the one who sang… read more
Award-winning chemistry Professor Valerie Ashby ’88 will deliver the December Commencement address on Dec. 14. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose his colleague in consultation with the University’s Commencement Speaker Selection Committee,… read more
Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and renowned South African anti-apartheid campaigner, will deliver UNC’s 2009 Commencement address. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will preside at the ceremony that is set for May 10 at 9:30 a.m. in… read more