The minutes of The University of North Carolina’s Board of Trustees for Dec. 12, 1793, record that “on the 10th day of August … proceeded to lay off the ground to erect the buildings on; the particular sites … avenues, and ornamental grounds…. read more
In the January/February issue of the Review, I wrote about how important the General Alumni Association’s records, publications and programs are in providing the identification, information and involvement so critical in encouraging alumni… read more
Like the alumni associations at the universities of Michigan, California,Virginia and others, the alumni association of which you are a member is self-governed. The UNC General Alumni Association belongs to you — our dues-paying members. Your… read more
It is unlikely, when John Motley Morehead and 33 fellow UNC graduates returned to Chapel Hill in 1843 to form the GAA, that Morehead and his fellow Carolina alumni envisioned how The University of North Carolina General Alumni Association would… read more
North Carolinians have heard much in recent weeks about the bond referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot to provide funds for the 16 UNC System campuses and the state’s 59 community colleges. Officially titled the Michael K. Hooker Higher Education… read more
James Moeser is only the second of UNC’s nine chancellors in the past 55 years not to be a North Carolinian, a UNC alumnus or both. As our first chancellor of the 21st century, Chancellor Moeser brings experiences as a student, faculty member or… read more
Each April at the GAA Board of Directors’ meeting, we recognize those whose three-year terms are expiring. We invite each to share parting reflections and provide each with mementos acknowledging their service and leadership. This year’s program… read more
Over the GAA’s 157-year history, volunteer leaders and staff have worked with University trustees, administrators, faculty, staff and students to preserve and enhance the value of a Carolina diploma. The significant challenges now facing our… read more
As The University of North Carolina begins the 21st century, we should be proud that, because of the special partnership between our campus and the people of North Carolina, Carolina is stronger by any measurement than when we began the 20th… read more
When the 20th century dawned, there was not a Carolina Alumni Review; the Alumni Review did not begin publishing until 1912. Of Carolina’s 218,658 living alumni today, only 17 were alive to experience the end of the 19th… read more