From the University Report (published by the GAA 1970-94) So often farewells are difficult. But they can also be harbinger to exciting change. And so it is with this issue, the last of The University Alumni Report. After 24… read more
Happily, your General Alumni Association is growing and changing as we continue to meet the expanding needs of our alumni and our University. We are excited that in the past decade membership has increased from 33,000 to nearly 56,000 or by 70… read more
From the University Report (published by the GAA 1970-94) Alumni, University faculty and staff, students and friends of Carolina anxiously await word on who will serve as the nation’s oldest public university’s new chief executive… read more
“‘ The purpose of life is a life of purpose.’ … To touch one human being. To change one other human being’s existence for the better. That’s enough. Have your goals, have them be grand, but remember what really counts [are those… read more
From the University Report (published by the GAA 1970-94) UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin announced in January his plan to step down as our campus’ chief executive officer upon the conclusion of the Bicentennial Campaign on June 30, 1995. read more
Since 1843 your General Alumni Association has served you, our Association members and our University. Like alumni associations at many other member institutions of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) — including the… read more
From the University Report (published by the GAA 1970-94) Undergraduate admissions continue to be a topic of interest to many alumni. Understandably, alumni parents and grandparents often hope their children or grandchildren will have… read more
“I speak for all of us who could not afford to go to Duke, and would not have even if we could have afforded it.” — Charles Kuralt ’55 “Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.” — President… read more
From the University Report (published by the GAA 1970-94) “It is sound public finance, and recognized as such by the bond-rating agencies, to borrow for worthwhile capital projects. North Carolina, with its very low debt currently, has… read more
This is a very special fall for our University, for Chapel Hill and for all North Carolinians who take pride in their state-owned university — the nation’s oldest public university. While the pageantry and excitement of Kenan Stadium is already… read more