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| NEWSLETTER OF THE UNC GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | NOVEMBER 2017 |
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$4.25 Billion Campaign Focuses on ScholarshipsThe largest university fundraising campaign in the Southeast continues through 2022; $1.75 billion had been raised from 137,000 donors in advance of the announcement. |
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NCAA Says No Major Violations, No Penalties in Fraud CaseThe Committee on Infractions did not conclude that extra benefits were provided to athletes in the long-running paper-only classes case. Five Alumni Honored on University DayAlso, a scholarship challenge, unveiled on UNC’s birthday a year ago, raised more than $65 million for the Carolina Covenant and the Morehead-Cain scholarships. UNC Leads $61 Million Asthma StudyPrecision medicine and data analysis will be aimed at research directed from UNC’s medical school, its Gillings School of Global Public Health and other departments. Review Extra: Meet the Class of ’21The University this year welcomed 4,355 first-year students — its largest freshman class ever. Who are they? Take a graphical look at the facts and figures for our newest Tar Heels. |
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Get a Carolina Wall CalendarBecome a GAA member by Dec. 15, and you’ll get a 2018 Carolina wall calendar in the mail with your November/December issue of the Carolina Alumni Review magazine. Don’t miss out on seeing your favorite Carolina scenes all year long. |
Climb the Bell Tower With UsHow many steps? 128. How’s the view? Awesome. All alumni and friends are invited to climb the Bell Tower prior to Saturday home football games. Last chance this year is before UNC vs. Western Carolina on Nov. 18. |
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GAA Honors Three With Distinguished Young Alumni AwardsJournalists Brooke Baldwin ’01 and Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (MA) and nonprofit entrepreneur Nicholas Black ’13 (MBA) received the awards for bringing credit to the University through their achievements. |
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Wherever You Are: Alumni Career Services WebinarLearn tips on Networking Over the Heelidays to ensure you maximize the time you’re spending outside the office. GAA member exclusive |
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Chapel Hill: N.C. History SeriesRelive the excitement of the 1982 UNC basketball championship season with lecturer Freddie Kiger ’74. GAA members save $15. |
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Durham: Carolina Santa TrainHop aboard the Carolina Santa Train at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. This event will sell out. Sign up today. GAA members save $10. |
| GAA MEMBER OF THE MONTH |
Elizabeth MacFadyen Giambra ’89, Life MemberElizabeth won a $25 gift certificate to Johnny T-shirt. Elizabeth was selected at random from GAA members currently subscribed to “Out of the Blue.” Join the GAA today and you might be randomly selected as an upcoming GAA Member of the Month. |
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Podcast: Oral HistoriesJim White ’71 tells the story of the Jim White Oral History collection at UNC and how he and his high school students became oral historians. The full story, “Nobody Asked Me That Before,” and some veterans’ stories from the collection are in the November/December 2017 Carolina Alumni Review. |
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