Carolina Alumni Review - September/October 2007

GAA Calendar
Alumni Education

ADVENTURES IN IDEAS:

• Star-Cross’d: Love & Loss in Shakespeare featuring a performance of Romeo and Juliet by the PlayMakers Repertory Company Oct. 12– 13

• Ancient Wisdom: Faith & Doubt in Ecclesiastes, Job, Proverbs, & the Psalms Oct. 22

• Books We Love: Great Teachers Talk About Favorite Fiction Oct. 26

• The Mind-Body Paradigm: Philosophy, Medicine, & Psychology Nov. 3

• Crime & Punishment: Rethinking the Death Penalty Nov. 9– 10

• Religion & Politics Then to Now: Celestial Cities, Utopias, & Moral Majorities Nov. 16– 17

CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING:

• Extended Conversational French Oct. 22–Nov. 7, Mondays and Wednesdays; 1–2: 30 p.m.

• Extended Conversational Italian Oct. 23–Nov. 8, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 1–2: 30 p.m.

• Extended Conversational Spanish Oct. 22–Nov. 7, Mondays and Wednesdays; 10: 30 a.m.–noon.

• Book Exploration: Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston Oct. 11, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Book Exploration: Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook Nov. 1, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• The American Civil War on the Silver Screen Oct. 9–Nov. 6, Tuesdays; 7– 9 p.m.

• Study Trip: Harper’s Ferry Oct. 18– 21, Thursday–Sunday.

• Four Traditions of Abraham: Modern Scientific Culture Oct. 2, 1: 30– 3 p.m.

• Yeats and Politics Oct. 4, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Vision of the Ackland Art Museum Oct. 15, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Family History and the History of the Family: Old Sources and New Tools Oct. 22, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet Oct. 24, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Active Living By Design Oct. 25, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Crimes of the Heart Oct. 30; talk 4–5: 30 p.m.; play performance 8 p.m.

• Europe Today Nov. 5, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Grounded Globalism: How the U.S. South Embraces the World Nov. 8, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Religion, Magic and Science Nov. 14, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• Paris in 1900: La Belle Epoque Nov. 15, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

• People and Jobs on the Move: Implications for U.S. Higher Education Nov. 20, 2: 30– 4 p.m.

Career Services

• Teleclasses: Networking Oct. 15, noon– 1 p.m.; Resumes Nov. 19, noon– 1 p.m.

Clubs

• Fearrington Village Carolina Club: Oktoberfest Oct. 4, Swim & Croquet Club, 4: 30 p.m.

• Wake County Carolina Club: Old Well Celebration Oct. 10, N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh, 6: 30 p.m.

• Columbia Carolina Club: UNC vs. South Carolina game-viewing party Oct. 13; time and place TBA.

GAA/University Misc.

• GAA Board of Directors Oct. 5– 6

• University Day Oct. 12

• Fall Break Oct. 18– 21

• Thanksgiving Holiday Nov. 21– 25

• Fall Commencement Dec. 16

Reunions/Homecoming

Details for Homecoming/RAMpage 2007 at alumni.unc.edu/homecoming

• UNC Navy ROTC Oct. 5– 6

• Homecoming /RAMpage Nov. 2– 3

• Black Alumni Reunion Nov. 2– 3

• Campus Y Reunion, Band Alumni Reunion, Class of 1982 Reunion Nov. 2– 3

• Delta Zeta Sorority Reunion, Classes of 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 Reunions, Nov. 3

Student Programs

• Majors Expo Great Hall, Oct. 3, 10– 2

• Etiquette Dinner Oct. 9

• T-shirt day at USC football game Oct. 13

• Halloween Party Oct. 30

• Fall Festival Oct. 31, Great Hall

• Internship 101 Nov. 13, Union 2518

• Community Outreach Day Nov. 15

• Senior Class: Essential Europe Travel Info Session Nov. 13, Union; Senior Semi-Formal Nov. 16

Travel

• Walking Through Provence Oct. 5– 14

• China Connoisseur and Tibet Oct. 5– 21

• Alumni Campus in the Italian Lakes Oct. 16– 24

• Cruise the Canary Islands Oct. 27–Nov. 9

• Wings Over the Nile Nov. 2– 16

University Athletics FOOTBALL:

• at Virginia Tech Sept. 29, time TBA; pregame party 2. 5 hours prior to kickoff,Virginia Tech University Club

• vs. Miami, Oct. 6; Tar Heel Town, Bell Tower Quad, 2. 5 hours prior to kickoff

• vs. South Carolina Oct. 13; Tar Heel Town, Bell Tower Quad, 2. 5 hours prior to kickoff

• at Wake Forest Oct. 27; pregame party 2. 5 hours prior to kickoff, Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Complex

• vs. Maryland Nov. 3, Homecoming

• at N.C. State Nov. 10; pregame party 2. 5 hours prior to kickoff, outside patio at the RBC Center

• at Georgia Tech Nov. 17

• vs. Duke Nov. 24; Tar Heel Town, Bell Tower Quad, 2. 5 hours prior to kickoff

MEN’S BASKETBALL: all games will be televised

• Late Night with Roy Williams, Oct. 12, Smith Center, 8 p.m.

• vs. Shaw (exhibition) Nov. 3, time TBA, TarHeelBlue.com

• vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (exhibition) Nov. 9, 7: 30 p.m., TarHeelBlue.com

• at Davidson Nov. 14, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, 7 p.m., ESPN

• Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational: vs. Iona Nov. 18, Chapel Hill, 6 p.m., ESPNU; vs. South Carolina State Nov. 20, Chapel Hill, 7: 30 p.m., TV TBA; vs. Old Dominion Nov. 23, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, 11: 55 p.m., ESPNU; vs. BYU or Louisville Nov. 24, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, time TBA, ESPN

• ACC/Big Ten Challenge: at Ohio State Nov. 28, 9 p.m., ESPN

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: televised games

• vs. Arizona State Nov. 11, 2: 30 p.m., ESPN

• vs. Purdue Nov. 29, 7 p.m., ESPN2

Don’t stop here …
Listed on this page are highlights of events for
October and November. New
GAA programs and activities
are added regularly. For
detailed and up-to-date
information, visit the calenda r at
alumni.unc.edu.

contact information for events:

■ Alumni Education (919) 962–3574 ■ Career Services (919) 962–3749 ■ Club Events (919) 962–6705 ■ GAA/University Misc. (919) 962–1208 ■ Homecoming (919) 962–3582