Carolina Alumni Review - March/April 2009

Reunions

GAA Online Traffic The most popular pages on alumni.unc.edu for the four weeks prior to Jan. 31:

■ TarNation/Alumni Directory

■ Carolina Clubs

■ Member Services

■ Online Job Listings

■ Classmates & Alumni Groups

■ Career Services

■ Join/Renew Online

■ Membership Exclusives

■ Events & Activities

■ Travel Destinations listed by date

GAA Online Digest

Look for these items at alumni.unc.edu in March and April:

■ Admitted Student Receptions Register for an event and offer guidance to the class of 2013.

■ Alumni Travel Check out the latest lineup and view full-color brochures online.

■ Carolina College of Lifelong Learning Peruse the spring 2009 schedule.

■ Cheer the Heels With Local Carolina Clubs Find postseason game-viewing parties hosted by your local club.

■ March (and April) Madness Find out where the men’s and women’s basketball teams are headed and get in on the action.

Country Star, Tours Highlight Spring Reunions

The 50th reunion for members of the class of 1959 will feature one of their own — Grand Ole Opry star George

Hamilton IV ’ 59.

GORDON PALMER ’ 82

Hamilton — who had his first hit in the 1950s with A Rose and a Baby Ruth and toured with Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers before joining the Opry and achieving numerous country hits — will perform at the class banquet at The Carolina Inn on May 9.

The Spring Reunion Weekend May 8-

10 also will feature special events for the

classes of 1964 and 1969, including campus

After a one-year haitus while Boshamer Stadium was being

tours tailored to memories from those

renovated, Spring Reunion Weekend fireworks in honor of Commencement will be back.

years. The class of 1954 will get an early
start celebrating its 55th anniversary the years. Former basketball stars and other
reunion with a dinner on May 7 at the athletes from the classes of ’ 59, ’ 64 and ’ 69
Chapel Hill Museum. will be on hand to mingle with participants
Other activities will include classes and share stories.
taught by UNC faculty, the traditional Members of the class of ’ 59 can march
Friday Frolic social and a fireworks display at Commencement to relive their big day
Friday night at newly renovated Boshamer and honor the new class of ’09. The
Stadium. Begun as a gift by the class of ’ 51 Commencement speaker will be Desmond
in 2001, the fireworks became an annual Tutu, renowned South African anti-
tradition before being interrupted last year apartheid campaigner and winner of the
while the stadium was being rebuilt. 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. Members of the
They’re back this year as a reunion celebra- class of 1959 also can purchase a revised
tion and a gift to the senior class. 50th anniversary Yackety Yack, with recent

Among events on Saturday, the Carolina photos and the scoop on what their peers Basketball Museum will have special hours have been up to lately. for tours of its storied memorabilia along with multimedia and interactive exhibits highlighting Carolina basketball through

ONLINE: For more information about Spring Reunion Weekend, visit alumni.unc.edu/reunions.

ONLINE: For more information about the GAA’s activities, services and events, visit alumni.unc.edu.

New Blog Follows a Senior’s Final Semester

Were you stressed out during your final senior semester at Carolina trying to make sure you passed that last required class? Or were you determined to celebrate beating Duke one more time and make the rounds of all your favorite hangouts?