Carolina Alumni Review - September/October 2010

Alumni Store

Show your Carolina pride with clothing, furniture, class rings, license plates and other officially licensed products, as well as find out about discounts available to GAA members.

Calendar & Events

Check out the Calendar and Events sections for the schedule of trips, club gatherings, classes, athletics and other special events such as the annual Family Camp and Homecoming.

Career Services

Schedule a session with our career coach, call in to a monthly teleclass, or get help with resumes, cover letters and other career tips. You can also help other Tar Heels develop their careers by participating in the Alumni Advisor Network.

Carolina Clubs

There are Carolina Clubs all over the world. Find out about yours, upcoming events and game-viewing parties.

Lifelong Learning

The GAA offers an ongoing schedule of seminars on a wide range of topics, from extensive examinations of the Civil War, to lunches with authors and dinners with professors, the arts, politics and religion. The GAA also co-sponsors events with the University’s Program in the Humanities and the Center for the Study of the American South. Partnerships with local Carolina Clubs often bring events to venues around the U.S. Audio archives of some presentations are also online.

News &
Publications

Get the latest news in From the Hill, or check out the digital editions of the

Carolina Alumni Review, search the archives, read student blogs and review the Out of the Blue e-newsletter.

Travel

The GAA’s Tar Heel Travel program sends trav-
elers all over the world (in fact
there are some around-the-
world trips coming up).

There’s a trip for just about any interest and activity level.

Pick an excursion based on date or destination.

Reunions

The annual Homecoming
and Black Alumni Reunion
weekend is scheduled for
Oct. 29–31.

Last year, more than 2,000 people participated in Homecoming and BAR events, including:

550 who climbed the Bell Tower

250 who took photos with Rameses.

More than 1,000 took part in the

GAA Tailgate at the Bell Tower. They ate: 700 pounds of barbecue

400 pounds of flounder 250 chickens

60 gallons of slaw

55 gallons of baked beans They used:

921 tickets for the football game. 589 tickets for an exhibition basketball game.

Make your plans now to be in the num-
bers who attend this year. Visit the Reunions
section to register
and stay up on
the latest sched-
ule of events, as
well as to find out
about other groups
holding reunions
then or other times of
the year.
alumni.unc.edu

Your link to Carolina

Alumni & Friends
65,635
Total GAA members*
30,234
Annual members
35,401
Life members
25%
Membership percentage of all graduates
3,081
Student members

* as of July 29, 2010

Look up fellow alumni in the
TarNation/Online Alumni Directory.
Facebook fans
32,445*
UNC General Alumni Association
1,221
UNC Homecoming
894
UNC GAA Student Membership
Program (SMP)

Twitter followers

1,694
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61
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436
GAASMP
127
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21
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243
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