Your link to Carolina
alumni.unc.edu
Alumni Store
Show your Carolina pride
with clothing, furniture, class
rings, license plates
and other officially
licensed products. Find
out about discounts
available to GAA
members.
News &
Publications
Get the latest news in
From the Hill and use the
digital editions of the
Carolina Alumni Review
Calendar
to search years of the
magazine’s archives;
print pages; share stories via e-mail or on a social network with others,
both members and nonmembers; and read current and recent editions of the GAA’s “Out of the
& Events
Blue” monthly e-newsletter.
Check out the Calendar and Events sections
for the schedule of trips, club gatherings, classes,
athletics and other special events, including
Spring Reunions.
Photo of the Week
Bet you’ve done this — snapped a photo showing your Carolina pride somewhere interesting or
enjoying an event with
Carolina alumni and
friends or family. More alumni are sending these our
way. You can,
too — and you
could end up
on the front of the GAA website as
the featured photo.
Reunions
Career Services
Schedule a session with the GAA’s career
coach, call in to a monthly teleclass or get help
with resumes, cover letters and other career tips.
You also can help other Tar Heels develop their
careers — participate in the Alumni Advisor
Network.
For Students
The GAA sponsors several groups and activities
for current students, including the Clef Hangers
and Loreleis a cappella groups, Order of the Bell
Tower and senior class marshals. You can get
involved. Find out how.
Carolina Clubs
Travel
There are Carolina Clubs all over the world.
Find out about yours, upcoming events and game-viewing parties.
The GAA’s Tar Heel Travel program sends travelers all over the world (in fact, there are some
around-the-world trips coming up soon). There’s a
trip for any interest and activity level. Pick an
excursion based on date or location — your choice.
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 its Center for the Study of the American
South. Partnerships with local Carolina Clubs
often bring events to venues across the U.S. Audio
archives of some presentations are available
online.
User Services
The holidays are
almost here. Get an
early and easy greeting
out to friends and
family with the GAA’s
UNC-themed e-cards.
They’re good any time
of year for special
occasions — birthdays,
weddings, new
arrivals, graduations … or just to say hello.
Look up fellow alumni in the
TarNation/Online Alumni Directory.
Alumni & Friends
66,001
Total GAA members*
30,503
Annual members
35,498
Life members
25%
Membership percentage of all graduates
4,340
Student members
* as of Sept. 29, 2010
Facebook fans
35,846*
UNC General Alumni Association
1,494
UNC Homecoming
1,020
UNC GAA Student Membership
Program (SMP)
Twitter followers
1,946
UNCGAA
520
GAASMP
333
UNC_Homecoming
198
GAA_TheQuad
102
GAA_CareerCoach
72
UNCAlumniReview (new)
55
OBTambassadors (new)
37
TarHeelTravel
To link up with the GAA’s online social
media and other ways to stay
connected, visit User Services.
LinkedIn Members
2,482
UNC General Alumni Association
as of Oct. 19, 2010
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