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Alumni Store
Show your Carolina pride
or pick out that perfect gift
for a fellow alumnus, friend
or fan with clothing, furniture,
license plates and other officially
licensed products. 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.
Career Services
Start, change or advance your career with
help from resources available here. Find out
how to use our career coaching, the Alumni
Advisor Network, monthly teleclasses, job- and
resume-posting and get the career tips e-newsletter.
Carolina Clubs
Join fellow Tar Heels at Carolina Clubs
around the world to watch Carolina play. Find a
complete list of game-viewing parties and other
club activities.
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.
News & Publications
Get the latest news in From the Hill and use
the Review’s digital archive to search years of
the magazine’s
archives; print pages;
share stories via
email or on a social
network with others,
both members and
nonmembers; find
links to GAA online
social media
accounts; and read
current and recent
editions of the GAA’s
“Out of the Blue” monthly e-newsletter.
Online Alumni Directory
The GAA’s online alumni directory, updated
daily, is a valuable resource for personal and
professional networking and an easy way to
keep up-to-date on fellow alumni. The directory
includes contact information for more than
250,000 Carolina alumni and friends.
Reunions
Members of the class of ’ 62 will gather at
Carolina for Spring Reunion Weekend May 11-
13 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their
graduation. They will be joined by members of
the classes of ’ 52, ’ 57, ’ 67 and ’ 72 and the
Old Students Club (class of ’ 62 and earlier) as
they celebrate their significant reunion years.
Check the Reunions section of the GAA website for an updated schedule, to see which
classmates are already planning to attend, the
best lodging options and more.
The weekend will feature:
■ The Old Students Club Luncheon on May 11,
for members of the class of ’ 62 and earlier.
James Lee Love (class of 1884) donated an
endowment to the GAA for an annual gathering for all who have reached or passed the
50th anniversary of their graduation year.
More than 500 attended in recent years.
■ The annual Alumni Luncheon on May 12.
■ Guided walking and bus tours of campus, as
well as an opportunity to climb the Bell
Tower.
■ Seminars taught by UNC faculty.
■ An opportunity for the class of ’ 62 to march
at Commencement to relive their big day and
honor the new class of ’ 12. The Commencement address will be delivered by New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Members of the class of 1962 can purchase
a revised 50th anniversary Yackety Yack, with
recent photos and the scoop on what their
peers have been up to lately.
Travel
The GAA offers an ongoing schedule of trips
around the world and seminars on a wide range
of topics. Check for frequent updates.
User Services
If your personal information has changed
(name, address, phone number, email address,
work and other information), you can log in to
review and update your directory listing. Or you
can download a PDF of the update form to
email or mail to the GAA. Find links to GAA
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts at
alumni.unc.edu/stayconnected.
Look up fellow alumni in the
TarNation/Online Alumni Directory.
Alumni & Friends
67,739
Total GAA members*
31,401
Annual members
36,338
Life members
26%
Membership percentage of all graduates
4,006
Student members
* as of Jan. 30, 2012
Facebook fans
42,031*
UNC General Alumni Association
2,264
UNC Homecoming
1,650
Black Alumni Reunion
1,419
UNC GAA Student Membership
Program (SMP)
333
UNC GAA Order of the Bell Tower (OBT)
To link up with the GAA’s online social
media and other ways to stay
connected, visit User Services.
LinkedIn Members
4,552
UNC General Alumni Association
of Feb. 7, 2012
Twitter followers
4,295
UNCGAA
795
GAASMP
612
UNC_Homecoming
528
GAA_TheQuad
494
UNCAlumniReview
453
uncblackalumni
220
GAA_CareerCoach
162
OBTambassadors
91
