October 2018

Welch, Rawlings blend story and song during Thomas Wolfe Lecture

On the eve of Thomas Wolfe’s 118th birthday, Grammy Award-winning lyricist and musician Gillian Welch, this year’s Wolfe medal recipient, and her song-writing partner David Rawlings performed in Moeser Auditorium. (photo by Jon Gardiner)

Singer/songwriter Gillian Welch, known for her at-times dark Americana songs, was the first musician to be awarded the Thomas Wolfe Medal. The Thomas Wolfe Society and Carolina created the medal in 2000 to commemorate the birth of Wolfe, an alumnus (class of 1920) and author of novels such as “Look Homeward, Angel.”

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New Ideas, Information and Inquiry courses explore broad topics across disciplines

First-year and transfer students can sign up for five new pilot courses in spring 2019 that address broad topics and are team-taught by outstanding faculty members across three different disciplines. Pictured is a large classroom with a student looking toward the professor and other students in the background.

The College of Arts & Sciences will offer five new courses in spring 2019 to pilot-test a new core offering being proposed for the General Education curriculum. These broadly interdisciplinary courses expose students to new ideas, new modes of inquiry and essential skills.

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