May 2019

Commencement profile: Zac Rhyner: A life of service

“Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there” is Zac Rhyner’s advice to veterans who want to return to school. He’ll graduate from Carolina in May. (photo by Kristen Chavez). Rhyner is sitting on the front porch of his home with an American flag draped on his sofa seat.

Carolina senior and decorated military veteran Zac Rhyner urges students to step outside their comfort zones in pursuit of their dreams. Decorated military veteran Zac Rhyner ’19 is the recipient of three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and the Air Force Cross. He has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan six times and been involved

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Congratulations Class of 2019: Find commencement details here

Students have their photos taken near the Old Well before the 2019 Spring Commencement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Find commencement details here: Spring Commencement will be held at 9 a.m. on May 12, 2019, at Kenan Memorial Stadium. No tickets are required. Commencement speaker In 2003, Jonathan T.M. Reckford had been a successful business executive at some of the nation’s major corporations when he felt a calling

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Distinguished service awards presented to Bill and Marcie Ferris, David Pardue

Closeup view of the Old Well with purple and white flowers in the front in August.

Awards for distinguished service to the College of Arts & Sciences were presented to William R. “Bill” and Marcie Cohen Ferris, both Carolina professors emeritus, and alumnus David Pardue Jr. ’69 at a meeting of the Arts & Sciences Foundation Board of Directors on April 25.

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