It may seem unorthodox for a geologist, a male one at that, to write a history of women’s higher education, but the retired professor who was on the Carolina faculty from 1975 to 1997 soon explains his interest.
Jay and Babette Tanenbaum of Atlanta may not be Carolina alumni or have a strong connection to the university, but when they found out about the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, they were impressed with its work and wanted to help.
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Studying Mandarin in Tapei to broaden research on Chinese-language cinema. Writing a full-length book of poetry. Pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature at Harvard University. These are just a few of the pursuits Carolina’s Thomas Wolfe Scholars have been up to since they graduated.
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For Barbara “Bobby” Gitenstein and Don Hart, choosing to support the humanities at UNC was an easy decision.
Both earned their doctorate degrees in the humanities at Carolina — Gitenstein in English in 1975 and Hart in philosophy in 1981. The couple grew up in the same small town in south Alabama and chose Carolina for its “excellent” English and philosophy departments. They formed lasting relationships with several faculty members who served as important mentors for them in their careers.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumnus Howard R. Levine, chairman and CEO of Family Dollar Stores Inc., has created an endowment to support undergraduate and graduate students in Jewish studies at his alma mater. The Howard R. Levine Student Excellence Fund in Jewish Studies, created through a $500,000 pledge, will support academic studies
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A lifelong love of theatre and decades of dedicated service to the University have resulted in the establishment of the David and Rebecca Pardue Distinguished Professorship in Technical Theatre and Production Management and the Courtnay Arpano and David Pardue III Graduate Fellowship Fund. The two new endowments, totaling $1.4 million, will provide a great boost for the department of dramatic art and PlayMakers Repertory Company.
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Jan Bardsley knew just what to do with surprise funding from the dean’s office.
A stipend for a graduate student to oversee logistics for a major Asian studies conference on campus? Yes.
Funds for faculty who elevate the department’s profile by editing prestigious academic journals? Yes.
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When Bill and Elizabeth Taylor’s paternal grandfather, William Woodruff Taylor Sr., grew weary of dentistry and decided to become a lawyer, he set an example of never stopping one’s education. He practiced both disciplines in Warrenton, N.C., for years. On the other side of the family tree, these siblings’ maternal grandmother, Kate Barden Winstead, moved
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