In our spring 2014 Annual Giving solicitation letter for the College of Arts and Sciences, Arts and Sciences Foundation Board member Duke Buchan III shared why he supports the Arts and Sciences Annual Fund and thinks you should, too! Please join Duke by making your annual fund gift today. You can make a gift online […]
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Economics alumnus helps recruit graduate students What do Carolina basketball and economics research have in common? Joe Kampf (B.A. ’66) answered that question in 2009 when he established the Joseph M. and Jason S. Kampf Graduate Fund in Economics. An experienced business executive and avid Tar Heels fan, he knew that graduate programs, like basketball
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Carolina economics alumnus supports his former department, professor When Mark Kogan (B.A. ’79) made a gift to the department of economics in 2010, he never expected to support one of the professors who taught him as an undergraduate more than 30 years earlier. Kogan established the Mark Kogan Fund for Excellence in the Department of
Looking for a story about love and war? Perhaps a gripping tale of a traveler’s journey to exotic and dangerous places? Maybe a clever yarn on the merits of trout fishing? The two newest writers to join Carolina’s creative writing program share surprising connections with the donors who created the distinguished professorships and their namesakes
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A $5 million gift from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust will launch an extensive renovation of the music department’s Hill Hall. Work will center on improvements to Hill Hall’s rotunda and 550-seat auditorium in the century-old building that originally served as the University’s first library. The total cost of the project is estimated at
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Frank Borden Hanes Sr., a longtime friend and benefactor of the College of Arts and Sciences, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Few have done more to promote the arts and sciences at Carolina than Hanes, a 1942 graduate of the university. He was the founding chairman of the Arts and Sciences Foundation; in 1975
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Kenan Music Scholar and senior Ning Lee has appreciated the broad and holistic educational opportunity she has experience at Carolina. “It has been the best of both worlds because I have studied with renowned musicians and enjoyed the flexibility to pursue many avenues of scholarship,” she said.
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For serial entrepreneur Mark Clein ’81, crafting his strategy for supporting Carolina’s history department was a bit like running a startup company. “As with any enterprise, you want to make an impact with limited resources,” he said. “How can we be smart about deploying whatever capital we’re talking about?” Clein, who majored in history, decided
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On September 22, 1951, Carolina junior Saralyn Bonowitz attended a party at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house after the first football game of the season. That day, Carolina beat N.C. State – and Saralyn met ZBT Gene Oberdorfer, who shared her class year and a Southern Jewish heritage. Gene and Saralyn Oberdorfer appear with
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Robin Richards Donohoe ’87 embraced her Carolina undergraduate career with gusto. She counseled new students at freshman camp. She was an officer of the Delta Delta Delta sorority for three years. She belonged to the Campus Y, Campus Crusade for Christ and Phi Beta Kappa. Robin Donohoe She displayed the same spirit a decade later
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