Alumni & Friends

Fulbright Gives Alumnus Opportunity to Grow Community Alumnus Stories build culture by preserving traditions and teaching future generations, UNC Charlotte alumnus Harry Gilliard says. Gilliard’s stories set their first roots in Sandridge, South Carolina, a rural Lowcountry crossroads community. “I arrived in college with little cultural competency,” says Gilliard, a first-generation college student whose roommate […]

Alumna Led Charlotte Museum of History Alumna, Anthropology and Art UNC Charlotte alumna Adria Focht served the Charlotte Museum of History as its president and CEO for four years before resigning in late 2021 to study permaculture design in an international program by Oregon State University. Focht came to the museum from the Kings Mountain […]

Alumnus Wins National Top Teaching Honor Alumnus, English South Point High School English teacher Bobbie Cavnar describes teaching as 25 percent preparation and 75 percent pure theater. Lately, the UNC Charlotte alumnus has taken his place on the national stage, sharing his views of teaching, the humanities, the arts and issues confronting the nation’s schools. […]