Chancellor Thorp visiting Maui with basketball team
Chancellor Holden Thorp will travel to Maui with the men’s basketball team next week. The trip will not be paid for with state or tuition dollars.
The team is playing in the Maui Invitational and faces Chaminade on Monday.
The athletic department — funded by the Rams Club and a $255 student fee — will pay the $3,529 per person flight and hotel cost for Thorp and his wife, Patti. The Thorps will pay for their two children.
While in Maui, Thorp will participate in an alumni fundraising event.
He planned the trip several months ago while still dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, according to Mike McFarland, director of University communications.
Junior Tripp Gobble wins national Race to BE contest
UNC student Tripp Gobble, co-founder of record label Vinyl Records, won the Race to BE Creative Entrepreneurship Challenge on Wednesday.
Gobble competed against four other entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas in the BE The Sound category, winning $5,000 and exclusive mentoring from leaders in the music industry.
He also is invited to New York City on Friday to ring the New York Stock Exchange bell with hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons.
A total of 15 students competed in music, film and fashion categories.
Vinyl Records provides student musicians opportunities to perform, record and produce their own music. It signed its first three bands in September.
Wilson Library honors Keats, dedicates six millionth book
A book published in 1817 became a very new addition to the University library collection Thursday.
“Poems,” a compilation of John Keats’ works, is the library’s 6 millionth volume. The poet has become a celebrated icon in English literature since the 19th century.
Students, faculty and English buffs gathered to celebrate the presentation of a first-edition copy of his work to the school’s rare book collection.
Receiving this 6 millionth volume makes UNC the 19th university in the nation to acquire such an extensive book collection.
The donation of “Poems” and the 500-item Keats collection will be part of an exhibit at Wilson, titled “Presenting John Keats,” open until March.
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Trustees honor five alumni with highest-ranked award
The Board of Trustees honored five alumni with the William Richardson Davie Award on Wednesday night.
The award recognizes those serving the University or society and is the board’s highest honor.
Chancellor Holden Thorp and the trustees presented the award to Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, Peter Thacher Grauer, C. Knox Massey Jr. and James Horner Winston.
Some of the awardees’ service includes working on various boards and committees, leading the Honors Program and providing endowments and monetary gifts to the University.
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