Up one levelThe Light on the Hill Society Scholarship Awards Gala is held each fall during the UNC Black Alumni Reunion (BAR), alumni.unc.edu/bar.
(New) Video recording of the complete Gala, thanks to post-production editing by Rev. Rose Highland-Sharpe, MA, UNC '80, producer of Town Talk TV. Printed program (PDF).
(video 1, https://youtu.be/Uusb-h3BGPk, video 2, https://youtu.be/ggjE1j6w09Q)
Mistress of Ceremony - Tisha Powell, WTVD News Anchor
Welcome - Phillip L. McAlpin '75, Chair, 2019 Black Alumni Reunion Planning Committee
Greetings - Douglas S. Dibbert '70, President General Alumni Association
Scholar recognition video - Bernadine A. Cobb, '84, Selection Committee Chair, Light on the Hill Society Scholarship Board of Directors (video file link: https://youtu.be/Uusb-h3BGPk?t=10m31s)
Julius Peppers Scholars:
- Jorren L. Biggs '23
- Benecia A. Jackson '23
Light on the Hill Society Scholars:
- Makell S. Brown '23
- Taya N. Darby '23
- Reagan N. Fletcher '23
- Melia J. Madyun '23
- Naomi G. Smith '23
- Amya M. White '23
- Damion E. Williams '23
Scholar reflections - Damion E. Williams '23, Light on the Hill Society Scholar
Invocation - Joseph C. High '76
Dinner
(video 3, https://youtu.be/pwxWLHb5zOA, and video 4, https://youtu.be/4gDNwMKsMUM)
Golden Rams induction, presented by Carol Woods, Phillip L. McAlpin '75
Awards presentations - Trailblazer, Faculty/Staff and Young Alumni Awards
- Lassiter Lee McKissick Walker Trailblazer Award - Otto White, Jr. '65 ('67 MSPH) (https://youtu.be/pwxWLHb5zOA?t=2m31s)
- McClinton Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award - Onegaa J. McGhee (https://youtu.be/pwxWLHb5zOA?t=10m9s)
- Beech Outstanding Young Alumni Award - Nimasheena Niveshia Burns '06
Live auction
(video 5, https://youtu.be/pFpQAhIKOPE, and video 6, https://youtu.be/A1dDFH-pwq4)
Award presentations - Outstanding Alumni Awards
- Beech Outstanding Alumni Award for Overall Achievement - Anita J. Brown-Graham '91 (JD)
- Beech Outstanding Alumni Award for Overall Achievement - William A. Keyes IV '75 ('18 PhD)
Live auction
(video 6, https://youtu.be/A1dDFH-pwq4 [at 7 min.])
Sustaining the Light - Janet H. Southerland '82, Chair, Light on the Hill Society Board of Directors
Closing remarks - Lisa G. Morgan '83, Chair-Elect, 2019 Black Alumni Reunion Planning Committee
(video 7, https://youtu.be/_SuKyrHqx-0)
Alma Mater
Black Alumni Reunion (BAR) is an affinity group within the UNC General Alumni Association. The 2019 Gala was held
Friday, October 26, 2019 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2019 Gala Sponsors:
- Dr. William A. Keyes IV '75 ('18 PhD)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Carol Woods
- Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
- DDIprint
- UNC Department of Athletics
- UNC Student Affairs
- UNC Workforce Strategy, Equity & Engagement
Acknowledgements
Awards citations: Laurie D. Willis '86
General Alumni Association Staff: Tanea Pettis '95; Tori Smith '20, Activities Intern
Recorded by Victor J. Schoenbach, '75 (MSPH), '79 (PhD)
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