PROGRAM

Program

Platform Party Procession

Welcome

Chancellor Lee H. Roberts The University of North Carolina

Constituent Leader Reflections Video

Pearl Burris-Floyd, Secretary, Board of Governors The University of North Carolina

Malcolm K. Turner, Chair, Board of Trustees The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kathryn E. Moracco, Chair of the Faculty The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rebecca B. Howell, Chair, Employee Forum The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Veronica M. Flaspoehler, President, Carolina Alumni The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Adolfo Alvarez, Student Body President The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leah K. Frazier, Graduate and Professional Student Government President The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University Day Remarks

Chancellor Roberts

Presentation of Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards

James W. Dean Jr., Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ramsey R. White, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Award Recipients

Kristin Acquavella

Lewis Niles Black

William Edwin McMahan

William Vaughn Moore

Chad R. Pike

Jenna Robinson

William N. Starling Jr.

Presentation of O. Max Gardner Award

Board of Governors Secretary Burris-Floyd

Gardner Award Recipient

Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, Clarke-Pearson Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Associate Director for Research, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases School of Medicine

Presentation of the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award

Faculty Chair Moracco

Graham Award Recipient

Bob Goldstein, James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor of Biology and Adjunct Professor of Art, College of Arts and Sciences

Presentation of the Rebecca Clark Staff Award for Moral Courage

Employee Forum Chair Howell

Clark Award Recipient

Michael Fernandes de Almeida, Postdoctoral Research Associate, McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine

Musical Performance

Brass Quintet

Mia Sabin ’26, Trumpet

Naomi Major ’26, Trumpet

Thayer Hicks ’25, Horn

Colin O’Hagerty ’26, Trombone

Cole Groff ’28, Tuba

UNC Club Ballroom Dance Team Latin Demonstration

Siobhan Morris ’25

Kate Phillips ’26

“Sous le dôme épais” from Lakmé by Léo Delibes (1836–1891)

Victoria Song ’26, Soprano

Jessica Cotton ’26, Soprano

Angela Liu ’26, Piano

Mozart Piano Quartet in G Minor, mvt 1

Daphne Davis ’26, Violin

Lauren Southwell ’26, Viola

George Nielsen ’26, Cello

Benny Yang ‘26, Piano

Hark the Sound

Hark the Sound Lyrics

Recession

Commemorating the Laying of the Cornerstone of Old East on October 12, 1793