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Graham Memorial Building, Room 039

218 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States

April 2018

‘#FeesMustFall at the University of the Western Cape,’ Panel Discussion

April 10, 2018 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Graham Memorial Building, Room 039, 218 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States

Join students from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa for a discussion of the activism surrounding the #FeesMustFall movement. Participants include Khanyisile Mbongwa, graduate student at the University of Cape Town and affiliated with the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC; Sive Shosha, undergraduate law student at UWC; and Xolani Zekani, post-graduate student at UWC. Please RSVP in advance. Please contact Gina Difino for more information.

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October 2018

James Norwood Pratt, ‘The Energy and Cult of Tea’

October 24, 2018 at 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Graham Memorial Building, Room 039, 218 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States

The Hillard Gold '39 Lecture presents UNC Honors Laureate James Norwood Pratt, discussing "The Energy and Cult of Tea." With books translated into multiple languages and numerous videos, interviews and articles in US and overseas media, Norwood is quite possibly the world’s most widely read and best-known authority on tea and tea lore. Since his often revised classic, The Tea Lover’s Treasury, first appeared in 1982, he has been an inspiring presence on the international tea scene. He has served as Honorary…

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February 2019

International and Foreign Affairs Award Info Session

February 6, 2019 at 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Graham Memorial Building, Room 039, 218 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States

Representatives from the Office of Distinguished Scholarships, the Center for Global Initiatives, the Diplomat-in-Residence and recent scholarship awardees are hosting an information session for students to learn about opportunities to gain experience in foreign affairs and to work and study abroad. Pizza will be provided. Please register here. Consider the following opportunities: The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at a 2-year or 4-year college or university to participate…

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April 2019

Mamarame Seck, ‘Youssou Ndour: A Griot Sufi Poet’

April 18, 2019 at 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Graham Memorial Building, Room 039, 218 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States

Mamarame Seck is a researcher in the Department of Languages and Civilizations at Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN) at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. Among his research interests are the Wolof language, culture, French linguistics, Islamic discourses in West Africa and the functions of Sufi oral discourse in the practice of Islam in Senegal, in particular in the socialization of Sufi disciples and their relationship with the shaykh. This event is free and open to the public. Please…

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April 2022

Schwarzman Scholars Information Session

April 5, 2022 at 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Graham Memorial Building, Room 039, 218 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States
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Join Schwarzman's Associate Director of Admissions (and UNC alum), Wyatt Bruton, and UNC's most recent Schwarzman Scholar, Samuel Zahn, at this event! Register today!

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