Call for Alumni Award nominations

Call for Alumni Award nominations
Monday, January 13, 2020

UNC Charlotte alumni are making significant contributions to the University, their communities and their chosen professions each and every day.  The UNC Charlotte Alumni Association is actively seeking nominations for its 2020 awards class. The deadline to submit a nomination for this year is Friday, Jan. 24.

The Alumni Awards were established in 1985 to recognize individuals who have made important contributions to the establishment and growth of UNC Charlotte; embody the core principles of the University; and have distinguished themselves through their outstanding service to the University, their chosen field, humanity and/or society. These awards honor alumni and friends whose careers have been distinguished by significant accomplishments or through extraordinary service to alumni, faculty, students and communities, especially the underserved.

Annual Awards

  • Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus Award
  • Distinguished Faculty Award

Occasional Awards

  • Outstanding Young Alumna/Alumnus Award
  • Bonnie Cone Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Humanitarian Award
  • Honorary Alumna/Alumnus Award

The 2019 award recipients, pictured, were Robert Niblock ’84 (Bonnie E. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award); the Honorable Bill Brawley ’78, Anne Tompkins ’84 and Nancy Stallings ‘72 (Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus Awards); Herman Thomas, (Distinguished Faculty Award); Victoria Watlington ‘13 (Distinguished Young Alumna Award); and Delbridge Narron (Honorary Alumnus Award).