Inside UNCP Today Summer 2012 Editor Scott Bigelow Art Director R. Jerrod Hatfield ‘06 Contributing Writer Todd Anderson Web Publisher Lawrence Locklear ‘05 Photographers Raul Rubiera Jr. Class Notes Renée Steele ‘93 UNCP Today magazine is published three times a year for alumni and friends of the university by the Office of University Communications and Marketing. UNCP is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. XX,XXX copies of this document were printed at a cost of $0.XX each. Class Notes Office of Alumni Relations P.O. Box 1510 Pembroke, NC 28372-1510 tel: (910) 521-6533 email: alumni@uncp.edu web: www.uncp.edu/alumni Chancellor Kyle R. Carter, Ph. D. Board of Trustees Dr. Robin Cummings Chair Dr. Raymond Pennington Vice Chair Dr. Dwight Pearson ‘77 Wiley Barrett ‘69 Kellie Blue ‘91 Bob Caton Gary Locklear ‘70 Donna Lowry Lorna Ricotta ‘01, ‘08 Newy Scruggs ‘94 Caroline Williamson ‘89, ‘94 Paul Willoughby ‘74 Brian McCormick ‘10, ‘12 SGA On the cover: Old Main featured with commemorative 125th banners. Photo by Raul Rubiera Jr. 20 3 8 13 15 16 26 29 Spring 2012 125th Feature University News Faculty & Staff Awards Memoriam Students Athletics Class Notes UNCP Today Alumni Association Board of Directors Jarette Sampson ‘01 Sylvia Pate ’99 Adam Hardin ‘06 President Michael McMillian ‘08 Aaron Thomas, ’99 Patrick Strickland ‘01 1st Vice President Mickey Gregory ‘88 Rudy Locklear, ’06 ’11 Floyd Locklear ‘86 2nd Vice President Sheila Swift ‘03 Renee Steele, ’93, Virgil Oxendine ‘90 Executive Director Yolanda Sinclair ‘98 Kristy Woods- Billings, ‘92 Secretary 3