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Legacy Luncheon a Great Tradition
Parents and students connect for a family tradition.
Published: Saturday, August 15, 2009
Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2009
It wasn’t just another luncheon on move-in day. It was a chance for alumni who have children attending the University to take a break from move-in day and celebrate a family tradition of attending State.
The luncheon is “a nice thing that they do, and it’s a nice break from moving in,” Terri Howell, a 1987 graduate in business management, said.
Howell, her husband Bryan and their son, incoming freshman Hampton, who will major in chemical and biomedical engineering said the luncheon is reassuring to parents and that the deans and administrators who attended showed that they cared and respected the transition process.
Lennie Barton, associate vice chancellor for alumni relations, said he sat at the Legacy Luncheon four years ago with his son. He said the Wolfpack family is so proud of its 175,000 living alumni and that the school is especially supportive of the alumni.
“This is one of the best things our association does,” Barton said.
Adam Compton, last year’s senior class president and Students Today Alumni Tomorrow leader, encouraged students to be active, to go to class and to find their roles at school.
“Remember why you are here,” he said to the incoming students and their parents at the luncheon with more than 600 people attending. “And do not hesitate to ask for help.”
Chancellor James Woodward spoke specifically to the parents when he said, “We will not let you down.”
He said students had made the right choice and emphasized that students should go out and make new friends because these friends that they meet in the next week could be lifetime friends. Woodward said this is certainly one of the most exciting times in incoming students’ lives and that students should not be too shy to go to people who are sitting by themselves and invite them into the Wolfpack family.
Woodward played a game where people stood up to show how many family members they had who went to school. Students who had at least two stood up, and then sat down if they did not have three and so on. The winner was James Davis, who had 14 relatives. William Jones came in close second with 13 relatives.
Tyler Corbitt, an incoming freshman in engineering whose grandfather graduated in 1976, said the luncheon was a fun event and the food was great. Tyler’s father Chris, who graduated in 1976 with a degree in geology, said is a wonderful tradition to bring back alumni and he and his son share something special. His other son Matthew will attend UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall.
Daniel Pickard of Hillsborough did not encourage his daughter to pick State specifically, but was nevertheless delighted that his daughter picked the school without his persuasion.
“It has grown. I’m very happy.” Pickhard said he was happy to see that the school has changed with the times for the better. Pickard graduated in 1973 with a degree in textiles and works for Duke University.
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