At UNCG Homecoming, the University will present the 2024 Alumni Awards to nine outstanding individuals. The awards celebration on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at 7 p.m. in UNCG’s EUC Auditorium is free and open to public.

The award recipients:

MCIVER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ALICE JOYNER IRBY ’54 provided opportunity for students, whether recruiting for Woman’s College or the Johnson Administration’s Job Corps.

MINERVA AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PHAEDRA J. GROVE ’92, ’95 MPA, a former chair of the UNCG Foundation Board, established the Phaedra J. and Pecolia J. Grove Endowed Scholarship and was instrumental in creating the Pearls of Promise – Nu Rho Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship Endowment.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TOM WALDRON ’90, chief operating officer at Kontoor, is responsible for the Wrangler and Lee brands globally and oversees Kontoor’s operations, including global supply chain, product development, and innovation. A Bryan School management major, he has served on that school’s advisory board.

WC LEGACY AWARD Judy Newton Scurry ’68
WC LEGACY AWARD Mary Elizabeth Slate ’61

YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD Jackson Cooper ’16
YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD Roy Dixon ’15
YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD Ashlee Wagner ’11

HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD Lynn Eury (husband of the late Faye Eury ’56)

See more about the honorees — as well as about the awards’ history.