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JULY 12

Summer Wine Tasting with Chef Mark: Wines Off the Beaten Path

WHEN:     Wednesday, July 12 | 6 - 8 p.m.
WHERE:   Homer Hitt Alumni Center Ballroom
                  2000 Lakeshore Drive | New Orleans

Join us Wednesday, July 12 for our annual wine tasting event hosted by our own Chef Mark Springfloat. This summer, we'll taste wines that aren't from the usual vineyards or regions. They'll likely be new to all of us. You won't want to miss this popular event. A few spots left...

Meet Us @ White Linen Night

WHEN:     Saturday, August 5 | 5 - 7 p.m.
WHERE:   St. James Cheese Company
                  641 Tchoupitoulas Street
                  New Orleans, LA

We're back for this popular Meet Us @ event at St. James Cheese Company. Take a break from gallery-hopping and stop in for a drink, some bites, A/C and fun with your fellow Privateers! 

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Coming this Fall ...

Simultaneous Saints Watch Parties in New Orleans, Houston, Chicago and Washington, DC

Saints Watch Party in New York City

Homecoming Week / Reunion Weekend
   • Distinguished Alumni Gala 11/9
   • Classes of 1973 and 1998 Reunion Weekend 11/9-11
   • Homecoming Tailgate and Game 11/11 

Alumni Holiday Party at Fulton Alley 

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Google vice president Sabrina Farmer will receive the 2023 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Additionally, Avril Habetz, managing partner for Northwestern Mutual of Louisiana and Mississippi, has been named the 2023 Norma Jane Sabiston Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Both will be celebrated at a gala at the National WWII Museum on Nov. 9, 2023.

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Mamie Sterkx Gasperecz is a historian at heart who has used her business sense to turn around a struggling New Orleans museum, teach financial literacy to student-athletes and help families reach savings goals. Gasperecz, the new vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer at the University of New Orleans, said she is excited that her “eclectic” journey has returned her to the lakefront.

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UNO alumni working in Louisiana have an opportunity to access UNO faculty experts as consultants, advisors or business process observers this summer at no cost to the business through our new Connect program.

If you didn’t have a chance to attend our recent mixer to promote this program, don’t worry, it’s not too late to join the program. Visit the PACE alumni page to learn more about Connect and our summer offering of career-boosting courses and certificates in Allied Health and IT. 

New Orleans head men's basketball coach Mark Slessinger announced the addition of graduate transfer guard Kaleb Jenkins. Jenkins will make the step up from Div. III to Div. I and Southland competition next season as the former Trinity University Tiger returns home to New Orleans with one year of eligibility remaining. 

He received his bachelor's degree in communications in May from Trinity and will pursue an MBA from the University of New Orleans College of Business. 
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The New Orleans Privateers women's basketball staff has added their first signee for the upcoming season in transfer, Evangelia Davlakou. Previously, Davlakou was at Jacksonville State for her freshman season.  
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