Brenda Meadows Cooper (1942- ) obtained her undergraduate and master's degrees at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and returned to the university in 1968 as assistant director of alumni affairs. She became associate director of alumni affairs, then director of alumni affairs and secretary of the alumnae association in 1990. She retired in 1995. Cooper has a unique perspective as she has been an undergraduate student, a graduate student and an employee of UNCG. She recalls her undergraduate years, both as a residential and commuter student; her involvement in student government and other activities and the perspective of being a first-generation college graduate. She discusses the traditions of the university, such as Rat Day, class jackets and sister classes. She tells of the special relationship Chancellor Otis Singletary had with students and the atmosphere of the campus during the introduction of integration and coeducation to UNCG.
