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}}The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina)NEWS,weblink UNC Leaders Want Abbreviation Change, Wootson, Cleve R. Jr, January 8, 2002, Chapel Hill, NC, The Daily Tar Heel, July 9, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121107000747weblink">weblink November 7, 2012, is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States.WEB,weblink 220 Years of History â€“ UNC System Office, Northcarolina.edu, January 25, 2019,weblink June 11, 2019, The university offers degrees in over 70 courses of study and is administratively divided into 13 separate professional schools and a primary unit, the College of Arts & Sciences.WEB,weblink Schools, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, en-US, 2020-01-14,weblink December 14, 2019, live, It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities â€“ Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).WEB, Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup,weblink Center for Postsecondary Education, Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 26 July 2020, July 26, 2020,weblink live, WEB,weblink AAU Member Universities, www.aau.edu, June 8, 2022, May 4, 2022,weblink live, The National Science Foundation ranked UNCâ€“Chapel Hill 13th among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2021 with $1.2 billion.WEB, Universities Report Largest Growth in Federally Funded R&D Expenditures since FY 2011 {{!, NSF - National Science Foundation |url=https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23303 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=ncses.nsf.gov}}WEB, Zalaznick, Matt, 2023-01-06, Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed's top 30 R&D performers,weblink 2023-12-28, University Business, en-US, The campus covers {{convert|760|acre|ha|sp=us}}, encompassing the Morehead Planetarium and the many stores and shops located on Franklin Street. Students can participate in over 550 officially recognized student organizations. UNC Chapel Hill is one of the charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded on June 14, 1953. The university's athletic teams compete as the Tar Heels.

History

(File:UNC-6-1819.pdf|thumb|right|University of North Carolina course catalog from June 1819)The University of North Carolina was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly on December 11, 1789; its cornerstone was laid on October 12, 1793, at Chapel Hill, chosen because of its central location within the state.BOOK, Snider, William D., Light on the Hill: A History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,weblink UNC Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1992, 13, 16, 20, 0-8078-2023-7, October 15, 2020, WEB, Assembly, North Carolina General, Act Establishing the University of North Carolina, 1789: Electronic Edition.,weblink 2022-09-13, docsouth.unc.edu, It is one of three universities that claims to be the oldest public university in the United States, and the only such institution to confer degrees in the eighteenth century as a public institution.Snider, William D. (1992), pp. 29, 35.NEWS, C. Dixon Spangler Jr. named Overseers president for 2003â€“04,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030621223640weblink">weblink June 21, 2003, Harvard University Gazette, Cambridge, MA, May 29, 2003, April 5, 2008, During the Civil War, North Carolina Governor David Lowry Swain persuaded Confederate President Jefferson Davis to exempt some students from the draft, so the university was one of the few in the Confederacy that managed to stay open.Snider, William D. (1992), p. 67. However, Chapel Hill suffered the loss of more of its population during the war than any village in the South, and when student numbers did not recover, the university was forced to close during Reconstruction from December 1, 1870, until September 6, 1875.BOOK, Battle, Kemp P., History of the University of North Carolina: From 1868â€“1912,weblink Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Raleigh, NC, 1912, 39, 41, 88, October 15, 2020, Following the reopening, enrollment was slow to increase and university administrators offered free tuition for the sons of teachers and ministers, as well as loans for those who could not afford attendance.JOURNAL, Holden, Charles, February 2018, Manliness and the Culture of Self-Improvement: The University of North Carolina in the 1890sâ€“1900s,weblink History of Education Quarterly, en, 58, 1, 122â€“151, 10.1017/heq.2017.51, 149411373, 0018-2680, November 25, 2020, May 17, 2021,weblink live, Following the Civil War, the university began to modernize its programs and onboard faculty with prestigious degrees.BOOK, Wilson, L.R., The University of North Carolina, 1900-1930: The Making of a Modern University, University of North Carolina Press, 1957, Chapel Hill, The creation of a new gymnasium, funding for a new Chemistry laboratory, and organization of the Graduate Department were accomplishments touted by UNC president Francis Venable at the 1905 "University Day" celebration.NEWS, University Day: An Appropriate Celebration{{emdash, Dr. Venable Reports the University in a Flourishing Condition{{emdash}}a thoughtful address by Col. Bingham |date=October 19, 1905 |url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1905-10-19/ed-1/seq-1/ |work=The Daily Tar Heel |via=DigitalNC |access-date=August 28, 2022}}Despite initial skepticism from university President Frank Porter Graham, on March 27, 1931, legislation was passed to group the University of North Carolina with the State College of Agriculture and Engineering and Woman's College of the University of North Carolina to form the Consolidated University of North Carolina.Snider, William D. (1992), pp. 212â€“213. In 1963, the consolidated university was made fully coeducational, although most women still attended Woman's College for their first two years, transferring to Chapel Hill as juniors, since freshmen were required to live on campus and there was only one women's residence hall. As a result, Woman's College was renamed the "University of North Carolina at Greensboro", and the University of North Carolina became the "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill".NEWS, UNC Trustees in broad changes of all branches, January 25, 1963, Burlington, NC, The Daily Times-News, 1, JOURNAL, Frost, Susan H., Hearn, James C., Marine, Ginger M., 1997, State Policy and the Public Research University: A Case Study of Manifest and Latent Tensions, The Journal of Higher Education, The Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, 68, 4, 363â€“397, 10.2307/2960008, 2960008, WEB,weblink The History of UNCG, 2005, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070804213527weblink">weblink August 4, 2007, In 1955, UNC officially desegregated its undergraduate divisions.WEB,weblink North Carolina Collection-UNC Desegregation, Lib.unc.edu, July 10, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130119032534weblink">weblink January 19, 2013, File:Silent Sam.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Confederate soldier Silent Sam. The statue was toppled by a crowd in 2018, and the plinth (pedestal) was ordered removed by Chancellor Carol Folt Carol FoltDuring World War II, UNC was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.WEB,weblink The Beginning of NROTC at UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September 28, 2011, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111006084020weblink">weblink October 6, 2011, During the 1960s, the campus was the location of significant political protests. Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protests about local racial segregation which began quietly in Franklin Street restaurants led to mass demonstrations and disturbance.Snider, William D. (1992), p. 269. The climate of civil unrest prompted the 1963 Speaker Ban Law prohibiting speeches by communists on state campuses in North Carolina.Snider, William D. (1992), p. 270. This stand towards the racial segregation on campus led up to the Sit-in movement. The Sit-in movement started a new era in North Carolina, which challenged colleges across the south against racial segregation of public facilities. The law was immediately criticized by university Chancellor William Brantley Aycock and university President William Friday, but was not reviewed by the North Carolina General Assembly until 1965.Snider, William D. (1992), pp. 272â€“273. Small amendments to allow "infrequent" visits failed to placate the student body, especially when the university's board of trustees overruled new Chancellor Paul Frederick Sharp's decision to allow speaking invitations to Marxist speaker Herbert Aptheker and civil liberties activist Frank Wilkinson; however, the two speakers came to Chapel Hill anyway. Wilkinson spoke off campus, while more than 1,500 students viewed Aptheker's speech across a low campus wall at the edge of campus, christened "Dan Moore's Wall" by The Daily Tar Heel for Governor Dan K. Moore.Snider, William D. (1992), pp. 274â€“275. A group of UNC-Chapel Hill students, led by Student Body President Paul Dickson, filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court, and on February 20, 1968, the Speaker Ban Law was struck down.Snider, William D. (1992), pp. 267â€“268. In 1969, campus food workers of Lenoir Hall went on strike protesting perceived racial injustices that impacted their employment, garnering the support of student groups and members of the university and Chapel Hill community and leading to state troopers in riot gear being deployed on campus and the state national guard being held on standby in Durham.WEB,weblink UNC Food Workers' Strike of 1969, Food and American Studies, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, 27 November 2023, From the late 1990s and onward, UNC-Chapel Hill expanded rapidly with a 15% increase in total student population to more than 28,000 by 2007. This is accompanied by the construction of new facilities, funded in part by the "Carolina First" fundraising campaign and an endowment that increased fourfold to more than $2 billion within ten years.WEB,weblink University Endowment, April 5, 2008, 2007, UNC Office of University Development,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080311220627weblink">weblink March 11, 2008, WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081207171703weblink">weblink December 7, 2008, Historical Trends, 1978â€“2007, May 20, 2008, 2007, UNC Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Professor Oliver Smithies was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2007 for his work in genetics.NEWS,weblink weblink" title="archive.today/20081207172004weblink">weblink December 7, 2008, UNC professor wins Nobel Prize, Sullivan, Kate, October 9, 2007, Chapel Hill, NC, The Daily Tar Heel, May 20, 2008, Additionally, Professor Aziz Sancar was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015 for his work in understanding the molecular repair mechanisms of DNA.WEB, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 â€“ Press Release,weblink www.nobelprize.org, December 16, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160102165736weblink">weblink January 2, 2016, live, In 2011, the first of several investigations found fraud and academic dishonesty at the university related to its athletic program.WEB,weblink UNC Scandal, June 4, 2014, www.cbssports.com, July 14, 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160510110725weblink">weblink May 10, 2016, live, Following a lesser scandal that began in 2010 involving academic fraud and improper benefits with the university's football program, two hundred questionable classes offered by the university's African and Afro-American Studies department came to light. As a result, the university was placed on probation by its accrediting agency in 2015.NEWS, New, Jake, Accrediting Body Places UNC on Probation,weblink 26 July 2020, Inside Higher Ed, June 12, 2015, en, July 26, 2020,weblink live, NEWS, Jones, Jaleesa, University of North Carolina placed on probation by accreditation agency,weblink 26 July 2020, USA TODAY, June 11, 2015, July 26, 2020,weblink live, It was removed from probation in 2016.NEWS, Stancill, Jane, UNC removed from probation by accrediting agency,weblink 26 July 2020, Charlotte Observer, June 17, 2016, December 10, 2018,weblink live, That same year, the public universities in North Carolina had to share a budget cut of $414 million, of which the Chapel Hill campus lost more than $100 million in 2011.WEB, The Herald-Sun-UNC Taking Biggest Hit of System Cuts,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120612024119weblink">weblink June 12, 2012, The Herald-Sun-Trusted&Essential, November 17, 2011, This followed state budget cuts that trimmed university spending by $231 million since 2007; Provost Bruce Carney said more than 130 faculty members have left UNC since 2009.,WEB, Trustees OK Major Tuition Increase at UNC-CH::WRAL.com,weblink WRAL.com, November 17, 2011, November 17, 2011,weblink" title="archive.today/20130209124645weblink">weblink February 9, 2013, with poor staff retention.NEWS, Will, Madeline, UNC system faculty rates suffer due to decrease in funds,weblink The Daily Tar Heel, September 14, 2011, November 17, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111012102547weblink">weblink October 12, 2011, The Board of Trustees for UNC-CH recommended a 15.6 percent increase in tuition, a historically large increase. The budget cuts in 2011 greatly affected the university and set this increased tuition plan in motion and UNC students protested.NEWS, Hartness, Erin, UNC-CH Students Protest Tuition Increase Plan,weblink WRAL.com, November 16, 2011, November 17, 2011,weblink" title="archive.today/20120918020824weblink">weblink September 18, 2012, On February 10, 2012, the UNC Board of Governors approved tuition and fee increases of 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across all 16 campuses.WEB, Stancill, Jane,weblink Tuition increases at UNC schools approved amid protests, News Observer, 2012-02-10, 2013-07-08,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120429215905weblink">weblink 2012-04-29, In June 2018, the Department of Education found that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had violated Title IX in handling reports of sexual assault, five years after four students and an administrator filed complaints.WEB,weblink UNC Violated Title IX in Handling of Sexual-Misconduct Complaints, June 26, 2018, The Daily Beast, en, July 20, 2018,weblink June 27, 2018, live, NEWS,weblink Investigation: UNC violated Title IX in handling of sexual violence cases, June 26, 2018, ABC11 Raleigh-Durham, July 20, 2018, en-US,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180721043454weblink">weblink July 21, 2018, The university was also featured in The Hunting Ground, a 2015 documentary about sexual assault on college campuses.NEWS, 'The Hunting Ground' and the Challenge of Campus Rape, Alyssa, Rosenberg, March 13, 2015, Washington Post,weblink Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino, two students featured in the film, helped to establish the survivor advocacy organization End Rape on Campus.NEWS, Campus Sexual Assault: Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino Are Fighting Backâ€”And Shaping the National Debate, Rebecca, Johnson, October 9, 2014, Vogue,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141011222920weblink">weblink October 11, 2014, In August 2018, the university came to national attention after the toppling of Silent Sam, a Confederate monument which had been erected on campus in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.WEB,weblink Silent Sam, April 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100610012446weblink">weblink June 10, 2010, The statue had been dogged by controversy at various points since the 1960s, with critics claiming that the monument invokes memories of racism and slavery. Many critics cited the explicitly racist views espoused in the dedication speech that local industrialist and UNC Trustee Julian Carr gave at the statue's unveiling on June 2, 1913, and the approval with which they had been met by the crowd at the dedication.WEB,weblink Transcription: Julian Carr's Speech at the Dedication of Silent Sam, Green, Hilary N., people.ua.edu, University of Alabama, June 11, 2020,weblink March 14, 2020, Shortly before the beginning of the 2018â€“2019 school year, the Silent Sam was toppled by protestors and damaged, and has been absent from campus ever since.WEB, U. of North Carolina under fire for $2.5M to Confederate group in 'Silent Sam' deal,weblink 2021-04-10, NBC News, December 18, 2019, en, August 18, 2021,weblink live, In July 2020, the University's Carr Hall, which was named after Julian Carr, was renamed the "Student Affairs Building."NEWS,weblink These UNC dorms and academic buildings are no longer named after white supremacists, Kate, Murphy, News & Observer, July 29, 2020, October 21, 2020, October 22, 2020,weblink live, Carr had supported white supremacy and also the Ku Klux Klan.After reopening its campus in August 2020, UNC-Chapel Hill reported 135 new COVID-19 cases and four infection clusters within a week of having started in-person classes for the Fall 2020 semester. On 10 August, faculty and staff from several of UNC's constituent institutions filed a complaint against its board of governors, asking the system to default to online-only instruction for the fall.Allston v. The University of North Carolina System. No. 20 CvS. Superior Court of Wake County. 20 August 2020.weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817025212weblink|date=August 17, 2020}} On 17 August, UNC's management announced that the university would be moving all undergraduate classes online from 19 August, becoming the first university to send students home after having reopened.WEB, Wong, Wilson,weblink UNC-Chapel Hill goes to remote learning after 135 COVID-19 cases within week of starting classes, NBC News, 17 August 2020, August 19, 2020,weblink live, Notable leaders of the university include the 26th Governor of North Carolina, David Lowry Swain (president 1835â€“1868); and Edwin Anderson Alderman (1896â€“1900), who was also president of Tulane University and the University of Virginia.WEB, Previous Presidents and Chancellors, UNC Office of the Chancellor, 2008,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071012053622weblink">weblink October 12, 2007, May 20, 2008, On December 13, 2019 the UNC System Board of Governors unanimously voted to name Kevin Guskiewicz the university's 12th chancellor.WEB,weblink Kevin M. Guskiewicz begins term as 12th chancellor with investment in community | UNC-Chapel Hill, December 13, 2019, December 22, 2019,weblink December 14, 2019, live, In the early afternoon on August 28, 2023, the second week of the fall semester, a PhD student shot and killed associate professor Zijie Yan in Caudill Labs, a laboratory building near the center of campus.NEWS, Hudson, Susan, Latest updates: Campus grieves after shooting at Caudill Labs,weblink 29 August 2023, 29 August 2023, WEB, A Message from Chancellor Guskiewicz: The loss of our fellow Tar Heel,weblink The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 29 August 2023, 29 August 2023,

Campus

File:Morehead Planetarium.JPG|thumb|The Morehead Planetarium, designed by (Eggers & Higgins]], first opened in 1949.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030930074730weblink">weblink September 30, 2003, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center :: Morehead History: Part 2 â€“ Construction, Moreheadplanetarium.org, May 10, 1949, July 10, 2012, |alt= A brick building with a rusted dome and ionic columns.)UNC-Chapel Hill's campus covers around {{convert|760|acre|ha}}, including about {{convert|125|acre|ha}} of lawns and over {{convert|30|acre|ha}} of shrub beds and other ground cover.WEB,weblink Grounds Services, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, In 1999, UNC-Chapel Hill was one of sixteen recipients of the American Society of Landscape Architects Medallion Awards and was identified (in the second tier) as one of 50 college or university "works of art" by T.A. Gaines in his book The Campus as a Work of Art.JOURNAL, Ellertson, Shari L., 2001, Expenditures on O&M at America's Most Beautiful Campuses, Facilities Manager Magazine, 17, 5, APPA, Alexandria, VA,weblink April 5, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080219150922weblink">weblink February 19, 2008, BOOK, Gaines, Thomas A., The Campus as a Work of Art, Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, 1991, 155, 0-275-93967-7,weblink (File:UNC Seal.JPG|thumb|A representation of the university seal, located in front of South Building and dedicated by the class of 1989.|alt= A seal for a school that contains the name and the date of founding.)The oldest buildings on the campus, including the Old East building (built 1793â€“1795),WEB,weblink Old East, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill University Library, November 27, 2023, the South Building (built 1798â€“1814),WEB,weblink South Building, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill University Library, November 27, 2023, and the Old West building (built 1822â€“1823),WEB,weblink Old West, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill University Library, November 27, 2023, stand around a quadrangle that runs north to Chapel Hill. This is named McCorkle Place after Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, who campaigned for the foundation of the university and was the original author of the bill requesting the university's charter.WEB,weblink McCorkle Place, UNC-Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, BOOK, Powell, William S., Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, UNC Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1991, 4, Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, 978-0-8078-1918-0, A second quadrangle, Polk Place, was built in the 1920s to the south of the original campus, with the South Building on its north side, and named after North Carolina native and university alumnus President James K. Polk. The Wilson Library is at the south end of Polk Place.WEB,weblink Biography of James Polk, April 5, 2008, 2001,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100803010748weblink">weblink August 3, 2010, NARA, National Archives, whitehouse.gov, live, WEB,weblink Polk Place, The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History, November 27, 2023, McCorkle Place and Polk Place are both in what is the northern part of the campus in the 21st century, along with the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, and the Davis, House, and Wilson libraries. Most university classrooms are located in this area, along with several undergraduate residence halls.WEB,weblink Campus Map, 2007, UNC Engineering Information Services, May 22, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080528035541weblink">weblink May 28, 2008, The middle part of the campus includes Fetzer Field and Woollen Gymnasium along with the Student Recreation Center, Kenan Memorial Stadium, Irwin Belk outdoor track, Eddie Smith Field House, Boshamer Stadium, Carmichael Auditorium, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, School of Government, School of Law, George Watts Hill Alumni Center, Ram's Head complex (with a dining hall, parking garage, grocery store, and gymnasium), and various residence halls. The southern part of the campus houses the Dean Smith Center for men's basketball, Koury Natatorium, School of Medicine, Adams School of Dentistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Hospitals, Kenanâ€“Flagler Business School, and the newest student residence halls.

Campus features

File:Old Well UNC.jpg|thumb|Students walk past the Old Well Old Well(File:The Morehead Patterson Bell Tower.jpg|thumb|upright|The Moreheadâ€“Patterson Bell Tower was completed in 1931 and stands 172 feet tall.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20011223144653weblink">weblink December 23, 2001, Belltower Tour Stop, Unc.edu, July 10, 2012, |alt=A bell tower in the night with lit up archways at the base and a clock near the top of the tower.)Located in McCorkle Place is the Davie Poplar tree under which a popular legend says the university's founder, William Richardson Davie, selected the location for the university. The legend of the Davie Poplar says that as long as the tree stands, so will the university.BOOK, Loewer, H. Peter, Jefferson's Garden, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2004, 228, 0-8117-0076-3, However, the name was not associated with the tree until almost a century after the university's foundation.WEB,weblink McCorkle Place, UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate School, November 27, 2023, A graft from the tree, named Davie Poplar Jr., was planted nearby in 1918 after the original tree was struck by lightning. A second graft, Davie Poplar III, was planted in conjunction with the university's (wikt:bicentennial|bicentennial) celebration in 1993.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20011223154454weblink">weblink December 23, 2001, Davie Poplar, April 5, 2008, 2001, A Self-Guided Tour of Campus, UNC Visitors' Center, WEB, Valle, Kirsten, 2004-10-12, Reflections of a storied past,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081207171930weblink">weblink 2008-12-07, 2023-12-11, The Daily Tar Heel, The student members of the university's Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies are not allowed to walk on the grass of McCorkle Place out of respect for the unknown resting place of Joseph Caldwell, the university's first president.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080105084705weblink">weblink January 5, 2008, The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, Unc.edu, July 10, 2012, A symbol of the university is the Old Well, a small neoclassical rotunda at the south end of McCorkle Place based on the Temple of Love in the Gardens of Versailles, in the same location as the original well that provided water for the school.WEB,weblink Architectural Highlights of Carolina's Historic Campus, September 11, 2010, The Carolina Story,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100610011548weblink">weblink June 10, 2010, dead, The well stands at the south end of McCorkle Place, the northern quad, between two of the campus's oldest buildings, Old East, and Old West.The historic Playmakers Theatre is located on Cameron Avenue between McCorkle Place and Polk Place. It was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, the same architect who renovated the northern faÃ§ade of Old East in 1844.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20020112001540weblink">weblink January 12, 2002, Playmakers Theater Tour Stop, Unc.edu, July 10, 2012, The east-facing building was completed in 1851 and initially served as a library and as a ballroom. It was originally named Smith Hall after North Carolina Governor General Benjamin Smith, who was a special aide to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and was an early benefactor to the university.WEB,weblink The Carolina Storyâ€”Carolina's Early Benefactors, Museum.unc.edu, July 10, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120317051748weblink">weblink March 17, 2012, live, When the library moved to Hill Hall in 1907, the building was transferred between the school of law and the agricultural chemistry department until it was taken over by the university theater group, the Carolina Playmakers, in 1924. It was remodeled as a theater, opening in 1925 as Playmakers Theater. WEB,weblink Names in Brick and Stone: Histories from UNC's Built Landscape, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, Playmakers Theatre was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.WEB,weblink National Historic Landmarks Survey, November 4, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121104193510weblink">weblink November 4, 2012, The Moreheadâ€“Patterson bell tower, south of the Wilson Library, was commissioned by John Motley Morehead III, the benefactor of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship.WEB,weblink UNC.edu,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/19991003033211weblink">weblink October 3, 1999, The hedge and surrounding landscape was designed by William C. Coker, botany professor and creator of the campus arboretum. Traditionally, seniors have the opportunity to climb the tower a few days prior to May commencement.

Environment and sustainability

The university has a goal that all new buildings meet the requirements for LEED silver certification,WEB, UNC Sustainability: High Performance Buildings, UNC-Chapel Hill,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071018111936weblink">weblink October 18, 2007, June 8, 2009, and the Allen Education Center at the university's North Carolina Botanic Garden was the first building in North Carolina to receive LEED Platinum certification.WEB,weblink Allen Education Center, North Caroline Botanic Garden, November 27, 2023, UNC-Chapel Hill's cogeneration facility produced one-fourth of the electricity and all of the steam used on campus as of 2008.WEB, UNC Sustainability: Energy at UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081002170340weblink">weblink October 2, 2008, June 8, 2009, In 2006, the university and the Town of Chapel Hill jointly agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050, becoming the first town-gown partnership in the country to make such an agreement.WEB, UNC Sustainability: Institutionalizing Sustainability, UNC-Chapel Hill,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071018065602weblink">weblink October 18, 2007, June 8, 2009, Through these efforts, the university achieved a "Aâˆ’" grade on the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2010.WEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100620194946weblink">weblink

archive-date=June 20, 2010

website=The College Sustainability Report Card

access-date=November 27, 2023, The university was criticized in 2019 for abandoning a promise to shutter its coal-fired power plant by 2020.WEB,weblink Community frustrated with UNC's renewal of its coal plant over sustainable alternatives, The Daily Tar Heel, 2020-02-13, February 13, 2020,weblink live, Initially, the university has announced plans to become carbon neutral by 2050, but in 2021, the plan was changed to 2040.WEB, PequeÃ±o, Sara, 2021-05-12, UNC-Chapel Hill Stalls on Stopping Coal Use as the Climate Crisis Inches Closer to Catastrophe,weblink weblink December 11, 2023, 2023-12-11, INDY Week, en-US, bot: unknown, In December 2019, the university was sued by the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity for violations of the Clean Air Act.WEB, PequeÃ±o, Sara, 2019-12-04, UNC-Chapel Hill Just Got Slapped With Another Lawsuit, This Time About Its Coal Plant,weblink weblink 2019-12-05, 2023-12-11, INDY Week, en-US, {{clear}}

Academics

(File:UNC South Building.JPG|thumb|South Building, administrative offices of the chancellor and College of Arts and Sciences|alt=A large building with many windows and four columns on the front.)

Curriculum

(File:Students walking through UNC campus.jpg|thumb|Students walking through campus between classes){{As of|2007|post=,}} UNC-Chapel Hill offered 71 bachelor's, 107 master's and 74 doctoral degree programs.WEB,weblink Compendium of Key Facts, April 5, 2008, 2007, UNC News Services,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080329062535weblink">weblink March 29, 2008, The university enrolls students from all 100 North Carolina counties and state law requires that the percentage of students from North Carolina in each freshman class meet or exceed 82%.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20020827105015weblink">weblink August 27, 2002, Introduction to UNC: Campus and Student Profile, April 5, 2008, 2001, Teaching at Carolina, UNC Center for Teaching and Learning, The student body consists of 17,981 undergraduate students and 10,935 graduate and professional students (as of Fall 2009).WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100611193949weblink">weblink June 11, 2010, Fall 2011 Headcount Enrollment â€“ Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Oira.unc.edu, September 15, 2011, July 10, 2012, Racial and ethnic minorities comprise 30.8% of UNC-Chapel Hill's undergraduate population as of 2010WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100611193446weblink">weblink June 11, 2010, Fall 2011 Undergraduate Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity â€“ Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Oira.unc.edu, September 15, 2011, July 10, 2012, and applications from international students more than doubled in five years from 702 in 2004 to 1,629 in 2009.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100210033802weblink">weblink February 10, 2010, Diversity at Carolina, Admissions.unc.edu, January 27, 2012, July 10, 2012, Eighty-nine percent of enrolling first year students in 2009 reported a GPA of 4.0 or higher on a weighted 4.0 scale.WEB,weblink Quick Facts, June 9, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100609212031weblink">weblink June 9, 2010, The most popular majors at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2009 were biology, business administration, psychology, media and journalism, and political science. UNC-Chapel Hill also offers 300 study abroad programs in 70 countries.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080905150003weblink">weblink September 5, 2008, Study Abroad at UNC, Studyabroad.unc.edu, July 10, 2012, At the undergraduate level, all students must fulfill a number of general education requirements as part of the Making Connections curriculum, which was introduced in 2006.WEB,weblink Academic Advising Program, UNC Academic Advising Program, December 12, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101127204810weblink">weblink November 27, 2010, English, social science, history, foreign language, mathematics, and natural science courses are required of all students, ensuring that they receive a broad liberal arts education.WEB,weblink Academic Policies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080822022809weblink">weblink August 22, 2008, The university also offers a wide range of first year seminars for incoming freshmen.WEB,weblink FYS @ UNC-CH: About FYS, February 24, 2004,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20040224013423weblink">weblink February 24, 2004, After their second year, students move on to the College of Arts and Sciences, or choose an undergraduate professional school program within the schools of medicine, nursing, business, education, pharmacy, information and library science, public health, or media and journalism.WEB,weblink When do I choose my major?, 2005, Studying FAQs, UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions, June 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080610021658weblink">weblink June 10, 2008, Undergraduates are held to an eight-semester limit of study.WEB,weblink Frequently Asked Questions, 2010, UNC Academic Advising program, December 12, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101031022550weblink">weblink October 31, 2010,

Admissions

Undergraduate

*factoids*
year	2022 \|admit rate = 16.8% \|admit rate change = -8.4 \|yield rate = 45.9% \|yield rate change = 0.9 \|test optional = yes \|SAT Total = 1350-1510(among 15% of FTFs) \|SAT Total change = \|ACT = 29â€“33(among 60% of FTFs) \|ACT change = \|float = right

PUBLISHER=UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 18, 2022

URL-STATUS=LIVE, }}UNC-Chapel Hill's admissions process is "most selective" according to U.S. News & World Report.MAGAZINE,weblink University of North Carolina â€“ Chapel Hill, U.S. News & World Report, September 22, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150907180723weblink">weblink September 7, 2015, live, For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), UNC-Chapel Hill received 53,776 applications and accepted 10,347 (19.2%). Of those accepted, 4,689 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 45.3%. UNC-Chapel Hill's freshman retention rate is 96.5%, with 91.9% going on to graduate within six years.WEB, UNC Admissions,weblink UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions, UNC, April 8, 2022, April 15, 2022,weblink live, Of the 60% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 29 and 33. Of the 15% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1330-1500. In the 2020â€“2021 academic year, 20 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.WEB,weblink National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report, National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 2022-12-07, The university is need-blind for domestic applicants.WEB,weblink The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120710042926weblink">weblink 2012-07-10,

Honor code

The university has a longstanding honor code known as the "Instrument of Student Judicial Governance", supplemented by a mostly student-run honor system to resolve issues with students accused of academic and conduct offenses against the university community.WEB,weblink The Honor Code, Honor Court of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090518014711weblink">weblink May 18, 2009, In 1974, the Judicial Reform Committee created the Instrument of Student Judicial Governance, which outlined the current honor code and its means for enforcement.NEWS, A Question of Honor: Honor Code Timeline,weblink January 16, 2022, The Daily Tar Heel, September 24, 2003, January 16, 2022,weblink live, The creation of the instrument and the judicial reform committee was preceded by a list of "Demands by the Black Student Movement" (BSM) which stated that "[e]ither Black students have full jurisdiction over all offenses committed by Black students or duly elected Black Students from BSM who would represent our interests be on the present Judiciary Courts."Black Student Movement Demands, December 1968 in the Black Student Movement of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40400, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most academic and conduct violations are handled by a single, student-run honor system. Prior to that time, the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, along with other campus organizations such as the men's council, women's council, and student council supported student concerns.BOOK, Coates, Albert,weblink The Story of Student Government in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hall Coates, Gladys, Professor Emeritus Fund, 1985, Chapel Hill, NC, 332, registration,

Libraries

(File:The Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill.JPG|thumb|Davis Library)File:Louis Round Wilson Library.JPG|thumb|right|(Louis Round Wilson Library]] opened in 1929 and houses special collections .About UNC Libraries | UNC Chapel Hill Libraries {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827083618weblink |date=August 27, 2010 }}. Lib.unc.edu. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.|alt=A large building with six Corinthian columns on the front with the sides being obscured by bushes.)UNC-Chapel Hill's library system includes a number of individual libraries housed throughout the campus and holds more than 7.0 million volumes in total.WEB, The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing By Volumes Held {{!, American Library Association|date=July 7, 2006|url=http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|access-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014171755weblink|archive-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=live}} UNC-Chapel Hill's North Carolina Collection (NCC) is the largest and most comprehensive collection of holdings about any single state nationwide.WEB,weblink The North Carolina Collection Research Library, April 5, 2008, 2007, UNC University Libraries,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080510124249weblink">weblink May 10, 2008, The unparalleled assemblage of literary, visual, and artifactual materials documents four centuries of North Carolina history and culture.WEB,weblink North Carolina Collection, Lib.unc.edu, July 3, 2012, July 10, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120721024213weblink">weblink July 21, 2012, The North Carolina Collection is housed in Wilson Library, named after Louis Round Wilson, along with the Southern Historical Collection, the Rare Books Collection, and the Southern Folklife Collection.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080204134745weblink">weblink February 4, 2008, Louis Round Wilson Library: An Enduring Monument to Learning, Lib.unc.edu, July 10, 2012, The university is home to ibiblio, one of the world's largest collections of freely available information including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.WEB,weblink ibiblio: Ten Years in the Making, May 18, 2008, 2002, ibiblio,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081002223211weblink">weblink October 2, 2008, live, WEB, Carrigan, Robert, Milton, Ron, Morrow, Dan,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080625151335weblink">weblink June 25, 2008, Education and Academia: ibiblio, 2005, Computerworld Honors Case Study, Computerworld Honors Program, June 18, 2008, The Davis Library, situated near the Pit, is the main library and the largest academic facility and state-owned building in North Carolina. It was named after North Carolina philanthropist Walter Royal Davis and opened on February 6, 1984. The first book checked out of Davis Library was George Orwell's 1984.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20041106014330weblink">weblink November 6, 2004, Happy Anniversary, Davis Library!, Lib.unc.edu, August 10, 2012, The R.B. House Undergraduate Library is located between the Pit area and Wilson Library. It is named after Robert B. House, the Chancellor of UNC from 1945 to 1957, and opened in 1968.WEB, Robert B. House (1892-1987) and House Library,weblink The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History, January 16, 2022, January 16, 2022,weblink live, In 2001, the R.B. House Undergraduate Library underwent a $9.9 million renovation that modernized the furnishings, equipment, and infrastructure of the building.WEB,weblink R.B. House Undergraduate Library-History and Mission, Lib.unc.edu, August 9, 2010, August 10, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120928192959weblink">weblink September 28, 2012, live, Prior to the construction of Davis, Wilson Library was the university's main library, but now Wilson hosts special events and houses special collections, rare books, and temporary exhibits.WEB,weblink Overview of the UNC Chapel Hill Library System, April 5, 2008, 2007, UNC University Libraries,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080403131928weblink">weblink April 3, 2008,

Documenting the American South

The library oversees Documenting the American South, a free public access website of "digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture." The project began in 1996.WEB,weblink About Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil, March 20, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170321104454weblink">weblink March 21, 2017, live, In 2009 the library launched the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, a statewide digital library, in partnership with other organizations.WEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100612110901weblink">weblinkweblink June 12, 2010, About DigitalNC, Digitalnc.org,

Rankings and reputation

*factoids*

For 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC-Chapel Hill 4th among the public universities and 22nd among national universities in the United States.WEB, US News Best Universities 2022,weblink October 6, 2020, February 23, 2017,weblink live, The Wall Street Journal ranked UNC-Chapel Hill 3rd best public university behind University of Michigan and UCLA.NEWS, Smith, Fleming, 2019-09-04, The Top Public Schools in the WSJ/THE College Rankings, en-US, The Wall Street Journal,weblink 2020-08-14, 0099-9660, August 11, 2020,weblink live, The university was named a Public Ivy by Richard Moll in his 1985 book The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, and in later guides by Howard and Matthew Greene.BOOK, Moll, Richard, The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, Viking, New York, NY, 1985, 0-670-58205-0,weblink BOOK, Greene, Howard, Greene, Matthew W., The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence, Cliff Street Books, New York, NY, 2000, 0-06-095362-4, The university is a large recipient of National Institute of Health grants and funds. For fiscal year 2020, the university received $509.9 million in NIH funds for research. This amount makes Chapel Hill the 10th overall recipient of research funds in the nation by the NIH.WEB,weblink NIH Awards, October 13, 2020, October 13, 2020, August 21, 2021,weblink live,

Scholarships

{{see also|Morehead-Cain Scholarship|Robertson Scholars Program}}For decades, UNC-Chapel Hill has offered an undergraduate merit scholarship known as the Morehead-Cain Scholarship. Recipients receive full tuition, room and board, books, and funds for summer study for four years. Since the inception of the Morehead, 29 alumni of the program have been named Rhodes Scholars.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110822120920weblink">weblink August 22, 2011, Paul Shorkey '11 and Laurence Deschamps-Laporte '11 Named Rhodes Scholars, November 23, 2010, 2010, Moreheadâ€“Cain Foundation, Since 2001, North Carolina has also co-hosted the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program, a merit scholarship and leadership development program granting recipients full student privileges at both UNC-Chapel Hill and neighboring Duke University.WEB,weblink About Us, 2013, The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program, August 13, 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140810052255weblink">weblink August 10, 2014, Additionally, the university provides scholarships based on merit and leadership qualities, including the Carolina, Colonel Robinson, Johnston and Pogue Scholars programs.WEB,weblink Merit-Based Scholarships, 2008, UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, May 21, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080321065548weblink">weblink March 21, 2008, In 2003, Chancellor James Moeser announced the Carolina Covenant, wherein UNC offers a debt free education to low-income students who are accepted to the university. The program was the first of its kind at a public university and the second overall in the nation (following Princeton University). About 80 other universities have since followed suit.NEWS, Mary Beth, Marklein,weblink Right to an education bound in a Covenant, September 26, 2006, McLean, VA, USA Today, July 11, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081007005033weblink">weblink October 7, 2008, live,

Athletics

(File:Dean Smith Center with game in session.JPG|thumbnail|A UNC Basketball game at the Dean Smith Center)North Carolina's athletic teams are known as the Tar Heels. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sub-level for football), primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 1953â€“54 season.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060423202914weblink">weblink April 23, 2006, About the ACC, 2004, The Atlantic Coast Conference, May 20, 2008, Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.The NCAA refers to UNC-Chapel Hill as the "University of North Carolina" for athletics.WEB,weblink North Carolina, 2008, NCAA Schools, NCAA.com: The Official Web Site of the NCAA, May 21, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101228114927weblink">weblink December 28, 2010, As of Fall 2011, the university had won 40 NCAA team championships in six different sports, eighth all-time.WEB,weblink Championships Administration Forms, NCAA, April 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070316103454weblink">weblink March 16, 2007, These include twenty one NCAA championships in women's soccer, six in women's field hockey, four in men's lacrosse, six in men's basketball, one in women's basketball, and two in men's soccer.WEB,weblink Schools with the Most NCAA Championships, 2007, National Collegiate Athletic Association, May 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080419050813weblink">weblink April 19, 2008, The Men's basketball team won its 6th NCAA basketball championship in 2017, the third for Coach Roy Williams since he took the job as head coach. UNC was also retroactively given the title of National Champion for the 1924 championship, but is typically not included in the official tally. Other recent successes include the 2011 College Cup in men's soccer, and four consecutive College World Series appearances by the baseball team from 2006 to 2009.WEB,weblink Year By Year Standings, NCAA Men's College World Series, 2008, CWS Omaha, Inc., June 9, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080322005718weblink">weblink March 22, 2008, In 1994, the university's athletic programs won the Sears Directors Cup "all-sports national championship" awarded for cumulative performance in NCAA competition.WEB,weblink 1993â€“94 Sears Directors' Cup Final Standings, 1994, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, May 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080528035540weblink">weblink May 28, 2008, Consensus collegiate national athletes of the year from North Carolina include Rachel Dawson in field hockey; Phil Ford, Tyler Hansbrough, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, James Worthy and Michael Jordan in men's basketball; and Mia Hamm (twice), Shannon Higgins, Kristine Lilly, and Tisha Venturini in women's soccer.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061028214632weblink">weblink October 28, 2006, Carolina's National Athletes of the Year, 2008, North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site, UNC Athletic Department, May 21, 2008, File:Tarheel water tower.jpg|thumb|Water tower featuring the official UNC athletics logo]]

Mascot and nickname

File:Blue Devil and Rameses.jpg|right|thumb|Duke University's "Blue Devil" mascot and UNC's Rameses face off at the 1957 Victory Bell Victory BellThe university's teams are nicknamed the "Tar Heels," in reference to the state's eighteenth-century prominence as a tar and pitch producer.WEB,weblink What's in a Name? Why We're All Called Tar Heels, Powell, William, S., 1982, UNC General Alumni Association, May 21, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100609222223weblink">weblink June 9, 2010, The nickname's cultural relevance, however, has a complex history that includes anecdotal tales from both the American Civil War and the American Revolution. The mascot is a live Dorset ram named Rameses, a tradition that dates back to 1924, when the team manager brought a ram to the annual game against Virginia Military Institute, inspired by the play of former football player Jack "The Battering Ram" Merrit. The kicker rubbed his head for good luck before a game-winning field goal, and the ram stayed.WEB,weblink The Ram as Mascot, North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site, UNC Athletic Department, 2006, May 18, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080413002723weblink">weblink April 13, 2008, There is also an anthropomorphic ram mascot who appears at games.NEWS,weblink UNC Mascot "Rameses" Killed, February 25, 1996, Raleigh, NC, WRAL, May 21, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081207065814weblink">weblink December 7, 2008, The modern Rameses is depicted in a sailor's hat, a reference to a United States Navy flight training program that was attached to the university during World War II.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050218182401weblink">weblink February 18, 2005, History of NROTC at the University of North Carolina, 2008, UNC Naval ROTC Alumni Association, May 18, 2008,

The Carolina Way

Basketball coach Dean Smith was widely known for his idea of "The Carolina Way", in which he challenged his players to, "Play hard, play smart, play together."WEB,weblink The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching, May 22, 2014, Barnes & Noble, June 29, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150630080623weblink">weblink June 30, 2015, "The Carolina Way" was an idea of excellence in the classroom, as well as on the court. In Coach Smith's book, The Carolina Way, former player Scott Williams said, regarding Dean Smith, "Winning was very important at Carolina, and there was much pressure to win, but Coach cared more about our getting a sound education and turning into good citizens than he did about winning."WEB,weblink 10 Leadership Lessons from Coach Dean Smith, June 28, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150622155416weblink">weblink June 22, 2015, The October 22, 2014 release of the Wainstein ReportWEB,weblink Wainstein report reveals extent of academic scandal at UNC, Bradley, Saacks, October 3, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161005121514weblink">weblink October 5, 2016, alleged institutionalized academic fraud that involved over 3,100 students and student athletes, over an 18-year period from 1993 to 2011 that began during the final years of the Dean Smith era, challenged "The Carolina Way" image.WEB,weblink North Carolina and the erosion of the Carolina Way, ESPN.com, October 30, 2013, June 29, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150630115231weblink">weblink June 30, 2015, live, The report alleged that at least 54 players during the Dean Smith era were enrolled in what came to be known as "paper classes." The report noted that the questionable classes began in the spring of 1993, the year of Smith's final championship, so those grades would not have been entered until after the championship game was played.NEWS,weblink UNC athletics report finds 18 years of academic fraud - CNN.com, Sara Ganim and Devon Sayers, October 22, 2014, CNN, June 29, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150702115840weblink">weblink July 2, 2015, live, In response to the allegations of the Wainstein report, the NCAA launched their own investigation and on June 5, 2015WEB,weblink University of North Carolina slapped with 5 NCAA violations over academic scandal, Fox News, June 29, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150628202317weblink">weblink June 28, 2015, the NCAA accused the institution of five major violations including: "two instances of unethical conduct and failure to cooperate" as well as "unethical conduct and extra benefits related to student-athletes' access to and assistance in the paper courses; unethical conduct by the instructor/counselor for providing impermissible academic assistance to student-athletes; and a failure to monitor and lack of institutional control". In October, 2017, the NCAA issued its findings and concluded "that the only violations in this case are the department chair's and the secretary's failure to cooperate".WEB,weblink NCAA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Infractions Decision, October 2017, NCAA, February 15, 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200215095242weblink">weblink live,

Rivalries

The South's Oldest Rivalry between North Carolina and its first opponent, the University of Virginia, was prominent throughout the first third of the twentieth century.WEB,weblink Most-Played Rivalries, April 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090220070515weblink">weblink February 20, 2009, live, The 119th meeting in football between two of the top public universities in the east occurred in October 2014.U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Berkeley, UVA, UCLA, Michigan, and UNC-Chapel Hill as the top five public universities in America for at least nine consecutive years as of 2014.One of the fiercest rivalries is with Durham's Duke University. Located only eight miles from each other, the schools regularly compete in both athletics and academics. The Carolina-Duke rivalry is most intense, however, in basketball.NEWS,weblink HBO probes Carolina-Duke rivalry, Deitsch, Richard, Media Circus, SI.com, June 24, 2008, June 23, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080627065723weblink">weblink June 27, 2008, live, With a combined eleven national championships in men's basketball, both teams have been frequent contenders for the national championship for the past thirty years. The rivalry has been the focus of several books, including Will Blythe's To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever and was the focus of the HBO documentary Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs Carolina.WEB, HBO.com,weblink November 14, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120211001634weblink">weblink February 11, 2012, live, Carolina holds an in-state rivalry with fellow Tobacco Road school, North Carolina State University. Since the mid-1970s, however, the Tar Heels have shifted their attention to Duke following a severe decline in NC State's basketball program (and the resurgence of Duke's basketball program) that reached rock bottom during Roy Williams' tenure as evidenced by their 4â€“36 record against the Tar Heels. The Wolfpack faithful still consider the rivalry the most bitter in the state despite the fact that it's been decades since Tar Heel supporters have acknowledged NC State as a rival. Combined, the two schools hold eight NCAA Championships and 27 ACC Championships in basketball. Students from each school often exchange pranks before basketball and football games.WEB, Kyle, Blakely, 2006-11-16, Ram Roast deters Tar Heel blue tunnel,weblink weblink 2023-12-11, 2023-12-11, Technicianonline.com, NEWS,weblink Campus awakes to a red Old Well, Tovar, Sergio, February 21, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC, The Daily Tar Heel, May 18, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080527222925weblink">weblink May 27, 2008, File:Franklin Street Celebration.jpg|thumb|Celebration on Franklin Street Franklin Street

Rushing Franklin

While students previously held "Beat Duke" parades on Franklin Street before sporting events,NEWS, Greene, Caitlyn, 30 years at Sutton's,weblink January 16, 2022, The Daily Tar Heel, September 24, 2008, January 16, 2022,weblink live, today students and sports fans have been known to spill out of bars and residence halls upon the victory of one of Carolina's sports teams.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090213114557weblink">weblink February 13, 2009, The scene from Franklin Street (February 12, 2009), In most cases, a Franklin Street "bonfire" celebration is due to a victory by the men's basketball team,WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081207072146weblink">weblink December 7, 2008, News and Observer: Bonfires mark Tar Heels' win (March 5, 2007), WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070927003007weblink">weblink September 27, 2007, News and Observer: Radical changes for Chapel Hill celebrations, although other Franklin Street celebrations have stemmed from wins by the women's basketball team and women's soccer team. The first known student celebration on Franklin Street came after the 1957 men's basketball team capped their perfect season with a national championship victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.WEB, Magill, Samuel,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130525174606weblink">weblink May 25, 2013, Basketball flavors Franklin Street celebrations, chapelhillnews.com, March 17, 2008, December 30, 2012, From then on, students have flooded the street after important victories. After a Final Four victory in 1981 and the men's basketball team won the 1982 NCAA Championship, Franklin Street was painted blue by the fans who had rushed the street.

School colors

Since the beginning of intercollegiate athletics at UNC in the late nineteenth century, the school's colors have been blue and white.BOOK, Sumner, Jim L., A History of Sports in North Carolina, Division of Archives and History, NC Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC, 1990, 35, 0-86526-241-1, The colors were chosen years before by the Dialectic (blue) and Philanthropic (white) Societies, the oldest student organization at the university. The school had required participation in one of the clubs, and traditionally the "Di"s were from the western part of North Carolina while the "Phi"s were from the eastern part of the state.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080725062415weblink">weblink July 25, 2008, Culture Corner: Di-Phi: The Oldest Organization, March 2006, 13, April 14, 2009, File:Commencement Ceremony at Kenan Memorial Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|The 2007 commencement ceremony in alt=A bunch of people standing with cap and gowns while two people stand on a grass field.Society members would wear a blue or white ribbon at university functions, and blue or white ribbons were attached to their diplomas at graduation. On public occasions, both groups were equally represented, and eventually both colors were used by processional leaders to signify the unity of both groups as part of the university.BOOK, Coates, Alfred, Coates, Gladys Hall, The Story of Student Government in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,weblink registration, 1985, B00070WQNC, When football became a popular collegiate sport in the 1880s, the Carolina football team adopted the light blue and white of the Di-Phi Societies as the school colors.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060512004121weblink">weblink May 12, 2006, School Colors, April 5, 2008, 2008, North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site, UNC Athletic Department,

School songs

Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are the university fight songs "I'm a Tar Heel Born" and "Here Comes Carolina".WEB, UNC School Songs, North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site, UNC Athletic Department, 2006,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060424174850weblink">weblink April 24, 2006, July 9, 2008, The fight songs are often played by the bell tower near the center of campus, as well as after major victories. "I'm a Tar Heel Born" originated in the late 1920s as a tag to the school's alma mater, "Hark The Sound".{{clear}}

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Organizations and activities

Most student organizations at UNC-Chapel Hill are officially recognized and provided with assistance by the Carolina Union, an administrative unit of the university.WEB,weblink About the Carolina Union, April 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090130061544weblink">weblink January 30, 2009, Funding is derived from the student government student activity fee, which is allocated at the discretion of the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) or the Graduate and Professional Student Government Senate (GPSG Senate).WEB, 2022, Finance: At Its Core {{!, UNC's Senate â€“ Legislative Branch â€“ USG |url=https://senate.unc.edu/finance-at-its-core/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624073801weblink |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2022 |website=Undergraduate Senate â€“ Student Government |publisher=UNC Student Government}}The largest student fundraiser, the UNC Dance Marathon, involves thousands of students, faculty, and community members in raising funds for the North Carolina Children's Hospital. The organization conducts fundraising and volunteer activities throughout the year and, {{as of|2008|lc=y}}, had donated $1.4 million since its inception in 1999.NEWS,weblink Dance Marathon is Friday at UNC-Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC, The News & Observer, June 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081207072226weblink">weblink December 7, 2008, The student-run newspaper The Daily Tar Heel received the 2004â€“5 National Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20051124044916weblink">weblink November 24, 2005, Newspaper Pacemaker Winners, April 5, 2008, 2005, Associated Collegiate Press, Founded in 1977, WXYC 89.3 FM is UNC-Chapel Hill's student radio station that broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Programming is left up to student DJs. WXYC typically plays little heard music from a wide range of genres and eras. On November 7, 1994, WXYC became the first radio station in the world to broadcast its signal over the internet.NEWS, Communications: Picture the scene, Grossman, Wendy, January 26, 1995, The Guardian, Manchester, United Kingdom, 4, PRESS RELEASE, WXYC announces the first 24-hour real-time world-wide Internet radio simulcast, WXYC 89.3 FM, November 7, 1994,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20021220202524weblink">weblink December 20, 2002, April 5, 2008, A student-run television station, STV, airs on the campus cable and throughout the Chapel Hill Spectrum system.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080514223011weblink">weblink May 14, 2008, About STV, 2008, UNC Student Television, May 21, 2008, Founded in 1948 as successor to the Carolina Magazine,WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111019064040weblink">weblink October 19, 2011, About the Carolina Quarterly, 2010, Carolina Quarterly, January 15, 2013, the Carolina Quarterly, edited by graduate students, has published the works of numerous authors, including Wendell Berry, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo, Annie Dillard, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Edgar Wideman. Works appearing in the Quarterly have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and New Stories from the SouthNew Stories from the South | The Rankings {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908055105weblink |date=September 8, 2013 }}. Therankings.wordpress.com (May 1, 2010). Retrieved on August 9, 2013. and have won the Pushcart and O. Henry Prizes.The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024214117weblink |date=October 24, 2012 }}. Randomhouse.com. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.(File:UNC girls.jpg|thumb|Undergraduates on campus at UNC-Chapel Hill)The Clef Hangers (also known as the Clefs) are the university's oldest a cappella group, founded by Barry Saunders in 1977."Founding Clef Hangers come home" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414235952weblink |date=April 14, 2013 }}, The Daily Tar Heel, April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2016."Facing Clarence (2005)" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129233302weblink |date=January 29, 2016 }}, The Recorded A Cappella Review Board, September 29, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2016. The group has since won several Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs), including Best Soloist in the song Easy, featured on the 2003 album Breeze. They have won two more CARAs for Best Male Collegiate Songs for My Love on Time Out (2008),CARA Winners 2008 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508161540weblink |date=May 8, 2016 }}, The Contemporary A Cappella Society. Retrieved April 20, 2016. and for Ain't Nothing Wrong on Twist (2009).CARA Winners 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508135907weblink |date=May 8, 2016 }}, The Contemporary A Cappella Society. Retrieved April 20, 2016. Members have included Brendan James, who graduated in 2002,NEWS,weblink If You Like Billy Joel, Try Brendan James, Val, Haller, The New York Times, November 27, 2012, NYTimes.com, February 25, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171212031828weblink">weblink December 12, 2017, live, and Anoop Desai, who graduated in 2008.The Residence Hall Association, the school's third-largest student-run organization, is the representative organization for students living in residence halls. Its activities include social, educational, and philanthropic programs for residents; recognizing outstanding residents and members; and helping residents develop into successful leaders.WEB,weblink Resience Hall Association, Heel Life, November 27, 2023, RHA is the affiliated to the National Association of College and University Residence Halls.WEB,weblink National Affiliation, UNC Residence Hall Association, November 27, 2023, File:UNC library flash mob rave.jpg|thumb|At the end of each semester, students organize a (flash mob]] dance party in the library.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120513133645weblink">weblink May 13, 2012, Flash Mob Rave: December 9 at the Undergraduate Library, Lib.unc.edu, December 16, 2008, August 10, 2012, |alt=A large gathering of people in a room.)The athletic teams at the university are supported by The Marching Tar Heels, the university's marching band. The entire 275-member volunteer band is present at every home football game, and smaller pep bands play at all home basketball games. Each member of the band is also required to play in at least one of five pep bands that play at athletic events of the 26 other sports.WEB,weblink weblink" title="archive.today/20130416032556weblink">weblink April 16, 2013, Athletic Bands, April 5, 2008, 2008, UNC Bands, UNC-Chapel Hill has a regional theater company in residence, the Playmakers Repertory Company,WEB,weblink About Playmakers, Playmakers Repertory Company, 2008, June 5, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080330005906weblink">weblink March 30, 2008, and hosts regular dance, drama, and music performances on campus.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060621213554weblink">weblink June 21, 2006, About Carolina Performing Arts, Carolina Performing Arts, 2008, June 6, 2008, The school has an outdoor stone amphitheatre known as Forest Theatre used for weddings and drama productions.WEB,weblink UNC.edu, Ncbg.unc.edu, September 29, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111229224325weblink">weblink December 29, 2011, Forest Theatre is dedicated to Professor Frederick Koch, the founder of the Carolina Playmakers and the father American folk drama.WEB,weblink The Carolina Storyâ€”Names Across the Landscape, Museum.unc.edu, August 10, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120814033850weblink">weblink August 14, 2012, live, Many fraternities and sororities on campus belong to the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), Interfraternity Council (IFC), Greek Alliance Council, and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). As of spring 2010, eighteen percent of undergraduates were in fraternities or sororities (3131 out of 17,160 total).WEB,weblink OFSLCI, Greeks.unc.edu, July 21, 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130523192030weblink">weblink May 23, 2013, The total number of community service hours completed for the 2010 spring semester by fraternities and sororities was 51,819 hours (average of 31 hours/person). UNC-Chapel Hill also offers professional and service fraternities that do not have houses but are still recognized by the school. Some of the campus honor societies include: the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of the Grail-Valkyries, the Order of the Old Well, the Order of the Bell Tower, and the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society.WEB,weblink Student Honorary Societies, May 5, 2008, 2007, UNC,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080411162753weblink">weblink April 11, 2008, live,

Student government

The student government at UNCâ€“Chapel Hill is split into undergraduate student government and graduate and professional student government.WEB,weblink Student Government, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, The undergraduate student government consists of an executive branch headed by the student body presidentWEB,weblink Executive Branch, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, and a legislative branch, the undergraduate student senate.WEB,weblink The Undergraduate Senate, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, The graduate and professional student government similarly consists of an executive (with its own president) and a legislative senate.WEB,weblink Graduate and Professional Student Government, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, There is also a joint governance council that approves legislation affecting both undergraduate and graduate and professional students and advises the undergraduate and graduate and professional student governments.WEB,weblink Joint Governance Council, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, The honor system is similarly split into two branches covering undergraduate students and graduate and professional students.WEB,weblink Honor system branches, UNCâ€“Chapel Hill, November 27, 2023, The Student Supreme Court, the other part of the judicial branch, consists of four associate justices and a chief justice, which are appointed by the student body president and confirmed by a two thirds vote of the senate for their part of the student body.WEB, Home,weblink Student Supreme Court of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, November 27, 2022,

Dining

(File:2008-07-21 Lenoir Hall.jpg|thumb|Lenoir Hall)Lenoir Dining Hall was completed in 1939 using funds from the New Deal Public Works Administration, and opened for service to students when they returned from Christmas holidays in January 1940. The building was named for General William Lenoir, the first chairman of the Board of Trustees of the university in 1790. Since its inception, Lenoir Dining Hall has remained the flagship of Carolina Dining Services and the center of dining on campus. It has been renovated twice, in 1984 and 2011, to improve seating and ease mealtime rushes.WEB,weblink Lenoir Dining Hall, September 1, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180213145201weblink">weblink February 13, 2018, Chase Hall was originally built in 1965 to offer South Campus dining options and honor former UNC President Harry Woodburn Chase, who served from 1919 to 1930. In 2005, the building was torn down to make way for the Student and Academic Services buildings, and was rebuilt north of the original location as the Rams Head Center (with the inner dining hall officially titled Chase Dining Hall). Due to students nicknaming the dining hall Rams Head, the university officially reinstated Chase Hall as the building name in March 2017. It includes the Chase Dining Hall, the Rams Head Market, and a conference room called the "Blue Zone".WEB,weblink Chase Dining Hall: A History, September 1, 2018, September 30, 2020,weblink live, Chase Dining Hall seats 1,300 people and has a capacity for serving 10,000 meals per day.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030426064425weblink">weblink April 26, 2003, Facility Information, It continues to offer more food service options to the students living on south campus, and features extended hours including the 9 pm â€“ 12 am period referred to as "Late Night".Boss, Donna. "Rams Head Dining Center at the University of North Carolina." AllBusiness. December 1, 2005. Foodservice Equipment and Supplies, Web. November 10, 2009. AllBusiness.com{{dead link|date=November 2016}}

Housing

File:Old East.jpg|thumb|right|Old East Residence Hall Old East Residence HallOn campus, the Department of Housing and Residential Education manages thirty-two residence halls, grouped into thirteen communities. These communities range from Olde Campus Upper Quad Community which includes Old East Residence Hall, the oldest building of the university, to modern communities such as Manning West, completed in 2002.WEB,weblink North Campus Communities, 2008, Residence Halls, UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education, June 18, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080606083540weblink">weblink June 6, 2008, WEB,weblink Middle and South Campus Communities, 2008, Residence Halls, UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education, June 18, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080607082251weblink">weblink June 7, 2008, First year students are required to live in one of the eight "First Year Experience" residence halls, most of which are located on South Campus.WEB,weblink First Year Students, 2017, Residence Halls, UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education, January 26, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170202041048weblink">weblink February 2, 2017, In addition to residence halls, the university oversees an additional eight apartment complexes organized into three communities, Ram Village, Odum Village, and Baity Hill Student Family Housing. Along with themed housing focusing on foreign languages and substance-free living, there are also "living-learning communities" which have been formed for specific social, gender-related, or academic needs.WEB,weblink Learning Communities, 2008, UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education, June 19, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080606163047weblink">weblink June 6, 2008, An example is UNITAS, sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, where residents are assigned roommates on the basis of cultural or racial differences rather than similarities.WEB,weblink UNITAS, 2008, Living-Learning Communities, UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education, June 18, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081207171624weblink">weblink December 7, 2008, Three apartment complexes offer housing for families, graduate students, and some upperclassmen.WEB,weblink Apartment Communities, 2008, UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education, June 18, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080607044713weblink">weblink June 7, 2008, Along with the rest of campus, all residence halls, apartments, and their surrounding grounds are smoke-free.NEWS,weblink Smoking ban starts on New Year's Day, September 23, 2007, Raleigh, NC, The News & Observer, June 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071029211219weblink">weblink October 29, 2007, {{as of|2008}}, 46% of all undergraduates live in university-provided housing.WEB,weblink Housing and Campus Life, 2008, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, College Board, June 20, 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080206014326weblink">weblink February 6, 2008, live, {{clear}}

Alumni

With over 300,000 living former students,WEB,weblink UNC General Alumni Association:: About the GAA |, Alumni.unc.edu, May 8, 2015,weblink May 18, 2015, North Carolina has one of the largest and most active alumni groups in America. Many Tar Heels have attained local, national, and international prominence. In politics, these have included James K. Polk, who served as the 11th President of the United States from 1845 to 1849,WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070106080054weblink">weblink January 6, 2007, North Carolina History Project: James K. Polk (1795â€“1849), Northcarolinahistory.org, December 30, 2012, and William R. King, the thirteenth Vice President of the United States.WEB,weblink U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > William Rufus King, 13th Vice President (1853), Senate.gov, May 29, 2012, December 30, 2012,weblink December 19, 2012, live, Tar Heels have also made a mark on pop culture, with figures including Thomas Wolfe, the author of works such as Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, and Andy Griffith, star of The Andy Griffith Show.NEWS,weblink Actor Andy Griffith dead at 86, CNN.com, December 30, 2012, December 11, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121229221434weblink">weblink December 29, 2012, live, Sports stars have included basketball player Michael Jordan, who played under Dean Smith while attending UNC, and Olympians April HeinrichsWEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120425024312weblink">weblink April 25, 2012, April Heinrichs Named Head Coach of the U.S. Women's National Team, U.S. Soccer, December 30, 2012, and Vikas Gowda. In business, alumni include Jason Kilar, former CEO of Hulu,NEWS, About, Hulu,weblink December 30, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121230060244weblink">weblink December 30, 2012, and Howard R. Levine, former CEO and chair of Family Dollar.NEWS, Howard Levine â€“ News, Articles, Biography, Photos, The Wall Street Journal,weblink December 30, 2012,weblink" title="archive.today/20120715062837weblink">weblink July 15, 2012, File:James Knox Polk by GPA Healy, 1858.jpg|James K. PolkFile:Thomas Wolfe standing outside Vance Hall at the University of North Carolina, 1920.jpg|Thomas WolfeFile:Andy Griffith-Neal-Remick.jpg|Andy GriffithFile:MichaelJordanDeanSmith.jpg|Michael Jordan (left){{clear}}

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