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Southern Futures Fellow Colin O’Hagerty (right) examines a slide with Tony Royle, an American studies Ph.D. student in Wilson Library.

Anne Collins and Jim White sit at a desk discussing the successful Campaign for Carolina.

A Campaign for the People: Enjoy stories about the impact of the Campaign for Carolina in the College. Southern Futures was a campaign priority (above photo features Colin O'Hagerty, right, and Tony Royle). Read a Q&A with Anne Collins and Jim White (pictured at left) to see how this investment will shape the College's future. Click on the photos to read more campaign impact stories. Read or download the full magazine as a PDF here.

Videos

A UNC female student crouches to look at a small wild animal while working in the field.

Wild things make their hearts sing

While studying small mammals in the Blue Ridge Mountains, UNC-Chapel Hill juniors Marie Young and Cole Prezant discover a love for field work.

Collage: Top image: Students looks through a VR headset. Bottom image: Image of an Arabic landscape the student is seeing through the VR headset.

Tar Heels build language confidence with virtual reality

Tar Heels in Caroline Sibley’s Advanced Arabic class use virtual reality to explore a virtual world with students in Morocco and Algeria in real-time to hone their language skills.

An actor stands on the PlayMakers stage with the words

The art of acing the accent

Hear how actors training with Carolina's PlayMakers Repertory Company learn their characters' dialects starting with the vowels and consonants and meet the UNC expert who fine-tunes their accents to create an authentic sound.

Articles

A group of nine people cheer with confetti streaming around them to celebrate the end of the Campaign for Carolina.

Campaign for Carolina: Investing in people

The Campaign for Carolina wrapped up in December having raised over $764 million for the College. Read this Q&A with Jim White and Anne Collins about the campaign -- plus other stories.

Tony Royle looks up as a student holds a small slide above their heads to the light. They wear gloves to handle the slide.

Southern Voices, Future Leaders

The inaugural cohort of Southern Futures Undergraduate Fellows is paving the way for generations of Tar Heels interested in deeply engaging with the South through student-led research and community-driven activism.

Nancy Gottovi stands, arms crossed, surrounded by colorful glasswork in the School House Gallery at Starworks.

Setting Star on Fire

A Carolina alumna has sparked a successful economic revitalization effort in Star, North Carolina, by transforming an old textile mill into an arts and small business incubator.

Music mosaic

Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber has played with some of the greats. At Carolina, he’s sharing his passion for jazz and other musical genres with students.

Showcasing Native diversity

Graduate student Marissa Carmi is contributing to research about Oneida history, identity and sovereignty while supporting the larger narrative of Native diversity that has long been silenced.

Bryanna Ledbetter stands in front of the British Museum.

“This experience was the highlight of my college career”

Thanks to private support for scholarships and fellowships throughout the campaign, Honors Carolina enhanced its ability to provide students with world-class learning opportunities.

Also Inside

Spring 2023 magazine cover features a group of peole celebrating with confetti

Inside This Issue

A Campaign for the People: In our cover package, read how the Campaign for Carolina benefited students, faculty and programs across the College. ALSO INSIDE: Southern voices, Starworks, Teens and tech. Click on the magazine cover to view a reader-friendly flipbook.

Dean Jim White sits at his desk in South Building.

Letter From the Dean

Dean Jim White shares successes from the Campaign for Carolina and what's next for the College.

Give to Carolina

With groundbreaking research linking social media habits to brain changes, the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain and Psychological Development also provides career training and public awareness. A $10 million gift in March 2022 from the Winston Family Foundation created the center.

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