Morehead-Cain Scholarship

In 1951 the Morehead Foundation, which was created by alumnus and donor John Motley Morehead, announced a $2 million endowment to support student scholarships. The Morehead Scholarships were modeled after the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University. The initial criteria for the scholarships, as est...

New West

New West was built in the late 1850s as a dorm to house the expanding population of students. It was designed by architect William Percival to match New East, except that it is one story shorter. In what was an innovation at the time, the building did not include fireplaces in each room. Instead, th...

Miller Hall

Opened as 1942, Miller was one of several new buildings constructed for the U.S. Navy pre-flight school on campus during World War II. Miller housed navy cadets and later UNC students before being converted to office space in 1950. In 2010 the building was demolished to facilitate repairs to undergr...

A Capella

The tradition of campus groups singing without accompaniment goes back at least to the 1920s, when a group of students and local residents formed an a capella choir, which performed traditional songs. A new breed of a capella groups, inspired by barbershop quartet—style singing, began at UNC...