Town Girls Association

For many years women at the university were required to live on campus. The only exceptions made were for students who were from Chapel Hill or the surrounding area who could live at home. These students were known informally as "town girls." In an era when social activity and intramural spo...

Everett Residence Hall

Everett Residence Hall was opened in 1928, one of several new dorms built around the same time. It has been popular with students over the years: the Men's Residence Council named it the best dorm for the 1963—64 school year. Everett remained an all-male dorm until 1984. It is named for Wi...

Black Student Movement

Formed in 1967 by a group of around forty African American students, the Black Student Movement (BSM) has grown into one of the largest student organizations at UNC—Chapel Hill. The group was founded by students frustrated with the campus chapter of the NAACP and by lack of representation in s...

Governors

When Roy Cooper was sworn in on January 1, 2017, he became the 32nd governor of North Carolina to have attended Carolina. The first was William Miller, who attended UNC during the 1802 school year, left without graduating, and was elected governor in 1814. Miller's story is not unusual —ma...