Carolina Hall

The building now known as Carolina Hall was named Saunders Hall from 1922 to 2015. Completed as part of the campus expansion in the early 1920s, Saunders was built as a classroom building, originally housing the Departments of History, Economics, and Commerce. It was named for William L. Saunders, a...

Lacrosse

Carolina students began playing lacrosse as a club sport in 1937, gathering enough support to elevate it to a varsity sport in 1949. By the 1970s the UNC—Chapel Hill team was competitive at the national level. The team won national championships in 1981, 1982, 1986, and 1991. While the team wa...

Homecoming

Through much of the nineteenth century, commencement served as a sort of unofficial homecoming for alumni. Former students often returned to participate in the ceremonies and connect with former classmates. The modern homecoming tradition began in the early twentieth century, coinciding with the ris...

Lacrosse

Carolina students began playing lacrosse as a club sport in 1937, gathering enough support to elevate it to a varsity sport in 1949. By the 1970s the UNC—Chapel Hill team was competitive at the national level. The team won national championships in 1981, 1982, 1986, and 1991. While the team wa...