Baity Hill Graduate and Family

This housing complex, completed in 2005, sits on land once owned by Herman G. and Elizabeth Chesley Baity. Their family home now serves as the student center there. Over a number of years the Baitys sold more than fifty acres to the university, including the areas now occupied by the Dean Smith Cent...

Soccer

Carolina students began playing soccer after World War I. The first references to it in the Tar Heel were in 1917, with the first intramural games played in 1919. The first intercollegiate game was played in 1937, when a group of students organized a scrimmage against Duke (the UNC team lost, 2̵...

Student Television

In 1983 a small group of UNC—Chapel Hill students interested in television production formed Student Television. They received a loan from the university and borrowed equipment from the Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures to get started. The initial shows were feature stories ...

Eddie Smith Field House

Completed in 2001, the Field House was built to serve as the indoor home for UNC—Chapel Hill's track and field teams. It was also used an indoor practice facility for the Tar Heel football team for many years before the team decided to build a dedicated indoor practice field. The Field Hou...