LGBTQ Center

In the early 2000s, citing concerns over a campus climate that was not supportive of and often hostile to LGBTQ students, the provost's office convened a Committee on LGBTQ Life. Among the recommendations was the creation of a center to provide services and support and to foster a sense of commu...

Swim Test

When the United States entered World War II, there was widespread concern that the physical fitness of young Americans was poor compared to their German counterparts. Schools and colleges across the country began more intensive physical education programs as a result. Inspired in part by the demandi...

Horton Residence Hall

Horton Residence Hall opened in 2002, one of four new dorms completed around the same time (Craige North, Koury, and Hardin were the others). The smaller dorms were an effort to bring more of a traditional campus feel to South Campus, which had been dominated by the high-rise dorms built in the 1960...

Civil War

When North Carolina joined other southern states and seceded from the United States in May 1861, university president David Lowry Swain kept the school open. Students circulated a petition calling for a temporary closure until fall term, reasoning that the conflict would be short. Swain and the boar...