Impact of Giving
The impact of private giving reaches across Carolina — and enables Carolina to reach out to the state, nation and world. Just a few examples, selected from Carolina Connections, our donor newsletter:
Devin Cooney: Taking Advantage of opportunity
When Devin Cooney ’13 first set his sights on attending Carolina, it was all about a guy named Jordan (Michael, that is). The fact that His Airness attended (and graduated from) Carolina was certainly a draw for Devin, but since Jordan was long gone even before Devin was born, much less when he started the college application process, he thought it best to choose a school that would help him get his own career off the ground. Carolina fit the bill. read more»
$3.5 million gift to journalism school to fund news project, professorship
The late Reese Felts has bequeathed $3.5 million to UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication to fund a major experimental student news project and audience research initiative as well as a distinguished professorship. Announced earlier this month, it is the largest single gift ever from an individual to Carolina’s journalism school. read more»
Stuart West achieves law school dream with the help of C-STEP
For Stuart West, hard work and his participation in Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) made it possible for him to attend UNC School of Law this fall.
C-STEP, a program that encourages students from local community colleges to transfer and graduate from Carolina, makes the adjustment from small college to large university more manageable for students. C-STEP promises talented community college students from low-to-moderate income backgrounds eventual admission to UNC if they first earn an appropriate associate degree from an area community college. read more»
Climate LEAP gets boost from Burroughs Wellcome
The Institute for the Environment at UNC is using a three-year grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to excite area high school students about math and science in the context of climate change. This past summer, the Climate Leadership and Energy Awareness Program — known as Climate LEAP — brought 48 teenagers from Chapel Hill and Carrboro to campus for a week of programming meant to inspire as well as educate. read more»
Thompson family tends North Carolina Botanical Garden
Helene Willingham Thompson (Class of 1934) always thought it was a good idea to stop and smell the roses. Her treks through historic Battle Park in the heart of the Carolina campus helped ensure that she did. She passed that tradition, along with her passion for Carolina, down to her son, Alexander (Sandy) F. Thompson III (Class of 1981) and her granddaughter, Elizabeth (Beth) McNair Thompson (Class of 2012), who today with their family celebrate Helene’s life and honor her memory. read more»
Carolina Performing Arts gives students view from ‘cheap’ seats
New students at Carolina are faced with a lot of choices. From a head-spinning variety of courses to the best places to study, and from the best burger on Franklin Street to what to do on a Wednesday night, students have no reason to stay in their rooms. Over the last four years, thousands of students in growing numbers have found the performing arts at Memorial Hall. read more»
Carolina College Advising Corps to reach more N.C. high schools
The Jessie Ball duPont Fund has funded an expansion of a University program that will enable more North Carolina high school seniors to realize the goal of attending college. The duPont Fund has created a matching-grant program that will provide up to $210,000 to support new and existing partner high schools in the Carolina College Advising Corps (CCAC). read more»
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