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Provides support for APPLES Service-Learning, which is celebrating a legacy of 35 years as a student-led program that connects academic learning and public service. APPLES engages students, faculty and community in sustained and mutually beneficial partnerships for transformational educational experiences for students and for positive outcomes in communities.

Support programming that provides transformational arts exchanges among artists, students and community members — using arts as a tool to advance discovery, interdisciplinary learning, leadership skill building, connection and belonging.

Provide support to ensure that all students have access to the resources needed to focus on their education and success at Carolina. 

Provides support for a network of campus makerspaces where UNC faculty, students and staff utilize state-of-the-art equipment and emerging technologies to design and make physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation.

Provides support for a 12-month Local Government Law Fellowship at the School of Government that prepares newly graduated attorneys for careers in local government law, with an emphasis on serving North Carolina counties and municipalities.

The Carolina Candidacy and Degree Advancement Fund provides critical short-term support to graduate students facing funding disruptions, helping them stay on track to complete their degrees.

Provides support for the Carolina Center for Public Service to make it possible for Carolina to fulfill its mission of respectful, engaged public service that is responsive and contributes to the common good across North Carolina and beyond.

Provides support for recent Carolina graduates to directly serve underrepresented high school students and provide them with college access support.

Provides funding for new and existing food pantries in schools and units across campus to ensure that every member of the Carolina community is food secure and has access to nutritious meals without barriers. Your gift to this fund will allow us to grow our network of on-campus food pantries, so that no matter where students are located, they have access to the food and personal care items they need.

The Carolina Higher Education Opportunity Programs enhance students' academic performance, retention and overall development both personally and professionally, to promote graduation in secondary and post-secondary education.