Organization
UNC is the flagship school in the University of North
Carolina system of schools. It has 16 sister institutions.
Students:
UNC is considered one of the stronger state universities,
consistently ranking in the top ten among state institutions
in national surveys. Among graduate programs, the School of
Information and Library Science, the School of Public Health,
the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Kenan
Flagler Business School are especially highly regarded.
For Undergraduates, the university offers one of the nation's
most acclaimed Honors Programs in a public institution.
"The Pit," a center of student activity at UNC-Chapel
Hill. On a typical day, a dozen student organizations will
set up tables by or in the Pit. Behind it are the Frank Porter
Graham Student Union (left) and the Student Stores. (right).The
university has for decades offered an undergraduate merit
scholarship known as the Morehead Scholarship, modeled after
the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford. The scholarship offers tuition,
room, and board for four years.
Also offered is the Robertson Scholarship, an innovative scholarship
granting recipients the opportunity to attend both UNC Chapel
Hill and neighboring Duke University. Offered both at UNC
and Duke, UNC recipients receive full tuition, room, and living
stipends.
Student demographics:
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Student-faculty ratio: 14:1 |
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Classes with fewer than 30 students: 69% |
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Average SAT: 1283 |
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Average ACT: 27 |
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Campus Size: 729 acres (3 km²) |
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Male-Female ratio: 2:3 |
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African American: 11% |
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Caucasian: 78% |
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Hispanic: 2% |
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Native American: 1% |
As one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the
United States, UNC has developed a long series of traditions
associated with its athletics and student organizations.
Athletics:
The school's sports teams are called the Tar Heels.
They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Atlantic
Coast Conference. The women's soccer team has won eighteen
national championships since 1981, and the men's basketball
team has won national championships in 1957, 1982, and 1993.
From 1961 to 1997 the team was coached by Dean Smith, who
holds the record as of 2004 for the most victories by an NCAA
Division I coach with 897 wins.
Clubs:
The DiPhi, Black Student Union, and the Campus YMCA,
as well as over 400 other recognized clubs and 48 Greek organizations
contribute to a diverse and vibrant student life. Founded
in 1977, 89.3 WXYC - FM is UNC's award winning student radio
station, broadcasting 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Though
programming is left up the student DJs, WXYC typically plays
little heard music from a wide range of genres and eras. On
November 7th, 1994 it became the first radio station in the
world to rebroadcast its signal over the internet.
Traditions:
Every Halloween is marked by celebration by UNC students.
In a recent year, an estimated 70,000 costumed students and
onlookers packed into the mile long length of Franklin Street
abutting campus.
The rivalry between UNC and its first opponent, the University
of Virginia, has cooled somewhat in recent years. UVA is still
referred to by some as "Mr. Jefferson's university to
the north." This rivalry has been replaced by rivalries
with North Carolina State University, a sister institution
of similar size with a greater focus on technical sciences,
and Duke University, whose basketball program has taken off
in recent years. During March Madness, it is traditional to
exchange pranks with North Carolina State, and to refer to
Duke University as "Dook."
History:
The University of North Carolina was chartered by
the North Carolina General Assembly in 1789. The year of its
foundation coincides with the beginning of the French Revolution.
Accordingly, Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill, which
serves as the northern border of the University's campus,
is named after the famous eighteenth-century Enlightenment
figure Benjamin Franklin.
The university opened in a single building, which came to
be called Old East, and which is still in use as a residence
hall. Its cornerstone was laid October 12, 1793, near an Anglican
chapel in what therefore became "Chapel Hill, North Carolina."
Today, the University celebrates University Day each year
on October 12. The first student, Hinton James, arrived on
foot from Wilmington, February 12, 1795. He was the only student
for two weeks.
UNC operated as a state university before any other in America.
The University of Georgia was chartered in 1785, but did not
open its doors until 1801. The College of Charleston opened
in 1770, and was chartered in 1785, but was a private school
until 1836, when it became a municipal college; it did not
join the South Carolina state university system until 1970.
The College of William and Mary was founded in 1693, but was
a private institution until 1906. Which of those schools should
be called the oldest state university is a subject of debate;
however, UNC is the only public university in the United States
that awarded degrees as a public institution in the eighteenth
century.
Noted Chapel Hill alumni:
Famous graduates include Zebulon Baird Vance, James
K. Polk, Sam Ervin, Andy Griffith, Mia Hamm, Michael Jordan,
Thomas Wolfe, John Edwards, Paul Wellstone and Charles Kuralt.
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