The #TarHeelTourWe’re excited to share eight must-see Chapel Hill moments designed to help you experience life as a Carolina student.Welcome to Carolina!
1. Coker Arboretum
Find a bench and put up your feet. On sunny days, you’ll find students in this exact position, sipping coffee and reading for class.
What do you do if you’re Carolina’s first botany professor, Dr. William Coker? Create a campus oasis with hundreds of native North Carolina trees, shrubs, and vines.
3. The Old Well
Take a sip! Did we mention it’s good luck?
Carolina’s most famous landmark was the original water source for the University, and tradition says a drink from the Old Well on the first day of class brings good luck and a perfect GPA. (We also recommend studying.)
4. Polk Place
Picture the possibilities. Stand at the flag pole in the center of the quad facing downhill. Take a panoramic photo. You’ll capture seven academic buildings, which house departments and schools from Chemistry to Journalism. Carolina offers students more than 70 majors.
Welcome to Carolina’s main academic quad, named after alumnus and U.S. President James K. Polk.
2. Franklin Street
Rush Franklin Street. When Carolina beats ‘that school down the street,’ the first thing you’ll do is rush to Franklin Street to celebrate with thousands of Tar Heel fans. Snap a selfie with the Franklin Street sign to prove you were here.
Franklin Street is home to everything you’ll need as a student: coffee shops, restaurants, a movie theater, and music venues.
5. Wilson Library
Learn something new. Wilson houses the diary of Karen L. Parker, the first female African American to graduate from Carolina. A journalism major, Parker would go on to write for the Winston-Salem Journal, Grand Rapids Press, and LA Times.
You’ll learn to love libraries as a Carolina student. Wilson is the University’s oldest and is home to the Southern Historical Collection, which documents the South through 15 million items.
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7. The Student UnionThis is Carolina’s ‘living room’ where students come together for study groups, free movie nights, art installations, and holiday gingerbread house building.
6. Carmichael Arena
Jump! Open your camera app, and strike that MJ pose – one arm stretched above your head, legs in a midair split. Now jump!
Here in Carmichael, Michael Jordan helped lead Carolina men’s basketball to its 1982 national championship. Now women’s basketball plays in Carmichael and can claim a championship of their own: The women won it all in 1994.
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8. The Pit
Pit Sit. Grab a spot on the steps or find chair, and get off your feet. Congratulations, you’re ‘pit sitting!’ Take a moment, enjoy your day, and feel the energy of campus.
Here in this sunken courtyard, campus thrives – you could see students campaigning for Student Body President, a Latin dance club performance, or a charity lunch to help combat global poverty.
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JACKSONHALL
COBBTENNIS COURTS
COBB PARKING DECK
CENTER FORDRAMATIC ART
PAUL GREENTHEATER
JOYNER
CONNOR
WINSTON
OLD CEMETERY
KENAN STADIUM
KENANFOOTBALLCENTER
RECREATIONCENTER
HILL ALUMNICENTER
SASBSOUTH
KOURY
HORTON
CRAIGE
RAM VILLAGE
ODUM VILLAGE
HINTONJAMES
RAM VILLAGE
MORRISON
HARDINPUBLICSAFETY
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYSERVICES
CRAIGEPARKINGDECK
JACKSONPARKINGDECK
CRAIGE NORTH
BELL TOWER
DAVIS LIBRARY
STUDENTUNION
STUDENTSTORES
LENOIRGREENLAW
MURPHEY
MANNING
HAMILTONBYNUM
CALDWELL
STEELESOUTH
UNDERGRADUATELIBRARY
WILSONLIBRARYCAUDILL
LABS
FETZERHALL
STUDENTRECREATIONCENTER
WOOLENGYMNASIUM
STALLINGS-EVANSSPORTS MEDICINECENTER
KESSINGOUTDOOR POOL
CARMICHAELARENA
HOOKERFIELDS
EDDIE SMITHFIELD HOUSE
INSTITUTE OFGOVERNMENT
KNAPP-SANDERS
LAW SCHOOL
NAVY FIELD
BELK TRACK &FETZER FIELD
CARMICHAEL
TEAGUE
PARKER
AVERY
BOSHAMERBASEBALLSTADIUM
EHRINGHAUSFIELD
SOUTH ROAD
RIDGE ROAD
MANNING DRIVE
PAUL HARDIN DRIVE
STADIUM DRIVE
EAST CAMERON AVENUE
FRANKLIN STREET
RALEIGH STREET
COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
SKIPPER B O
WLES D
RIVE
TENNIS COURTS
DEAN E. SMITHCENTER
KENAN FLAGLERBUSINESS SCHOOL
BUSINESS PARKING DECK
MCCOLL
KENAN CENTER
KOURYNATATORIUM
CAROLINA BASKETBALLMUSEUM
COKER
STONECENTER
FORDHAM
CARRINGTON
MITCHELL
WILSON
BEARD
ESHELMANSCHOOL OFPHARMACY
FEDEXGLOBALEDUCATIONCENTER
TATETURNERKURALT
KERR
GENOMICSCIENCESBUILDING
KENANLABSMOREHEAD
LABS
MURRAYVENABLE
DEY
NAVALARMORY
SITTERSON
BROOKS
CHAPMANCARROLL
PHILLIPS
SWAINABERNETHY
KENAN MUSIC
HANESART CENTER
HILLPERSON
NEWEAST
ALUMNI
MOREHEADPLANETARIUM COKER
ARBORETUM
HOWELL
DAVIE
MANLYGRIMES
RUFFIN
MANGUM
AYCOCK
LEWIS
EVERETT
STACYGRAHAM
HYDE
ALDERMANSPENCER
KENAN
MCIVER
NEWWEST
ACKLANDART MUSEUM
PEABODY
WHITEHEAD
CAROLINAINN
GERRARD
HANES
GARDNER
MEMORIALHALL
HENRY STADIUM
POLK PLACE
GRAHAMMEMORIAL
PETTIGREWVANCE
BATTLE
MCCORKLE PLACE
OLD WELLOLDWEST
OLDEAST
SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET
CARR
PLAYMAKERSTHEATER
DININGHALL
RAMS HEAD PARKING DECK
RALEIGH ROADVISITORPARKING LOTCAROLINA
BINGHAM
RAMSHEADCENTER
SMITH
EHRINGHAUS
MICHAEL HOOKERRESEARCH CENTER
GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
COATESBUILDING
CAMPUS Y
BONDURANT
BERRYHILL TAYLOR CAMPUS HEALTH CENTER
SASBNORTH
ALEXANDER
THE PIT
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Be curious. Visit the information desk and ask the staff members about their favorite exhibit or performance. If the event is open to the public and happening now, stop by and enjoy it.