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.