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The following article includes excerpts from a College of Arts and Sciences’ website feature, posted April 21, 2009. In 1989, the Blyden and Roberta Jackson Graduate Fellowship Fund was established in the College of Arts and Sciences by friends and colleagues of the couple, who were instrumental in advancing Carolina’s early African-American faculty to tenure-track […]

Since it was first established in 1988, the Blanche B. Armfield Poetry Fund has supported numerous poets-in-residence, poetry festivals and readings, lecture series, student and faculty awards and grants to those working in poetry. This includes the Blanche Armfield Poetry Series, which has brought more than 30 prominent American poets to campus for readings since

Jennie Ellison ’89 of Charlotte, N.C., fondly credits Carolina for providing her with the resources she needs to think critically every day at Microsoft as the global release manager for Office Client Services. Her ability to work through complex resource and project management problems is tied back to her success as an undergraduate economics major

These are historic photographs of Hill Hall, home to Carolina’s music department. Hill Hall’s auditorium and rotunda area are currently being renovated to transform the building into a first-rate performing arts facility. The Arts and Sciences Foundation is currently seeking support to complete the $15 million project. The upgraded space will provide an additional premier

The largest construction project in University history, the Carolina Physical Science Complex included the construction of Max C. Chapman Jr. Hall, the W. Lowry and Susan S. Caudill Laboratories, the Frederick P. Brooks Jr. Computer Science Building, Venable Hall (replacing the original Venable Hall completed in 1925) and Murray Hall (named for Dr. Royce Murray,

Garrett Hall ‘06 Garrett Hall ’06, a business administration major, was an Edward C. Smith Sr. Family Carolina Scholar during his time at Carolina. After working with J.P. Morgan and the Carlyle Group’s AlphInvest Partners, Hall attended Harvard Business School, where he earned his MBA with distinction in 2012. He then returned to AlphInvest Partners

In 2006, the family of Sonja van der Horst, a Holocaust survivor, established the JMA and Sonja van der Horst Distinguished Professorship in Jewish Studies, honoring her and her husband, Johannes “Hans” van der Horst.  The professorship supports a distinguished teacher and scholar specializing in Jewish history or culture, and was created by their four

Susan Porucznik Cole, a former challenge course coordinator at the Carolina Adventures Outdoor Education Center, was passionate about nature and the outdoors.  Since 2009, a fund in her name has supported undergraduates in the department of exercise and sport science through Campus Recreation’s Wilderness Adventures for First-Year Students (WAFFYS) program. The Susan Porucznik Cole Fund