The N.C. Literary Festival, set for Sept. 10-13 at UNC, has announced the days, times and places that 100 authors will read, perform or speak. The free public festival is organized and sponsored by the libraries of UNC and N.C. State and Duke… read more
The 2009 class of Public Service Scholars is larger (171) and averaged more hours of public service (504 hours per student) than the four classes that preceded it. The fifth graduating class of Public Service Scholars was honored a few days before… read more
More than 1,800 Carolina students – 600 more than last year – have committed to stand on their feet for a full 24 hours to “rock out for the kids” at the 11th annual UNC Dance Marathon, which begins Friday night. The event celebrates the conclusion… read more
UNC’s School of Government and Appalachian State University in Boone have created the N.C. Local Government Service Corps, a three-year initiative to assist economically distressed communities in the state. The pilot phase of the corps will… read more
Working with the Burmese immigrant community in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, partnering with the Special Olympics of Orange County, developing a statewide consortium of future K-12 teachers who take the practice of service-learning into public schools… read more
More than 1,100 Carolina students have committed to stand on their feet for a full 24 hours at the 10th annual UNC Dance Marathon, which begins Friday. The event celebrates the conclusion of the student participants’ yearlong fundraising efforts in… read more
Senior marshals representing the class of 2008 have voted unanimously to give to Carolina for Kibera as the students’ parting gift to the University. Carolina for Kibera is an international, nongovernmental organization based in the Kibera slum… read more
The Carolina Center for Public Service honored this year’s graduating class of Public Service Scholars at a reception Friday, recognizing 96 students for their commitment to communities throughout the world and their legacy of service while at… read more
Signs and banners papering the Fetzer Gym walls made the message quite clear: “Dance Marathon – The best one night stand you’ll ever have.” This year’s 24-hour fundraising event, held from 7 p.m. Feb. 23 to 7 p.m. the next day, generated a record… read more
Tony Brown, whose leadership courses have inspired scores of Duke University undergraduates to launch community service projects in Durham and elsewhere, will be the new leader of the Robertson Scholars Program. Brown succeeds Eric Mlyn, who has… read more