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Signature Initiatives

Signature Initiatives address issues and opportunities that emerge over the course of the campaign, leveraging our strengths to remain responsive to the times and needs of the people.

Campaign Funding Priorities

David Routh
Vice Chancellor - Development
drouth@unc.edu

Signature Initiative Funding Priorities

Student Support
The Carolina Edge
The Carolina Edge is the University’s bold commitment to raise $1 billion to support academic excellence and create opportunity through scholarships and fellowships for students at every level — from undergraduate and graduate students to those in our professional schools. The Carolina Edge will ensure that Carolina continues to set the bar for student achievement by recruiting and enrolling the very best scholars from North Carolina and beyond.
Student Support
A Global Mindset
At Carolina, we recognize that strengthening a global mindset is essential in preparing the next generation of leaders, supporting faculty research to solve the grand challenges of our time and encouraging a global approach to campus operations. The Global Guarantee — our promise that every undergraduate can have access to a transformative global experience — is a key part of infusing our campus with A Global Mindset.
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UNC Institute for Convergent Science
Successful universities, both public and private, are engines for innovation - places where basic science meets technology to solve problems for the public good. The UNC Institute for Convergent Science will help Carolina lead in our service to the State and Nation by bringing together innovators from the worlds of science, engineering, art, humanities, design, and business.
Arts
Arts Everywhere
The arts at Carolina are an essential part of the educational experience, fostering ingenuity and originality. Arts Everywhere is a university-wide effort rooted in the fundamental belief that the arts are for everyone. Regardless of major, skill level or background, Arts Everywhere creates opportunities for all to take part in the creative process and to explore the full range of the visual, performing and literary arts.

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Student Support

Life … On Hold

“To be cared for by such a large institution … is such a gift.”

Student Support

A Packed College Career

Pushing through challenges and embracing new opportunities

Student Support

Creating a home at Carolina

Overcoming challenges to create a home

Humanities

Contagion through the lens of Shakespeare

Relating COVID-19 to contagion

Research

The Ecologist of Infectious Diseases

Looking at the riskiest factors of COVID-19 transmission

Health

Deepening Our Understanding

Using next generation sequencing to better understand COVID-19

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Signature Initiatives

Signature Initiatives

Signature Initiative Funding Priorities

The Carolina Edge

A Global Mindset

UNC Institute for Convergent Science

Arts Everywhere

Explore Stories

Life … On Hold

A Packed College Career

Creating a home at Carolina

Contagion through the lens of Shakespeare

The Ecologist of Infectious Diseases

Deepening Our Understanding

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