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As we celebrate National Veterans and Military Families Month this November, explore how Carolina supports those who serve our nation through our teaching, research and service.

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Celebrating the MVSS

Carolina held a grand opening ceremony Nov. 13 for the new location of the rebranded Military and Veteran Student Success Center. Now located on the first floor of Student and Academic Services Building South, the MVSS offers resources to military-connected Tar Heels and gives them a space to gather. The event featured remarks from Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette ’14 (JD), an Air Force veteran and secretary at the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; student Roslyn Ward; MVSS program director Rob Palermo; Dean of Students Desirée Rieckenberg; and Chancellor Lee H. Roberts.

(Photos by Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

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      Cozy Reading Lounge

      Robert B. House Undergrad Library

      Tue, November 1804:00 pm

      Cozy Reading Lounge

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      The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History

      Thu, November 2006:30 pm

      Diaspora Film Festival: Special Screening of Lumbeeland

    3. University Chamber Players

      Hill Hall

      Sun, November 2302:00 pm

      University Chamber Players
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