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University Within Reach

Carolina offers a transformative opportunity to Tar Heels, regardless of income and from all walks of life. Read stories illustrating how every student who earns admission can come to Carolina and thrive.

Covenant scholars gain career experience locally
The inaugural Town-Gown internship program partners Carolina Covenant students with Chapel Hill and Carrboro workplaces.
Transfer student finds where she belongs at Carolina
She started college as a Trojan, but Cecilia Moore is now majoring in exercise and sport science as a Tar Heel.
America’s first public university is also its flagship
Carolina’s history parallels that of the United States, and the University is a leading example of the good public institutions can produce.
Every C-STEP of the way, she guides transfers to success
“It’s been my greatest joy,” Massey Award winner Becky Egbert says of leading the Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program for 20 years.
Alumna serves rural communities as OB-GYN
Alisa Eanes ’08, ’15 (MD) graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and continued on to the UNC School of Medicine with support from the Carolina Covenant. Inspired by and grateful for her experiences, she is now giving back to the state as an OB-GYN in western North Carolina.
Carolina a top producer of future leaders
The University is No. 7 among public institutions for preparing future leaders, according to a Time and Statista analysis.