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Improving the lives of
North Carolinians
UNC School of Government
As the largest university-based local government training, advisory and research organization in the United States, the UNC School of Government offers courses, webinars and specialized conferences for more than 12,000 public officials each year.
By engaging in practical scholarship that helps public officials and citizens understand and improve state and local government, the School of Government fulfills its mission to improve the lives of North Carolinians.
North Carolina is the only state with a university-based institution with a mission focused on supporting and serving government officials. That’s incredibly unique, and the school is incredibly proud to serve as that beacon for the state and nation. I’ve always treasured our value of serving the state, and our adaptability through the years to support its growing and changing needs.
Aimee Wall, dean
Read more about Wall’s vision.
Impact on the state
Helping communities protect the environment
From a billion-dollar effort to restore a community’s polluted water supply to replacing a small town’s 50-year-old water treatment plant, the Environmental Finance Center has been helping North Carolina communities reach their environmental protection goals for the past 20 years.
Addressing Affordable Housing in Hendersonville
The Development Finance Initiative partners with local governments, leveraging its specialized finance and development expertise, to help attract private investment for transformative real estate projects. The program has attracted more than $1 billion in funding to support local community development goals.
Leading for Results
A two-week fellows program at the School of Government aims to help local government professionals enhance their organizational leadership skills. The goal is not to help just one person, but the entire community
Preparing our state’s future leaders
An innovation program, Lead for NC is training future public service leaders to address problems facing North Carolinians by placing young professionals in local government offices across the state.