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Exploring the Tar Heel State

By Rob Holliday, University Communications

The Tar Heel Bus Tour hit the road for three days last week to strengthen the connections between the University and our state.

With nearly 80 Carolina faculty members and senior administrators on two buses, the tour made 27 stops in 20 different North Carolina counties for participants to learn more about the pressing issues facing communities and to find new ways for Tar Heels in Chapel Hill to make a real-world difference for North Carolinians.

The east bus traveled to the coast, visiting people and sites in a dozen cities, towns and communities, including Hollister, Princeville, Kitty Hawk and Scotland Neck. Another bus went west to the mountains with stops in communities including Greensboro, Elkin, Grandfather Mountain and Kannapolis.

Combined, the buses traveled more than 1,000 miles.

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