Category Archives: Student Organizations

When I was at UNC: Documenting the legacy of student organizations

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Carla Davis-Castro, ESOPI Fellow

University Archives, together with the Office of Student Activities & Organizations presents: When I Was at UNC: Documenting the Legacy of Student Organizations Next Tuesday, March 26, from 5:30-7:30pm, please join us in Student Union room 3201 to learn how … Continue reading →

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New Online Exhibit on Student Organizations at UNC

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Jennifer Coggins, Graduate Assistant

When was the first student body president elected? Who’s a Di and who’s a Phi? What’s a Gimghoul? A new exhibit has been added to The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History that should answer those questions and … Continue reading →

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The “Pilot” of Student Government: The Student Body President

Posted on January 29, 2013 by South Moore, Order of the Bell Tower student assistant

We currently find ourselves in the middle of campaign season. For the next two (or possibly three) weeks, the Pit will be abuzz with excited, albeit cold, campaign workers, the pages of the Daily Tar Heel will be filled with … Continue reading →

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For the Students, By the Students

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Morgan Jones, Graduate Assistant

In light of a recent addition to the Records of the Student Union (Collection #40128), we in University Archives are wondering: How many of you use the Carolina Union every day? Our next question would be: How much do you … Continue reading →

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St. Anthony Hall donates autograph album from the 1860′s

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

The UNC University Archives is pleased to announce the donation of a precious artifact from the Xi Chapter of St. Anthony Hall (Delta Psi) and the St. Anthony Association of North Carolina, their associated alumni organization. This artifact is an … Continue reading →

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Taking a Look at the Whole System

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Jennie Rose Halperin, Graduate Assistant

There has been a lot of talk of late about the system-wide tuition increases at the University of North Carolina. The plan to increase tuition by 15.6 percent over four years at UNC-Chapel Hill and by an average of 8.8 … Continue reading →

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New collections available! Science Fiction! Recreation! Acronyms!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Matthew Farrell, Graduate Assistant

A major initiative started last fall by the University Archives and Records Management Services, in partnership with Wilson Library’s Technical Services department, is to make accessible some of the records hidden away in our unprocessed backlog. While still an ongoing … Continue reading →

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Selected Dialectic Society Records Digitized as Part of a Documenting the American South Project

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

As part of the digitization of the Joseph Lawrence Dusenbery’s journal for “Verses and Fragments: The James L. Dusenbery Journal (1841-1842)“, a few selected documents  from the records of the Dialectic Society held in the University Archives have also been … Continue reading →

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Di-Phi Bicentennial Debate

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jay Gaidmore, University Archivist

To celebrate the rich history of their organizations, each year the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies delve into the University Archives to find a topic that was debated 200 years ago. The topic may be something still very applicable to today, … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Black Experience at UNC

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tish Wiggs

Our friends at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (http://digitalnc.org/) have just completed digitizing Black Ink, the official publication of UNC’s Black Student Movement. Publication of Black Ink began in 1969, with the goal of transforming “Blackness … into pictures … Continue reading →

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