Too often, niche groups at this university bring prestigious speakers to campus — in whom the larger student population might very well be interested — but fail to adequately publicize the event.
We hope the Carolina Space Symposium, slated to take place on campus March 31, will be an exception to this pattern. (Judging from organizers’ plans to put a 15-foot rocket in the Pit, it looks like their PR team has it covered.)
Though the students who are putting on the symposium are mostly science majors, they’ve designed the event to be accessible to students from all majors. Moreover, they say, it won’t just be informative; it’ll be fun.
In its efforts to engage students in fields other than physics and astronomy, this event underscores what we gain from a true liberal arts education: knowledge outside of our particular areas of specialty, and an appreciation for why these other fields are important.
UNC may pride itself as the state’s premier public liberal arts university, but its students could do more to align their own activities with this identity by broadening their horizons.
Attending the Carolina Space Symposium is an easy way to start.
