First-year students consider location, social atmosphere when choosing dorms
First-year students at UNC have options when choosing a place to live on-campus with a total of 37 residence halls to pick from.
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First-year students at UNC have options when choosing a place to live on-campus with a total of 37 residence halls to pick from.
This year, Carolina Housing is partnering with the UNC School of Social Work to provide a new resource to support Hinton James residents: WellBeing Coaching.
Before moving into Hinton James Residence Hall her first year, sophomore Emma Jung wished she would have known that “less is more.” At the end of the 2022-23 year, Jung realized she never used a lot of the stuff she thought was crucial to life in a dorm.
In April of 2021, the University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward submitted its recommendation letter for renaming 10 buildings.
Content Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault.
In April, the joint Residence Hall Association/Carolina Housing Renaming Committee released a statement on Residence Hall One, formerly known as Aycock Residence Hall, calling for the hall to be renamed for a female-identifying individual.
UNC has a variety of organizations that host events throughout the year where students can snag free things — including swag, food and health products. But knowing how and where to find these events can get a little tricky.
Around 9,000 students live on campus at UNC during a normal school year. But after the University de-densified residence halls due to the pandemic, only 3,000 students lived on campus last year.
As UNC senior Kira Griffith nears the end of her second term as president of the Residence Hall Association, the association is establishing an alumni-sponsored award named after her.
Community government elections for UNC residence halls began this week. But, with the switch to remote learning a few weeks ago and the de-densification of on-campus housing, elections for these roles look different this year.
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On Saturday, the Residence Hall Association will host a Big Paper Airplane Tournament, one of its sustainability-focused events for this year. Teams will create airplanes using only recycled paper.
While UNC gamers and esports enthusiasts often make friends within their community online, this fall, Carolina Housing is giving them a physical space to meet on campus.
It’s flu season again, but UNC’s campus is infected with a different disease — hand, foot, and mouth.
The Department of Housing and Residential Education announced via email Tuesday that residence halls and Ram Village will be open for students during the Thanksgiving and spring breaks.
Coming soon to a residence hall near you: 3-D printing.
“Don’t ditch it. Donate it.” The goal for the Department of Housing and Residential Education has been to encourage students to donate their unwanted belongings instead of throwing them out. The program creates "donation stations" in residence halls at the end of the semester.
Junior Bradley Opere won the race for student body president with 53 percent of the overall vote.
Two empty residence halls on North Campus will reopen to first-year students during the 2016-17 school year.
Students living on campus are wondering if a potential outbreak of the MRSA infection originated from a shower curtain in their communal bathroom.