Student Groups and Organizations -

Junior Tyler Flemming, who is currently the Opinion Editor, has been selected as the Editor-In-Chief for the 2017-2018 school year.

Tyler Fleming named DTH editor-in-chief for 2017-18

By Leah Asmelash | April 2

Junior history major Tyler Fleming was selected Saturday as the editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel newspaper for the 2017-18 school year. He will replace ...

Joy Prom attendee Rico walks down the red carpet at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center.

Third annual Joy Prom rolls out red carpet for Best Buddies and UNC students

By Jackson Liu | March 31

From the moment people stepped on the red carpet until the last song was played, joy spread across the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on Thursday night ...

Justin Kiser (left) is a first year pre-business and economics double major and Keery Doyle is a first year exercise science and biology double major. Kiser is the treasurer and Doyle is the President of the club "Roc Solid Carolina."

Roc Solid helps bring play to UNC Hospitals

By Molly Looman | March 27

Two first-years want to take advantage of having UNC Hospitals on campus. Kerry Doyle and Justin Kiser have decided to found the Roc Solid Carolina Club, ...

An inside look at UNC's 2017 Dance Marathon that raised $420,000

By Mark Burnett | March 26

Carolina For the Kids hosted its annual Dance Marathon on Friday and Saturday, following an 18-year tradition. The event raised $420,062.95.

Senior sport administration major Steve Palacios is the director of development for Pupusas for Education.

Nonprofit, food truck to hold 'Pupusathon' to raise scholarship money for undocumented immigrants

By Nicole Booth | March 26

From March 20 to April 20, local nonprofit Pupusas for Education and food truck So Good Pupusas are asking student organizations on campus to get involved ...

Habitat for Humanity is in the process of building two houses located on Sykes Street in Chapel Hill.

UNC's Habitat for Humanity to reach goal of building 10 homes this year

By Kamilla Rekvényi | March 22

UNC's Habitat for Humanity organization started the 2016-17 year with the ambitious plan to build 10 houses by the end of the spring semester — and ...

Quinn Hoffman (center) leads (from left to right) Maudrie Alexis, Joe Garay and Andrew Tillett in capoeira exercises Thursday night.

Carolina Capoeira Club teaches the rules of dance and war

By Gloria Ge | March 6

A club at UNC gives students access to martial arts. Moreover, joining this club lets students learn a bit of foreign language — and even how to play ...

Colleen Daly discusses her journey in creating Embody Carolina, an organization on campus to help students struggling with eating disorders.

Embody Carolina aims to empower students during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

By Charlie McGee | March 1

Embody Carolina, a group that raises awareness of eating disorders, is working to reach a wider range of students during National Eating Disorders Awareness ...

Zeke Parsons (Environmental Studies Major, middle), who started the Lettuce Club stands with two other members Brendan Gallagher (Mathematics Major, right) and Michael Bono (Business/Mathematical Decision Sciences Major, left).

Students compete to be head of UNC Lettuce Club

By Gloria Ge | February 16

There will soon be a group for competitively minded lettuce connoisseurs — the UNC Lettuce Club,

Students create hip-hop organization for community of listeners

By Kayla Drake | February 6

A group of friends who spend their time listening to and discussing hip-hop have found a community of students who do the same.

(From left): Amy Townsend, Leona Amosah, Michelle Brown, Jasmyn Thomas are members for the SWIRL club

After one year, SWIRL is still growing as a home for students of all backgrounds

By Sophie Troyer | November 4

In 2015, Leona Amosah founded Students With Interracial Legacies, or UNC-CH SWIRL, which is the first multiracial organization on campus.

Global Soccer Society founder Hudson Owens (Senior) hopes that he can honor his father's legacy through his work.

Global Soccer Society gives students a place to love soccer

By Julia Faulkner | October 31

UNC senior Hudson Owens thought there wasn’t enough of an outlet for the soccer lovers on campus. That’s why he started the UNC Global Soccer Society ...

Graduate student Nelson Pace helped found Stigma Free Carolina two years ago (courtesy of Nelson Pace).

Q&A with Stigma Free Carolina founders

By Cailyn Derickson | April 20

Two years ago, graduate students Nelson Pace and Nikhil Tomar founded Stigma Free Carolina to reduce stigma surrounding mental health concerns.

Activist CeCe McDonald answers a question posed by a member of student group the UNControllables. McDonald spoke to an audience at UNC about her work in prison abolition activism as well as her own experiences as a black transgender woman in prison.

Trans woman of color talks race, prison and survival

By Emily Perry | April 13

CeCe McDonald is a trans woman of color, and in 2011, she was aggressively pursued by a neo-Nazi, transphobic man. After defending herself and killing ...