Stop 4: South Building Flashcards
We are now looking our onto the Lower Quad, also known as ___________, named for alumnus President _____________ who was in the Class of ________.
Polk Place
James K. Polk
1818
Surrounding the quad are _________, ________ and ___________. Often you will see students studying, relaxing, or going to class.
Academic department buildings, classroom buildings, and professional schools
At the far end of Polk Place, you will see ________, one of __ libraries at Carolina.
Wilson Library; 12
Wilson Library is named after university librarian _____________ in the class of ______.
Louis Round Wilson; 1899
The _________ style building was completed in ___ and served as the main library on campus for many years.
Beaux-Arts; 1929
Wilson Library is home to Carolina’s ______ and _______.
Rare books and unique historical documents.
These collections include the __________, the worlds largest collection of historical materials related to _________, and the ____________, which is the country’s larget collection of materials related to _________.
Southern Historical Collection; the south.
North Carolina Collection; a single state
Wilson is home to the __________, an innovative center dedicated to ____________ historical materials online. You can see the collection at digitalnc.org.
North Carolina Digital Heritage Center; digitizing and publishing
At this end of Polk Place is the South Building, which houses ____________.
the Office of the Chancellor.
It is called the South Building because at the time it was constructed, it was the _______ point on campus
southern-most.
As the University has grown, it has become one of the ________ points on campus.
Northern-most
Chancellor ________, is the former dean of the _____________, and is Carolina’s __ Chancellor.
Kevin Guskiewicz; College of Arts and Sciences; 12th
Chancellor Guskiewicz taught and researched at Carolina for more than __ years and is a leading national expert on _________.
25 years; sports-related concussions.
One of the thing the Chancellor is most passionate about is that Carolina is __________.
passionately public
As our mission is to “teach a _____ community of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to become _______.”
diverse
the next generation of leaders
In fact, the first initiative in our strategic plan Carolina Next is called ______. This effort also extends to our landscape where we’ve recently renamed buildings for two trailblazing pioneers who left an indelible legacy at Carolina.
“Build Our Community Together.”
The Student Affairs Building is now named for _____, a lifelong educator and advocate for American Indians
Henry Owl
Residence Hall 1 is named for ______, the first Black professor who taught in the _______.
Hortense McClinton
School of Social Work
CATCH stands for _______
Carolina Adapts Toys for Children with Handicaps
CATCH is a student-run group that adapts toys to make them more accessible for children with _______
physical or mental disabilities
CATCH’s toys are donated to ________________ and rehab centers in the Chapel Hill area
the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
CATCH plans to hold workshops to teach families how to __________, and provide ___ that include all the materials families would need to adapt their own toys.
adapt their own toys; toolboxes
Transition: follow me to see other examples of how Carolina ________________
improves lives and invests in our future.