'Epitomized the Carolina Spirit': UNC remembers Eve Carson on her 40th birthday

Posted Nov 29, 2025
Eve Carson, former student body president and Morehead-Cain scholar, was killed during the spring semester of her senior year at UNC. In 2007, as a part of her platform for SBP, she campaigned for a junior-year scholarship that would help students who showed growth in their academics, advocacy and leadership since their enrollment at UNC. (Daily Tar Heel)

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