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Best-selling author, UNC alum Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers speech at New Student Convocation

The class of 2030 and transfer students gathered for New Student Convocation, where bestselling author and UNC alumna Kristy Woodson Harvey delivered a keynote address, encouraging new students to embrace the uncertainty of college and make the most of their time at UNC. Harvey graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in 2007. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC football optimism flows - along with the beer - as Tar Heels take Dublin

It started out as a means of following a country star. Well, Chase Rice wasn’t a country star yet when Sophie Watkeys, 32, first started following him - he was a UNC football linebacker. Watkeys is from Wales, but her dad got her interested in American football at a young age, and through her love of surfing, fell in love with Wilmington, North Carolina. (MSN.com)

UNC Libraries is Home to a Special Dolly Parton Recording. Here’s What to Know

People across the United States and around the world are mourning country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday at 80 years old. While she is known for her representation of the southern region, there are not too many ties to North Carolina in her backstory – but there is a prized possession tied to her career on UNC’s campus. (Chapelboro.com)

The Emerald Isle now touched with Carolina Blue

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor Lee H. Roberts looked around in wonder at the sanctuary of the 800-year-old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the area known as Medieval Dublin. The building was conceived in the 12th century, constructed of local limestone and features a cruciform-styled nave running the length of a football field. (UNC.edu)

Merritt’s Grill Opening Second Location in Chapel Hill; Einstein Bros. Bagels Opening First

Merritt’s Grill, whose BLT sandwiches have been a staple of the Chapel Hill, North Carolina culinary scene since the restaurant opened in 1992, is opening a second location at Finley Golf Club. The restaurant will provide dine-in, to-go and catering services inside the newly refurbished Finley clubhouse and will be open to both players and non-players. (Chapelboro.com)

Tar Heels take their music to Ireland

For five bluegrass students and 105 marching band students at Carolina, the start to this year will be anything but ordinary. Along with about 25 music faculty and staff members, they will travel to Dublin, Ireland. Carolina Bluegrass band director Russell Johnson likes watching his students grow through experiences outside of class. (UNC.edu)

The top events in Kenan Stadium from the last 10 decades

As the centennial season of Kenan Stadium approaches, the sun has risen and set on a plethora of memorable events held inside its walls. Despite being the setting of 551 UNC football games, it’s not just college football that defines a memorable event in Kenan. Here are some of the top events from each decade of Kenan Stadium’s 100 years of history. (Daily Tar Heel)

Live from Ireland: Festivities begin in Dublin

UNC leaders, student-athletes, fans, and alumni are arriving in Ireland ahead of the Tar Heels’ football season opener against Texas Christian University as part of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Throughout the week, longtime UNC Football writer and sideline reporter Lee Pace will be sharing updates from events around Ireland. Follow along for more. (UNC.edu)

UNC move-in photo from the past stirs up big emotions, especially for parents

August brings the annual ritual of college freshmen leaving home to move into college dorms. Digging through the archives, I was struck by this 1997 photo of 18-year-old Jennifer Cutler, from the Eastern North Carolina town of Bath, standing in the barely organized chaos of her dorm room at UNC-Chapel Hill, with her mom sitting on the floor. (MSN.com)

To UNC's Freshmen — Trust Your Gut

You may or may not know your major. You may or may not stick with your original choice of study. A freshman at Stanford joined the student newspaper on a whim. That former computer science major has just published a best-seller and was a guest on The Daily Show. A college roommate was pre-med. He now owns and runs a gymnastic training center. (Chapelboro.com)

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