University Day, is a celebration, where the entire UNC community pauses to honor the the founding of the nation’s first public university. This year Carolina celebrates its 226th birthday, on October 12, 2019. This is a day to remember the past and celebrate Carolina’s future. There will be plenty of festivities to mark the occasion.
This year’s ceremony will be held at 11am, Saturday, October 12, in Memorial Hall. Bernard Bell, executive director of the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship, along with Rick Luettich, professor and director, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences and Anita Brown-Graham, professor and director, ncIMPACT have been selected to speak on this monumental occasion.