Old West of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Built in 1882, Old West, was designed by William Nichols to be almost identical to the 1793 Old East.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (popularly known as UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public research university in Orange County. The flagship of the University of North Carolina system, it is considered a Public Ivy, or a public institution which offers an academic experience similar to that of an Ivy League university. After being chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States. Among the claimants, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the only one to have held classes and graduated students as a public university in the eighteenth century.
The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened its doors to students on February 12, 1795. However, North Carolina became coeducational under the leadership of President Kemp Plummer Battle in 1877, and began the process of desegregation under Chancellor Robert Burton House when African-American graduate students were admitted in 1951, 156 years after the university opened its doors. In 1952, North Carolina opened its own hospital, UNC Health Care, for research and treatment.
Much of the oldest portion of campus contributes to the Chapel Hill Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was expanded in 2015.
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Old West of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Built in 1882, Old West, was designed by William Nichols to be almost identical to the 1793 Old East.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (popularly known as UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public research university in Orange County. The flagship of the University of North Carolina system, it is considered a Public Ivy, or a public institution which offers an academic experience similar to that of an Ivy League university. After being chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States. Among the claimants, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the only one to have held classes and graduated students as a public university in the eighteenth century.
The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened its doors to students on February 12, 1795. However, North Carolina became coeducational under the leadership of President Kemp Plummer Battle in 1877, and began the process of desegregation under Chancellor Robert Burton House when African-American graduate students were admitted in 1951, 156 years after the university opened its doors. In 1952, North Carolina opened its own hospital, UNC Health Care, for research and treatment.
Much of the oldest portion of campus contributes to the Chapel Hill Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was expanded in 2015.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Cha...