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Pursue your passions At Carolina
Explore your interests
The Tar Heel experience goes beyond lecture halls and schoolwork. We believe exploring your passions is a key component of a complete education. In Chapel Hill, you don't have to go far to find a student group that's right for you. Whether you're interested in the arts, politics, sports, volunteering, technology, the outdoors or anything in between, there's a great opportunity awaiting you.
Learn more about student organizations and clubs at Carolina and how you can get involved in campus life.
- 865student organizations
- 75%of students in at least one student organization
- 92service groups
Of service to others
Communiversity builds bonds with area youth
Through the program, Tar Heel volunteers help K-8 students in Chapel Hill and Carrboro with after-school activities.
CPALS befriend young cancer patients
Carolina Pediatric Attention, Love and Support is a student-run nonprofit based at UNC Hospitals.
VALOR serves veterans statewide
Free legal services are one way the law school’s Veterans Advocacy Legal Organization builds community.
Trash Force picks up after campus
What started as an extra credit opportunity grew into a club who has fun keeping Carolina clean.
UNC Dream Team grants child’s basketball wish
Student volunteers rolled out the Carolina Blue carpet for Colburn Dean, 9, who wowed the Tar Heel men’s team.
SafeWalkers make nights more secure
The student-run organization helps Tar Heels get where they need to go safely during late hours.
Get moving
Tar Heel Hockey turns 50
The rapidly growing Carolina club hockey program will move into a more competitive division next year.
Free dance lessons lead to fancy footwork
Lesley Gonzalez found her rhythm with Carolina’s Ballroom Dance team.
Tar Heels fly with art
Open to all, Aerial Arts at Carolina is a club built on creativity and exercise.
Play ball
Undergraduate students pursue their passion for baseball in college on the Carolina club baseball team.
Student-run club brings dancers together
Modernextension Dance Company gives Tar Heels a place to improvise and choreograph.
Club volleyball team serves it up
Playing a sport they love helps these Tar Heel women relieve stress and make new friends.
Learning the ropes
Carolina Jump Rope is making their fellow Tar Heels rethink what it means to jump rope. The team performs dazzling spins and flips at campus events and even competes against other universities and jump rope clubs from around the country.
Fostering creativity
Student-Made UNC crafts entrepreneurs
The platform’s student managers work hard behind the scenes to help Tar Heel makers market their creations.
Carolina Thrift gives clothes new life
The student-run group resells used clothing in front of the Bell Tower each year during move-in week.
Finding their spotlight
Student group Ebony Readers/Onyx Theater gives students a platform to perform poetry while finding their voices on campus.
Kenan Theatre Company opens doors to drama
As part of the dramatic art department, the company offers undergraduates a way to explore a career in theater.