Other programs include students from all across campus. Students in the North Carolina Fellows Program develop their leadership potential. In the Womentoring Program , women students spend time with female faculty members discussing issues of importance to women. The Carolina Union Activities Board plans and implements cultural, educational, social, and recreational programs. Among other things, the program includes weekly talks in small groups of no more than twenty people, covering topics ranging from the transition to college to current issues.
Students dine together, often joined by faculty.
First Year Initiative participants also interact with the local community through field trips, attendance at performing arts programs, and a community service project each semester. There are opportunities for students to take initiative in academics, student activities, leadership, and service. Carolina's varsity athletic program ranks among the nation's elite. The Tar Heels consistently win championships in Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA competition in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, football, men's and women's golf, women's gymnastics, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, and wrestling. Choose from badminton, basketball, dance, handball, karate, rock-climbing, rowing, rugby, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, ultimate frisbee, and lots more.