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The Visitors’ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continues its Priceless Gem series of expert-led tours on Fridays this spring.

The Visitors’ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continues its Priceless Gem series of expert-led tours on Fridays this spring.

Tours in the series, which takes its name from a line in the UNC alma mater, “Hark the Sound,” will be given at 3 p.m. starting from UNC’s Visitors’ Center at 250 E. Franklin St.

Below is the schedule for spring walking tours:

  • March 22: The Development of UNC Libraries with Will Owens, associate university librarian for technical services and systems. The tour stops at historic library buildings on campus and traces the development of the University Library across two centuries of change.
  • April 5: Carolina Classic. Learn the legends and stories of Carolina on a tour led by graduating seniors in the Visitors’ Center.
  • April 12: Meeting of the Waters Tour. Learn about water on campus in collaboration with the pan-campus theme of “Water in Our World,” with Missy Julian Fox, director of UNC Visitors’ Center; Cindy Shea, director of UNC Sustainability; and Brian White, associate professor of marine sciences.
  • April 19: ArtsCarolina! Explore the performing arts at Carolina with Emil Kang, UNC executive director for the arts. 
  • April 26: Last Day of Classes. Spend spring in Coker Arboretum with Grant Parkin, natural science educator at the N.C. Botanical Garden. 

The spring series of Priceless Gem tours is available at www.unc.edu/visitors.   Tours are free and for the public, and no reservations are necessary.  Please call in case of inclement weather.

Visitors’ Center contact: Missy Julian-Fox, (919) 962-1630, mjfox@unc.edu

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