IDEAs in Action - The Arts and Sciences Foundation

Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, leads the “Health and Happiness” class in a discussion. (photo by Donn Young)

Preparing Graduates to Become Lifelong Learners

Donations to the Arts and Sciences Fund play a critical role in funding the College of Arts and Sciences’ highest priorities — enhancing student engagement, recruiting and retaining faculty, deepening

(From left to right) Rita Hanes ’89, Jim Tanner ’90 and Pam Parker ’90, all Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors and Arts and Sciences Fund donors, celebrate the College’s success in the Campaign for Carolina.

The Power of Unrestricted Support

Pam Parker ’90, a current member of the Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors, appreciates the value of unrestricted giving and especially its role in flexibly meeting the needs

A student in the Triple-I course, “Health and Happiness,” piloted in spring 2019. Each Triple-I course brings together three outstanding professors from different departments across the university so that students can study a common theme from several perspectives. Triple-I is part of the First Year Foundations requirement of the new IDEAs in Action curriculum. (photo by Donn Young)

Supporting the New Undergraduate General Education Curriculum

Thanks to a recent gift from donors Justin ’94 and Emily Haynie ’96, whose son is a current Tar Heel, the College is able to implement this more structured first-year