Carolina Resources for Rural Communities
UNC-Chapel Hill has over 375 schools, departments, centers, institutes, and other entities. Many of them are community engaged and have partnership offerings available to rural communities and residents. UNC Rural helps make these connections and provides additional programs and tools to strengthen these partnerships.
Programs and Tools
Traveling across North Carolina to get to know each other better and listen to what you love about your community and your hopes for the future.
Leadership program and $45K for teams. Funded by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and co-offered with the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice.
$10K-15K for rural community-academic projects co-offered with UNC Research.
$5K-10K for collaborations resulting from participation in the Tar Heel Bus Tour co-offered with Carolina Across 100.
$1K-$10K in technical assistance funds to support rural community partners.
Networking events and learning opportunities open to all involved or interested in community-engaged work.
Annual showcase of events bringing together campus and community members to highlight partnerships led by Carolina Center for Public Service.
Tool to connect community and campus partners in mutually beneficial ways based on focus areas and interests.
Tool to help interested parties navigate the nuances related to measures of rurality.
Monthly email featuring news, stories, events, resources and more for rural community-campus partners.
Resources to help with key priorities from 2024 Rural Community Conversations.
"Carolina’s community-campus partnerships across the state are a constant inspiration for me. I'll never forget the day I visited the UNC Farm at Penny Lane and the future Tiny Homes Village in Pittsboro, a transformational collaboration improving lives through mental health programs and affordable housing. I’m proud to be part of an institution and team that serves to support rural North Carolina’s vitality and all its people.”
Gabby Diekmann UNC Rural Communications Specialist
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Serving rural North Carolina by connecting communities with UNC-CH partners and resources.
UNC Rural
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
333 South Columbia Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill