The new UNC Visitors Center offers a 21st-century interactive welcome to the nation’s oldest public university. Situated next to Porthole Alley, this tangible connection of town and gown couldn’t be in a more iconic setting. “The primary purpose is to demonstrate to the citizens the good work that happens on campus every day,” said center director Rhonda Beatty. (UNC.edu)
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