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Carolina, in this case, refers to the name of the institution. This is likely based on its history. UNC-Chapel Hill used to be the only public institution of hi
by samch 3y ago
Carolina, in this case, refers to the name of the institution. This is likely based on its history. UNC-Chapel Hill used to be the only public institution of higher education in the southeastern US. Over time, UNC evolved to become the name of the system of schools that includes UNC-CH, NCSU, and 15 other campuses.
To this day, however, UNC-CH is still often referred to as Carolina, UNC, Chapel Hill, or - for athletics - the Tar Heels.
- whycome 3y agoThanks for this. I went through the article again and it doesn't even hint at that usage. I suppose it's a bit like "America" coming to mean just one country.
- woodrowbarlow 3y agoto be clear, the connection is more than colloquial. NCSU and the others you mention are formally "constituent institutions" under "the UNC system" (although this comes as a surprise to most NCSU students). https://catalog.unc.edu/about/unc-system/ https://catalog.unc.edu/about/unc-system/
- skrbjc 3y agoKinda like how UC-Berkeley refers to itself as "California" or just "Cal"