On-Campus Services for Student Ventures and Organizations


On-Campus Services for Student Ventures and Organizations

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CS for Social Good

Through technology, we have the opportunity to be a part of positive change and evolution of a growing world of possibility. We aim to give nonprofits and organizations for social good in the Chapel Hill area the tools to effectively complete their goals with the use of knowledge and programs.

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COMP 325 - How to Build a Software Startup

This course explores real-world skills for successfully developing and launching a software startup in an experiential learning environment. Students learn about customer outreach and feedback, market analysis, business model development and agile product development, while working...

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Carolina Creates

Carolina Creates is a student organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsored by Innovate Carolina and UNC Student Affairs. Our mission is to foster innovative creation on campus by providing the resources needed to make ideas happen. We want to build a collaborative community of innovators, leaders, thinkers, and doers.

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Student Legal Services

A non-profit law firm on campus serving UNC students. CSLS is available to advise on student groups, business startup questions, and more.

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DevApp

Want to build apps and projects with other talented students? Want to solve meaningful problems and enhance your personal portfolio? Want to gain experience using industry-standard technologies? DevApp provides the resources to do so.

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Google Development Group (GDG Chapel Hill)

A group of developers and tech enthusiasts that foster learning and sharing about Google Products, new industry trends and technologies. A GDG meetup event includes talks on a wide range of technical topics where you can learn new skills through hands-on workshops.

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Internet of Chemistry Things

An Open Education Resource (OER) portal for chemical education material related to the Internet of Things.

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BeAM

BeAM@CAROLINA is a network of makerspaces where any UNC student, staff, or faculty member can join the UNC maker community in the design and creation of physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship, and recreation. Makers can participate in open studios, training sessions, workshops, hosted classes, and group activities. Enjoy spaces equipped with ...

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SkillfUL Tech Workshops

The SkillfUL Tech Workshop Series is open to anyone who wants to learn new design skills. Each hands-on session will introduce you to new tools and concepts to make your projects clear and noteworthy. We host a full offering of classes in the fall and spring semesters, as well as a limited schedule in the summer. Join us!

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Design America

Design for America UNC-CH is a chapter of Design for America, a national organization with its headquarters located at Northwestern University. Design for America uses the design thinking process to generate solutions to community problems. We are a team of creative problem solvers that focuses on ...

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Carolina THINK

The goal of Carolina Think is to connect entrepreneurial-minded students and create a united approach for the development of social and commercial change. We plan on reaching our goal by holding monthly meetups where Thought-Leaders, CEOs, and Professors/Researchers can come and speak to Carolina students. We hope these leaders in innovation...

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Embark Carolina

Embark Carolina is a dynamic website designed for students to discover resources to help them plan and pay for their global experience. Go to embark.unc.edu. You can use the Funding Finder to see what funding opportunities exist within and beyond UNC, and the Global Guide to learn about ways to prepare for an experience abroad. Two new resources, the Experience Explorer...

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UNC App Lab

The App Lab is where UNC students can learn how to build web and mobile applications, run by UNC Computer Science Professor of the Practice Dr. Jeff Terrell. It’s in Room 027 of Sitterson Hall, and it’s open weekday afternoons.

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1893 Brand Studio

1893 is a student-powered agency from the Daily Tar Heel, with quality editing and oversight to ensure excellence.

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UNC Communications & Creative Services

CCS is a full service marketing department located in the Carolina Union. Led by professionals and staffed by experienced students, we help student organizations and university departments tell their unique stories through smart, intentional creative. Any officially recognized student organization...

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Carolina Global Initiative Award

The Carolina Global Initiative Award provides funding for students to complete a non-credit-bearing global opportunity in the U.S. or abroad. Students with financial need and limited prior global travel can submit a proposal to cover the costs of global opportunities such as: internships, research, service projects, or...

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1789 Student Venture Fund

The 1789 Student Venture Fund provides financial support for UNC-Chapel Hill students to use to build commercial and social startups. Too often, the promising ideas that students have for building ventures are never given the opportunity to take off because they lack the early-stage funding needed for initial...

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Dreamers Who Do Award

Innovate Carolina gives students at UNC-Chapel Hill the chance to submit an application for the Dreamers-Who-Do Award, which can help them move their ideas forward and turn novel concepts into a concrete solution. Dreamers-Who-Do awards provide financial support for student projects, programs and guest speakers that help Carolina students learn what it means to be innovators and...

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UNC Summer Internship Grant

The Summer Internship Grant provides funding for current students pursuing summer opportunities that advance their career or academic interests. Grants range from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand, depending on a student’s need and proposed budget. This competitive grant is meant to help meet basic...

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Women’s Innovation Council

The Office of Innovate Carolina will sponsor UNC’s involvement in the Women’s Innovation Council. The council bridges universities and female innovators across the Triangle to elevate young female innovators and enhance campus programming. It seeks to...

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Black In Technology

Black in Technology (BiT) is a student and technology-based organization, that dedicates itself to the development of intensive programs for increasing Black and other ethnic participation in the field of technology and Computer Science. BiT aims to increase the representation of Black students pursuing degrees in technology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Family Enterprise Center

Our mission is to provide next generation family business leaders with the expertise and resources to: Develop entrepreneurial, sustainable family enterprises, Create and maintain healthy family and working relationships, and Be responsible stewards of family business assets.