Chancellor’s Global Education Fund

The Chancellor’s Global Education Fund is the only pan-university fund supporting Carolina’s strategic global priorities. Thanks to private gifts from alumni, parents, students and friends, the Chancellor’s Global Education Fund makes possible UNC’s mission to serve the state of North Carolina, the nation and the world.

The Chancellor’s Global Education Fund provides hundreds of Carolina students and faculty with global opportunities each year. More than 1,000 students have participated in the Diplomacy Initiative since its launch in 2021, and more than 2,000 students have participated in a COIL course.

Annual gifts to the fund give University leaders the flexibility to provide funding to students, faculty and programs supporting Carolina’s top global priorities. Contributions of all levels are important, and gifts can be made online.

With your support, we can…

• Create opportunities for students to learn alongside their global peers from Chapel Hill through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) courses;
• Provide Carolina students with direct access to the world of foreign policy by bringing foreign affairs practitioners — traditionally accessible only in Washington, D.C. — to UNC-Chapel Hill through the Diplomacy Initiative;
• Fill gaps in grant applications to help schools and units across UNC secure grants, including the $1.2 million grant from the Department of Defense for the Russian Flagship Program and the $900,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the Carolina Asia Center; and
• Develop strategic partnerships with leading international institutions, including King’s College London, National University of Singapore, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany and the University of San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.

“When we hear about climate change, it’s this crazy big catastrophe. How can one person stop the polar ice caps from melting? But to sit in the same room as people who have actually researched and are coming up with solutions for it was incredible.”

– Annika Deshpande, first-year global studies major

Contact Information

For questions about the Chancellor’s Global Education Fund, contact Caroline Evans, assistant director of annual giving. There are many ways you can make a gift, including online. You can also contact one of UNC Global’s development team members to discuss the best way to make a pledge.

Caroline Evans
Assistant Director of Annual Giving
+1.919.962.1705
caroline.evans@unc.edu