The Carolina Forum
The Carolina Forum was organized in July 1948 and aimed to bring leaders of government, labor, industry and education to speak on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The goal and tagline was “to bring to the campus of the oldest state university in the nation the best minds in the world.”
A re-imagined Carolina Forum in the twenty-first century creates a new space and a place for discussion and debate on big domestic and global policy challenges. The Forum fosters non-partisan discussion and deliberation. Its mission is to educate and to engage students in a dialogue about key policy issues in the U.S. and around the globe.
The Forum hosts leaders in policy and politics, higher education, and the private and non-profit sector. The Forum provides an opportunity for students to evaluate the debate surrounding complex policy problems and to enhance their ability to reason through competing arguments.
Governor Bill Haslam and Dan Gitterman at the “Answering the Call to Lead: To be the Force for Good for the State of Tennessee” Carolina Forum on March 19, 2018
President Margaret Spellings and Kati Haycock at the “Helping Every Child Succeed” Carolina Forum, September 22, 2016
Saving Democracy – Jean Parvin Bordewich (Program Officer, Madison Initiative at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)
Monday, November 4, 2019 at 5:30 PM, Gerrard Hall
The Media as Superpower for Public Good – Stephen Friedman (Former President MTV, Senior Advisor, Societal Impact, SY Partners)
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 10:00 AM, Halls of Fame Room, Carroll Hall, School of Media and Journalism
A conversation with Don Baer ’76 – Global Chairman of Burson, Cohn & Wolfe, Former Assistant to the President and White House Director of Strategic Planning and Communications
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 5:30 PM, Historic PlayMakers Theatre
Answering the Call to Lead: To be the Force for Good for the State of Tennessee with Governor Bill Haslam (TN)
March 19, 2018 at 5:30 PM, Gerrard Hall
The Key to True Generosity – Rachel Chong (CEO and Founder of Catchafire)
March 20, 2018 at 5:30 PM, Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theater
It Was All A Dream? Black Millennials and the American Dream in the 21st Century – Reniqua Allen, Wendell McCain, Candis Watts Smith, James H. Johnson Jr.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center
Social and Economic Inequality in America with Mary Beth Maxwell and Dorian Warren
April 11, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Sonja Haynes Stone Center Auditorium
Helping Every Child Succeed, A Conversation with Kati Haycock and Margaret Spellings
Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM, The Great Hall of the Carolina Union
A Tale of Two Trailblazers: A Conversation with the Honorable Harvey Gantt and Eva Clayton
Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center
Ending Hunger by 2025 (with Global Research Institute and UNC Food For All)
“It is my commitment to work with you to reduce hunger and malnutrition in this world.”
~from Dr. Fan’s lecture
Ending Hunger by 2025 (with Global Research Institute and UNC Food for All) – Sheneggen Fan
October 23, 2015 at 12:015 PM, Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center