Teams across Carolina are working to ensure classrooms and offices are ready when employees return on July 19.

Housekeeping staff Sandra Foxx, Teresa Golson and James Holman were among the eight winners recognized for “unusual, meritorious or superior contributions” by University employees.

When trees, limbs and leaves come down at Carolina, they never actually leave campus. They are transformed to beautify the landscaping in a new way and keep 360 tons of material out of landfills each year.

Effective immediately, the University is implementing fuel conservation measures for Motor Fleet and University-owned vehicles.

Throughout the pandemic, Grounds Services workers stayed on the job to make sure the outdoor areas of historic campus remained clean and picturesque. A year later, they’re still at it.

Each weeknight at 11 p.m., the Facilities Services housekeepers of Zone 215 report to the Adams School of Dentistry to clean it so dentists and hygienists can treat patients at clinics during the day. They’re one of many employee teams working on campus since the pandemic began.

The Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling helped a daughter give her father an especially meaningful present for his 90th birthday.

Some Finance and Operations departments will operate under reduced hours while students are on winter break, beginning as early as Dec. 21.

The Carolina Tree Heritage program is giving second life to downed campus trees by transforming the trunks and branches into furniture, sculptures and other wooden creations, with the proceeds going toward student scholarships.

When Carolina celebrated its bicentennial in 1993, Davie Poplar saplings were planted throughout the state. Revisit some of those saplings and the Tar Heels who planted them to see how Carolina has literally taken root in North Carolina.