The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the oldest public university in the
United States. It is the charter member of the
University of North Carolina System. The school was founded in
1789, and the first class was admitted in
1795. The cornerstone of its first building was laid in
1793 near an
Anglican chapel in what therefore became "Chapel Hill, North Carolina."
The school's sports teams are called the Tar Heels. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
http://www.unc.edu