Graduating from Carolina is no small achievement. To help grads celebrate this milestone, the University Libraries invited them into Wilson Library for one last visit.
Wilson Library is open to researchers by appointment due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 4 and 5, 2021, graduating students had the opportunity to reserve 30-minute time slots to spend time in the building. The Fearrington Reading Room, one of Carolina’s most iconic spaces, provided an irresistible background for students’ end-of-year photographs. A few highlights from the day appear below.
Congratulations to the Class of 2021!

Graduating seniors Ciara Gillis, Eva Moyer and Ava Smith (l-r) take a selfie photo with a Tau Beta Sigma stole in Wilson Library’s Fearrington Reading Room on May 4, 2021.
(Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Nour Zarrouk photographs Danielle Kruchten in the Fearrington Reading Room in Wilson Library on Tuesday May 4, 2021.
(Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Graduating students scheduled time to make photos in the Fearrington Reading Room.
(Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Senior Ellie Kremer making magic in the Fearrington Reading Room. (Photo courtesy of Ellie Kremer.)