UNC: Remember Eve Carson with service
UNC's chancellor called on students, faculty and staff to give back to the community as a way to remember Eve Carson, the slain student body president slain one year ago Thursday.
Posted — Updated"There was always more love in Eve, especially for Carolina," Chancellor Holden Thorp said. "Our traditions of public service and access never met a better friend. She never quit pushing us to do more for our world and for each other."
In audio recordings, several students whom Carson tutored and her colleagues shared stories about how she inspired them to serve others. Students attending Thursday's remembrance had similar sentiments.
"Every time this university remembers Eve, I always feel that same call to service, that same kind of motivation to live my life in a better way," UNC student Courtney Wood said.
The 20-minute ceremony was marked with a moment of silence followed by the UNC Bell Tower tolling UNC's alma mater, "Hark the Sound."
"It's going to be OK. We're going to move on from this," said Kai Toshumba, a UNC student. "We have, and we're just going to live the Carolina way – we're just going to do what Eve would have us do."
Carson was also remembered in her alma mater, Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga., Thursday night. Former classmates, friends and family held a moment of silence around a tree planted at Clarke High in her memory.
The university also has plans for a memorial garden in Carson's name on the southwest side of the Campus Y, near the Old Well on the UNC campus.
As a student leader, she served on numerous boards and committees, including the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, Carolina Leadership Development Board and the Honors Program Student Executive Board.
"It's not about her death. It's about her life and the way that she lived it," UNC student Jimmy Waters said. "I think that will inspire us all to make an effort to serve others every day."
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