C-TOPS Begins
By Jerri Simmons

Every summer UNC welcomes new students and their families during orientation sessions called C-TOPS. The first session of C-TOPS started Monday with the arrival of about 300 students.

The C-Toppers were easily identifiable by their blue folders and nervous facial expressions. C-TOPS allows students and parents to get affiliated with UNC.

The schedule is busy. Students must meet with orientation leaders, and they do everything from taking foreign language exams to picking up new laptops. The students aren’t the only busy ones. Parents attend many sessions, like a presentation on student health services.

Orientation Leader Courtney Moser said the C-TOPS experience exposes all of them to all Carolina has to offer.

“I really hope that they learn how to create themselves in this environment,” Moser said. “Carolina has so many programs and so many things they can get involved in, and I hope C-TOPS invites them to join those things, and really informs them that Carolina is so broad and so diverse. That everyone can be able to feel accepted.”

There are 15 C-TOPS sessions. Each session lasts for two days with almost 3,500 students attending this summer.