| Spring 1859 |
The YMCA was organized. Young men taught Sunday
school classes in the surrounding areas, tutored local students and
extended fellowship to other UNC-CH students. The Y students later
began literacy classes for African Americans. |
| 1907 |
The YMCA Building was completed in order to meet the needs of the student organizations on campus. |
| 1908 |
Dr. Frank Porter Graham served as student president of the YMCA. In 1913 he returned as the YMCA Secretary Director. |
| 1935 |
The YWCA was organized as a separate entity with its own officers, programs, advisory board and staff. |
| 1952 |
Freshman Camp was established. Its first co-ed camp was held in 1966. |
| 1953 |
The Advisory Boards of the YMCA and the YWCA merged. |
| 1954 |
Goettingen Exchange began to acquaint UNC students with post-war Germany. |
| 1963 |
The YMCA and the YWCA organizations merged to form what is known today as the Campus Y. |
| 1965 |
Scholarship Information Center was established to
offer college opportunities for Southern Negro students (law schools
and minority groups) and act as a guide to Southern high schools for
northern colleges. |
| 1965 |
Tutoring Committee was established. |
| 1966 |
The Upward Bound Program began on the UNC-CH campus. |
| Fall 1967 |
Campus Y was the first organization to support
Talent Search, an independent group of students and faculty organized
by the UNC-CH student government to recruit African-American students
to UNC-CH. |
| 1967-68 |
Summer Opportunities Committee, Projects Committee and Negro Recruitment Committee were established. |
| 1968 |
Racial Dialogue Committee was established. It was later renamed Students for the Advancement of Race Relations (SARR). |
| 1968-73 |
Walk for Humanity was established. The Campus Y and
the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation co-sponsored the Walk
Against Hunger. |
| Spring 1969 |
The Campus Y offered leadership and an
organizational base to the advocates of the Cafeteria Workers Strike,
which lasted from mid-February to April 1. |
| 1971 |
Big Buddy Committee was established. |
| 1972 |
The Black Relations Committee was established. |
| 1973 |
Nursing Homes Committee was established. It reactivated in 1980. |
| 1973-74 |
The new Campus Y constitution was created. It replaced the old cabinet with a 10-member Executive Committee. |
| 1975 |
Hunger Responsibility Committee was established. |
| 1975 |
The Carolina Indian Circle was founded as an
outgrowth of the Campus Y because Native American students wanted to
organize a support group. |
| 1977 |
The Campus Community Link was established. It later changed to the Student Elderly Exchange. |
| 1977-78 |
The Campus Y officially disaffiliated with YMCA of the United States. |
| 1980 |
Dillon School Committee, Publicity Committee and Global Issues Committee were established.
|
| 1980-1981 |
The Campus Y became the official name for both the department and the student organization. |
| 1981-82 |
The Energy and the Environment Committee was
established. It later changed to the Society of Environmentally
Concerned Students (SECS) in 1987. In 1988, it changed to the Student
Environmental Action Committee (SEAC). |
| 1982 |
The Anne Queen Endowment Fund was established to
honor the previous director and to provide support for student programs
of the Campus Y. |
| 1984 |
The Volunteer Action Center was established. |
| 1984 |
The Campus Y became inactive with the YWCA of the United States. It disaffiliated with the YWCA in 1988. |
| 1986 |
The South African Scholarship Fund was established
in an effort to make a positive contribution to ending apartheid in
South Africa. |
| 1988 |
Project Literacy Committee was established. |
| 1991 |
The Campus Y and the Black Student Movement group
organized a coalition for a freestanding black cultural center in the
name of the late Dr. Sonja Haynes Stone, an Advisory Board member and
beloved professor.
|
| 1993 |
The Catalyst Conference for Positive Social Change,
a weekend conference for North Carolina high school students, was
established. |
| 1994-1997 |
The Campus Y and the Student Coalition for Action in
Literacy Education (SCALE) sponsored the Community Literacy Initiative,
which operated as an AmeriCorps program. |
| 1995-96 |
Red Ribbon Committee was established. |
| 1996-97 |
Criminal Justice Awareness Committee was reorganized from the previous Yokefellows Prison Ministries. |
| 1998-99 |
The Save the Y campaign began to prevent the
destruction of the Campus Y building. The UNC-CH Board of Trustees
approved the renovation, which would be funded with private donations. |
| 1999 |
Entering America Smoothly through Enrichment (EASE)
and Students Engaging in Technology for the Future (SET) were
established as committees of the Y. |
| 2001 |
Fomerly EASE, Linking Immigrants to New Communities (LINC) Committee was establised. |
| 2002 |
Hispanic Integration Project and Health Focus were established.
|
| 2003 |
Helping Paws and Hunger Lunch were established. |
| 2007 |
Campus Y renovation completed; Alumni Reunion and Grand Reopening held to celebrate. |
