Soon, the heart of the new Nursing Education Building, its two-story Commons, will be transformed by a beautiful cascade of shimmering acrylic pendants. Visible from the entrance, the courtyard, and throughout the lobby, this installation will become one of Carolina Nursing’s signature landmarks.
This is your chance to be part of it!
Claim a Pendant. Celebrate a Legacy. Illuminate the Future.

For $500 (one time or monthly payment options available), you can purchase an individually inscribed pendant to:
- Honor a Carolina Nurse
- Celebrate a graduation or milestone
- Recognize a mentor
- Memorialize a loved one
- Leave your own legacy at Carolina Nursing
Each pendant becomes a beautiful symbol representing the people who lift, inspire, and sustain our profession.
A Gift of Meaning and Beauty
This is more than a name on a plaque. It’s a visible, glowing tribute suspended in one of the most prominent spaces of our new home. Your pendant will illuminate the Commons for generations of students, faculty, alumni, and visitors.
Limited number available. First come, first honored.
Help us fill the new Nursing Education Building with beauty, gratitude, and Carolina blue spirit—one pendant at a time.
Perfect gift for graduation, birthdays, and more!
Light the way. Leave your mark.
Details

Size: 24 inches by 2 inches

Text: Each pendant can fit up to 40 characters of text. Additionally, you may choose to dedicate your pendant in honor or in memory of someone. The “In honor of” and “In memory of” text will appear above your text and will not count toward your total character count.
Each pendant will be engraved with your chosen text and will become part of the art installation suspended over the building’s Commons.
Payment Options:
- A one-time payment of $500
- Five monthly recurring payments of $100
Prefer to mail a check? Click here to print out the order form. Please make checks payable in the amount of $500 to the UNC School of Nursing and note “Nursing Building Pendant” in the memo line. Mail the order form and check to:
The UNC School of Nursing
Attn: UNC Gift Processing Office
P.O. Box 309
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0309

FAQs
Questions? Please reach out to Katella Silva, Assistant Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship, at katella@unc.edu or (916) 247-6665 with questions.