CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina will mark the second anniversary of the shooting death of the school's former student body president by dedicating a garden in her memory.

The Eve Marie Carson Garden will be dedicated Thursday afternoon in Polk Place, a grassy area behind the Campus Y. The 22-year-old student from Athens, Ga., was found shot death in the early morning of March 5, 2008, in a Chapel Hill neighborhood.

Two men have been charged in her death.

The school says the garden will honor all UNC-Chapel Hill students, past and future, who die before they graduate.

After speeches by officials including Chancellor Holden Thorp, a Carolina blue ribbon will be cut and students will plant ferns in the garden.

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