Q: What do Carolina Scholars do at Carolina?
A: Everything.
Q: What do Carolina Scholars do
FOR Carolina?
A: Even more.
Look at UNC senior Christian Mibelli, for example, a Carolina Scholar who came to UNC from Venezuela by way of Weddington, N.C. You couldn’t ask for a more involved, dedicated, well-rounded student—and that’s what the Carolina Scholars Program is all about.
Read more »Launched in 2005, the Carolina Family Scholarship provides need-based tuition scholarships to the children of qualifying Carolina employees who wish to attend any of the 16 UNC campuses or community colleges in North Carolina. Now, Carolina hopes to raise the endowment supporting it to $1 million.
Read more »Chapel Hill and Hong Kong are worlds apart—or are they? For UNC senior Adam Boyle, who made the 8,000-mile journey to study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) during spring and summer of 2008, the two cities and their respective universities help connect students to their futures. Boyle completed an internship at CUHK as a Phillips Ambassadors Program Scholar, focusing on his dual interests of finance and Mandarin Chinese.
Read more »Having dedicated most of his adult life to practicing surgery, teaching and mentoring others, Thomas S. Royster, M.D., ’40 died on Aug. 4, 2008. But the legacy that he and his wife, Caroline H. Royster, established at UNC lives on through the vibrant, interdisciplinary graduate fellowship program they helped establish—the Royster Society of Fellows—as well as the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professorship to support the society’s director.
Read more »“Yoo hoo! What are you reading over there?” Jane Iris Crutchfield called from her bedroom window to the young girl next door. Mary Kay Lanzillotta’s bedroom was directly across from her childhood neighbor, “Miss Iris,” as she called her. Lanzillotta would go to her window and share the title of the book she was reading with Miss Iris, whom Lanzillotta described as an elegant, southern lady who was passionate about reading and learning.
Read more »When one thinks of obstetrics and gynecology, images most often conjured are of pink, cherubic baby faces and generally healthy and glowing mothers. In many instances, that’s true, but obstetrics and gynecology has become so much more than caring for women during pregnancy. It is the science of caring for women throughout their lives, and Dr. Wesley C. (Butch) Fowler, Jr.’s calling.
Read more »In a rural village 90 minutes from Mexico City is a special place locals refer to simply as la casa—"the house." Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos is a largely self-sufficient facility that is home to nearly 1,000 Mexican orphans. The orphanage grows its own crops, raises livestock and maintains a large orange grove. What it does not have, however, is adequate medical and dental resources.
Read more »When UNC senior Robert G. Antonio appeared at our July Midsummer at Memorial Open House, we were intrigued. Who was this young man who not only took advantage of $10 student tickets but also made a voluntary contribution to support our program? And what made him take the time on a sunny Saturday morning in the middle of summer to spend it at Memorial and Gerrard halls?
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