Carolina Development

Progress Energy invests in North Carolina offshore wind study

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:59:00 +0000

http://secure.progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=24442

Gates Foundation provides seed money for UNC researchers' germ of an idea

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:59:00 +0000

http://pharmacy.unc.edu/news/schoolnews/gates-foundation-provides-seed-money-for-unc-researchers-germ-of-an-idea

UNC receives $1.3 million award for undergraduate research opportunities

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:58:00 +0000

http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3651/74/

FPG Child Development Institute receives $4 million grant for FirstSchool initiative

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:58:00 +0000

http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3384/73/

N.C. Cancer Hospital honors sanofi-aventis for $2 million commitment to endowment for innovative research and patient-focused programs

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:56:00 +0000

http://cancer.med.unc.edu/news/2009/release1221.asp

Our Next Giant Leap: Morehead converts to fulldome digital video with a $1.5 million gift from GlaxoSmithKline

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:16:00 +0000

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $1.5 million gift from GlaxoSmithKline, supporting the conversion of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center's historic Star Theater from analog to fulldome digital video technology.

In recognition of the gift, the theater will be renamed the GlaxoSmithKline Fulldome Theater. University officials announced the gift and renaming on Jan. 26 at an event at the planetarium.

"GlaxoSmithKline has stepped forward with an extraordinary gift to advance Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s mission," UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp said.

The transformative gift extends a long history of GlaxoSmithKline support for educational programs at Morehead, including planetarium shows "Magic Tree House Space Mission" and "Destination: Space"; "Science in the Summer" enrichment camps at community sites throughout central North Carolina; the movie "DNA: The Secret of Life"; and "Science LIVE!" demonstration programs.

"GlaxoSmithKline is committed to making positive contributions to the communities where employees live and work and to invest in health and education programs," said Janice Whitaker, GSK senior vice president for quality, global manufacturing and supply.

"We are pleased to award this gift in support of Morehead's efforts to transform the Star Theater. We hope this gift will help a historic science resource continue to develop and fuel a love of science and the stars in millions more visitors."

Other speakers at the gift announcement included N.C. Speaker of the House Joe Hackney and Gerald "Rudy" Rudisill Jr., deputy chief secretary of the N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. Third-grade students from McDougle Elementary School in Carrboro and Charles E. Perry Elementary School in Roseboro were the first schoolchildren in North Carolina to watch a fulldome digital video planetarium show at Morehead.

The new fulldome digital video technology is a world-class projection system that puts Morehead in the same class as the National Museum of Air and Space, the American Museum of Natural History and the Griffith Observatory.

"For Morehead, this is truly our next giant leap," said Todd Boyette, Morehead director. "We're grateful to GlaxoSmithKline for making this possible."

Morehead visitors will experience the new technology directly through super-high-definition 4000-by-4000 pixel resolution, a 5.1 channel digital surround sound system and reconfigured seating for better sight lines. Fulldome digital video creates an immersive environment in which each visitor is surrounded by the sights and sounds of the planetarium show.

Because fulldome digital video technology is a standard format that many planetariums share, Morehead can lease shows from other planetariums to expand its offerings. The spring schedule for the GlaxoSmithKline Fulldome Theater includes the planetarium shows "Astronaut" from the National Space Centre in England and "Black Holes: Journey into the Unknown" from Museum Victoria in Australia.

Morehead can also enhance its revenue by leasing its own shows to other planetariums. A new version of Morehead’s popular "Earth, Moon and Sun" planetarium show, recreated for fulldome digital video, has already been leased to four other planetariums in the United States and is under consideration for lease by planetariums in Brazil and Hong Kong.

The theater, closed for the month of January for the installation, will open to the public Feb. 5 as the GlaxoSmithKline Fulldome Theater. It is the largest fulldome installation in the southeastern United States. Morehead expects more than 160,000 visitors, including nearly 85,000 schoolchildren, during the next year.

Social work professor named 2009 Harvey Award winner

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Joelle D. Powers of the UNC School of Social Work received the 2009 C. Felix Harvey Award to Advance Institutional Priorities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Powers, a clinical assistant professor, plans to use the $75,000 award to implement a pilot project to boost student mental health in the Durham Public Schools.

“It is estimated that up to 20 percent of the U.S. school population overall has mental health conditions that interfere with academic success,” Powers wrote in her Harvey Award application. “In Durham, this percentage may well be higher due to the high rate of economic disadvantage among students.”

The C. Felix Harvey Award to Advance Institutional Priorities is an annual award that supports a variety of institutional initiatives at Carolina, including: undergraduate education; community engagement; and research and economic development in the areas of public health, business, science, the humanities, law and the environment.

The award is named for C. Felix Harvey ‘43, chairman of Harvey Enterprises & Affiliates and founder of the Little Bank Inc., both in Kinston, N.C. The Harvey family, which includes five generations of UNC graduates, endowed the award in 2007 with a $2 million gift to the University.

Powers’ project will form a partnership between Durham Public Schools (DPS) and Durham’s public mental health provider, The Durham Center. It aims to train school staff in one school to recognize mental health problems in students, creating a school-based referral process; and bring professional mental health providers into the school to serve students. The project’s goal is to increase the capacity of the school to recognize and meet the needs of students with mental health problems that threaten their school success.

“I am honored to receive the award and thrilled about the study,” Powers said. “It is exciting to learn more about improving access to mental health care for children. And I am so glad to be partnering with the Durham community and schools in this work.”

This pilot study will provide good information about how we can better support children who have unmet mental health needs, Powers said. “If the study identifies the intervention as effective, it could be a replicable model that schools could feasibly sustain in the future. The next step would be to measure the long-term effects of the intervention.”

A former school social worker, Powers earned her doctoral degree at UNC and then worked as the director of student services in Durham Public Schools overseeing the district’s social workers, school psychologists and counselors, as well as organizing the professional development offered to these groups. As a professor, her professional interests remain social work in schools; risk assessment; data-driven school interventions; child and adolescent mental health; and evidence-based practice.

Kenan Trust expendable gift leads to $5.5 million to hire outstanding junior faculty

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:14:00 +0000

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $5 million gift from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to support the recruitment of outstanding young faculty. The gift also has spurred a $500,000 commitment from an anonymous donor for the same purpose, said Chancellor Holden Thorp.

Thorp told members of the University’s Board of Trustees today (March 25) that the gifts make a strategic move possible to bring the best junior faculty to the University. Just as important, he said, the gifts help signal how important junior faculty will be to American higher education and the nation’s livelihood in the years ahead.

“The economic downturn has created an extraordinary opportunity to attract the best faculty to Chapel Hill,” Thorp said. “Furthermore, the slower faculty hiring in the last two years has endangered the job prospects for young scholars around the country. The most promising young faculty need the chance to inspire the bright young students flooding into college.

“These gifts will enable us to do that here at UNC, but it’s equally critical that institutions around the country make similar commitments. We must all create opportunities for junior faculty to avoid creating a lost generation of promising Ph.D.s. Carolina is proud to call on other institutions to emphasize hiring at the junior level in this economy.”

Unlike most gifts of this size, the $5 million and $500,000 will be expendable rather than go into endowment. That means the University can use the funds immediately for more hires. Carolina plans to offer competitive three-year packages to 18 junior faculty members – 14 in the College of Arts and Sciences, where most undergraduate education occurs, two in Kenan-Flagler Business School and one each in the schools of education and nursing.

After three years, as the economy improves, the University will support the positions permanently.

“Thanks to the innovative structure of these gifts, their impact will be immediate and widespread,” Thorp said. “What’s more, the timing couldn’t be better. The funds position us to hire outstanding young faculty at a time when economic circumstances would otherwise make that difficult. We aim for these faculty to make their careers in Chapel Hill, and that means students at every level will benefit for years to come.”

Thorp praised the Kenan Trust’s vision in making the gift.

“No university in this nation has a better friend than the Kenan Trust,” he said. “The trust has strengthened every aspect of our campus, from the performing arts to endowed professorships to science facilities to outreach programs to executive education to merit scholarships to stadium renovations.

“We’re tremendously grateful for this latest show of support. The trust understands our needs, and the needs of higher education.”

Richard Krasno, executive director of the Kenan Trust, said, “This gift signals the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust’s recognition that current economic conditions seriously threaten the quality of higher education in the United States. As we have a significant investment in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we wish to help assure that the excellence achieved there and the momentum generated by the new leadership continue without interruption. We hope this grant will provide inspiration and optimism to the administrators, faculty, staff and students who are so dedicated to this great University.”

The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust was created in 1965 from the estate of alumnus William R. Kenan, Jr., class of 1894. The trust and related Kenan entities and family members were the single largest donor to UNC’s last major fund-raising drive, the Carolina First Campaign, committing nearly $70 million.

The Kenan family’s ties to the University date to 1790 when James Kenan, a member of the University’s first Board of Trustees, contributed $50 to the construction of Old East, the first state University building in the nation. A member of the North Carolina General Assembly, James Kenan helped draft and pass the University’s charter.

Two professors recognized for mentoring by Carolina Women’s Leadership Council

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:02:00 +0000

Professors Clyde Hodge (left) and Michael McFee are the winners of the 2010 Faculty Mentoring Awards sponsored by the Carolina Women's Leadership Council. Council member Julia Sprunt Grumbles (center) presented them with their certificates during an April 26 ceremony on campus.

The Carolina Women’s Leadership Council has honored University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professors Michael McFee and Clyde Hodge for being great mentors to students and colleagues. They were honored with the awards April 26 at a ceremony in the Campus Y.

McFee, professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, received the council’s faculty-to-student award. Hodge, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology in the School of Medicine and a member of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, received the faculty-to-faculty award.

The Carolina Women’s Leadership Council, a volunteer committee formed during the Carolina First Campaign — a major fund-raising drive that ended in 2007 — sponsors the awards. The council remains engaged with the University, and members have raised more than $260,000 to endow the mentoring awards to support faculty.

The awards, which each carry a stipend of $5,000, recognize outstanding faculty members who make extra efforts to guide, mentor and lead students or junior faculty members as they make career decisions, embark on research challenges, and enrich their lives through public service, teaching and educational opportunities.

“Professors McFee and Hodge have contributed so much to their students and colleagues through their mentoring,” said Carol P. Tresolini, associate provost for academic initiatives. “I’m grateful to the Women’s Leadership Council for giving the University a way to honor them for their dedication and effort.”

McFee, a poet, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Carolina.

“Since he arrived as a transfer from N.C. State to earn his B.A. here in 1976, Michael McFee has been at the heart of the literary community at UNC-Chapel Hill in every conceivable way,” one nominator wrote, citing McFee’s 19 years as a professor and 18 years as faculty adviser for the undergraduate literary magazine Cellar Door.

“Professor McFee’s care for and skill in the art of poetry are surpassed only by his personal care for his students and his skill in guiding them in their maturation as writers and human beings.”

One colleague noted that students line up to hear McFee’s counsel and are appreciative of the time he spends answering each one’s questions and providing feedback.

“I have seen the excitement in their demeanor to have their creative efforts taken so seriously,” this nominator wrote. “Michael’s focused attention has now created generations of word lovers, both for writing and reading.”

Hodge, an expert in animal models of alcoholism and alcohol neuropharmacology, joined UNC in 2001. Nominators called him the consummate mentor for those whom he officially mentors as well as those who seek him out.

“Whenever I ask for advice or counsel he responds,” a nominator wrote. “He has never put me off or delayed responding to e-mails. He has never failed to stop his work if I knocked on his door. Such a person is hard to find.”

Another nominator said Hodge was a role model who showed it is possible for a scientist to balance work and family life. “I remember being nervous about telling people at work when I was pregnant with my first child,” she wrote. “I came into Clyde’s office, sat down and told him the news. I will never forget what he said: ‘You just made my day!’”

Another described Hodge’s mentoring in numbers. “He has had 17 direct, multi-year engagements with in-lab mentoring and/or dissertation committees, eight postdoctoral students, and numerous junior (and not so junior!) faculty,” this nominator wrote.

First awarded in 2006, the Faculty Mentoring Awards sponsored by the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council will be an ongoing recognition program, open to tenured and tenure-track faculty, as well as fixed-term faculty who have taught at UNC for at least three years. A selection committee appointed by the provost reviews and recommends the award recipients.

Julia Sprunt Grumbles, UNC Class of 1975 and a member of the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council, noted that this is the fifth year the council has honored outstanding mentors. “With each year, and each honoree, we elevate mentoring on the Carolina campus,” she said. “This was our intent when we created the award, and we couldn’t be more pleased to recognize how professors Hodge and McFee share their wisdom and talents with colleagues and students.”

The Carolina Women’s Leadership Council is a nationwide network of women. Along with providing financial support, members volunteer their time and share their expertise, champion UNC in their regions and serve on boards that further the University’s mission.

The council is co-chaired by Mary Anne Dickson ’63, Molly Dewar Froelich ’83 and Drucie French ’71, ’78.

2010 Carolina Scholars Reception

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:54:00 +0000

Following are remarks made by Katie Beam and Lauren Teegarden at the 2010 Carolina Scholars Reception, an event held to enable Carolina Scholars to meet donors to the program. Editor’s note: Biographical sketches reflect students’ lives at the time of the reception, in spring 2010.

Katie Beam

Katie is a junior from Belews Creek, N.C., majoring in math and economics with a minor in French. She received the Class of 1992 Carolina Scholarship. Among her many honors, she has made the Dean’s List each of her semesters here at UNC, served on the selection committee for the Bowman and Gray Professorship Award, is a member of the Honors Program, and will be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Katie is a board member for Carolina Cancer Focus, peer adviser for the math department, a discussion leader for this semester’s Carolina Scholars course, and a campus ministry intern for University Baptist Church. Outside of academics, Katie is a Carolina athlete, riding for the equestrian team.

When I made the decision to attend UNC, my choice was largely influenced by the offer of the Carolina Scholarship, but what I didn’t realize when I sent in my acceptance was how much being a part of the scholarship program would really enhance my experiences here at UNC.

I was born into a family of die-hard Carolina fans…the type that affectionately calls Dean Smith “Uncle Dean” even though we’ve never met him. So when it came time to look at colleges, I knew nothing would make my family happier than to see me here one day. However, because around 50 people from each graduating class of my high school enter UNC every fall, and I wanted to break away, UNC was not even on my radar. I had watched my brother and sister go through the process of choosing a school, and they ultimately went with schools at which they had received full scholarships—a decision that at the time I just saw as a considerate financial move.

But what I realized when I received the Carolina Scholarship, a full tuition room-and-board scholarship to a school for which I had only applied because I was dictated to do so as a Morehead nominee, was that my scholarship offer meant more than just financial support. Receiving the Carolina Scholarship is what brought me to UNC because it was a promise that I would be able to succeed at UNC, a promise that I would have opportunities to stand out, and most importantly a promise that UNC wanted me. It showed me that UNC appreciates the type of student that I am and that they appreciate how I can contribute to this university. Once I came to Carolina I realized that the scholarship is also a promise of extraordinary experiences that go beyond the already amazing life of UNC.

Being a Carolina Scholar has tremendously enriched my time here in two different ways—by providing exceptional opportunities through the scholars program and by alleviating the financial burden of my education. With the scholars program, I have traveled to Williamsburg, Va.; learned sign language; served as a course discussion leader; attended various performances at UNC; and met some of my best friends. We have monthly dinners and end-of-the-semester get-togethers that facilitate networking throughout the entire group of scholars, not simply the Carolina Scholars.

Then, within the Carolina Scholars we have pods of 20 students assigned to a faculty mentor that give the opportunity for smaller group activities and building intimate relationships throughout our four years. In fact I live with two incredible women from my pod. And if all of that isn’t enough, then we have great people like Stephanie Silverman, Dan Thornton and Meredith Horne watching out for us and making UNC feel more like home. In fact, earlier this semester, after reading over a line in an application, Stephanie Silverman wrote a recommendation for me in just two days.

Because of the financial aspect of the scholarship, I have experienced things that would have otherwise been infeasible, such as spending last summer studying in France and taking horseback lessons through the P.E. department that have now resulted in me riding for the UNC Club Equestrian Team.

Receiving the Carolina Scholarship has had a great impact on my education and my life, so on behalf of the Carolina Scholars, I want to thank all of the donors who have blessed our lives. Your gifts not only get us to come to UNC, they enrich our experience. I am proud to be a Carolina student, and grateful be a Carolina Scholar.

Lauren Teegarden

Lauren is a senior Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar from Lake Oswego, Ore. She is a Latin American studies and Spanish major with a business minor. Lauren has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Grail-Valkyries, made the Dean’s List every semester, and is a member of the Honors Program. As a Burch Fellow, she spent a summer researching the Yucatec Maya population in Yucatan, Mexico, presenting a resulting paper at the 2009 Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies. She also studied abroad in Argentina and worked for a public health NGO in Mexico City last summer. At UNC, Lauren is involved with the Scholars’ Latino Initiative, Senior Marshals and the Carolina Language Partnership. After graduation, Lauren will take a position with a strategy-consulting firm in Atlanta. She plans to pursue a career in international business with a focus on Latin America.

I can still remember the barbeque that the Oregon Carolina Club hosted the summer before my freshman year—for the grand total of four Oregon students attending UNC! They served North Carolina barbeque (I had no idea that barbeque was more than grilling burgers) and sweet tea (which I had never had). And, amid all of the “y’alls,” I began to wonder if it was a good idea to attend college in the South, 3,000 miles away from home...

But then I remembered my visit to Carolina a few months earlier as a senior in high school. Peter Kaufman, the faculty scholars’ program advisor, had called and convinced me to come visit UNC. During that visit, I stayed with a first-year Carolina Scholar and attended the freshman scholars’ seminar. Afterwards, I had just sat down with a group of scholars for dinner when Peter Kaufman waltzed up with a warm peach pie—and I was immediately sold on attending Carolina!

At other schools, students dutifully affirmed the academic rigor and explained campus activities, but it was only at UNC where students told me that Carolina was hands-down the best university in the country, and that I’d be making a huge mistake to go anywhere else.

During the past four years, I’ve found this to be true, and I couldn’t think of a better place to be. Carolina’s collaborative community, focused on intellectual curiosity rather than competition, has allowed me to explore diverse interests both on and off-campus. As a Latin American Studies major, I have studied the Yucatec Maya language in the jungle and lived in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires. I then spent last summer working for a public health organization in Mexico City right after the swine flu outbreak. Here at UNC, I’ve been impressed by Carolina students’ unwavering commitment to service, and it was through other scholars that I first became involved with Scholars’ Latino Initiative, a mentoring program which helps North Carolina Latino high school students attend college.

The scholars program has also been an important part of my academic experience. In honors courses, I’ve met amazing, dynamic people who I plan on staying in touch with long after graduating. Over the last four years, since my scholar group’s Labor Day weekend rafting trip freshman year, my faculty mentor has provided not only advice on succeeding academically at UNC but also has been available for conversations about career goals, graduate school plans and just about anything else.

I am immensely thankful for the opportunity to attend UNC as a Carolina Scholar. Even as I graduate and leave for my first “real” job, Carolina—with its students and professors—will not be far from my thoughts. Carolina is an exceptional place, and on behalf of our community of scholars, I’d like to thank the scholarship donors for making it possible for us to spend four fantastic years here

Professor named to direct graduate students

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Julia Wood, Ph.D., a professor of communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the University’s first Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education.

In the role, Wood will direct the Royster Society of Fellows, outstanding doctoral students with five-year and dissertation fellowships. These Royster Fellowships provide financial support and professional development and learning opportunities.

Designed to attract talented students, the fellowships were created in 1995 by the late Dr. Thomas Royster and Caroline H. Royster of Chapel Hill and Vero Beach, Fla. The Roysters also contributed a lead gift toward establishing the new professorship, which was completed with matching funds from the state’s faculty endowment trust.

“The legacy that the late Thomas S. Royster 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,” said Chancellor Holden Thorp. “We appreciate this critical support that enables Carolina to attain and retain leadership in the quality of graduate education we provide.”

On Carolina’s faculty for 34 years, Wood has published more than 25 books and received 14 awards for scholarship, including being named the Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association. Her teaching has earned 13 awards including a Donald Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education and the North Carolina Teacher of the Year Award.

“Julia Wood was selected for this new post from among an exceptional group of faculty nominated for their scholarly and teaching excellence and their dedication to graduate students,” said Steve Matson, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School. “Even within this extraordinary group of faculty, Professor Wood stood out as the perfect choice.” In honor of their dedication to Carolina, the Roysters were awarded the University’s Light on the Hill Award in September 2006. The award recognizes individuals who have advanced the University in teaching, research and service, benefiting its community of students, faculty and staff.

Photo: For a photo of Wood, visit http://uncnews.unc.edu/images/stories/news/students/2009/adsc_8623a.jpg
Credit: Will Owens

Graduate School contact: Sandra Hoeflich, (919) 962-6323, Sandra_hoeflich@unc.edu

$3.5 million gift to UNC journalism school to fund news project, professorship

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:32:00 +0000


	Reese Felts

A major experimental student news project and audience research initiative will be funded by a $3.5 million gift from the estate of alumnus Reese Felts, it was announced today (Oct. 1) by Jean Folkerts, dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The largest single gift ever from an individual to Carolina’s journalism school, it will also fund a distinguished professorship in the school.

Felts, a 1952 UNC graduate who worked for nearly 30 years as a radio and television broadcaster in Winston-Salem before retiring in 1980, died earlier this year. He spent most of his career with WSJS, which is now WXII. “The journalism school instilled Reese with an almost-religious awe of the role journalism in our society and the profound importance of a free and responsible press,” said Cowles Liipfert, Felts’ attorney and friend.

“Carolina’s journalism school has always been innovative," Chancellor Holden Thorp said. “It is fitting that a gift from an older generation of journalists will help our students shape the future of news dissemination.”

The school will transform one of its classrooms into a 24-hour newsroom where students will work with faculty to produce and distribute news for a variety of audiences. The newsroom and its publications also will function as a research center to study audiences and communities that form around the news. The flexibility to experiment and test theories is central to the project.

“Every journalism school in the country is talking about creating multimedia projects and converging technologies. But none, to my knowledge, has created an environment that challenges current models and tests the results,” Folkerts said.

“We’ll develop ideas, take risks and test how audiences respond,” she said. “We won’t be afraid to make some mistakes along the way. That’s how we learn what works and what doesn’t and how we can help preserve quality journalism in the new media environment. This project will focus on news and its importance within a democratic society.”

The newsroom and an adjacent computer facility create a hub equipped for students in every specialization taught in the school – reporting, editing and design, broadcasting, photojournalism, multimedia, advertising and public relations.

Carolina is part of an initiative funded by the Carnegie Corp. and the Knight Foundation that seeks to help journalism education adapt to the challenges of a struggling news industry. It encourages experimental journalism projects, curriculum enhancement and collaboration with other academic disciplines. The school will host a meeting Oct. 4-5 of deans from top journalism programs participating in the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education.


Reese Felts

In 1996, Felts endowed an annual $3,000 scholarship for electronic communication students in the school. In 1997, he named three editing suites in Carroll Hall.

“Reese’s kindness and generosity were well-known by many,” Folkerts said. “His gift enables us to do something unique and meaningful for our students.”

This year, the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication is celebrating 100 years of journalism education at Carolina. Edward Kidder Graham taught UNC’s first journalism course in 1909. The school has grown into a national leader in research and teaching and is helping media adapt during a time of change for the industry. In 2009, the school is launching a new curriculum, converting its television studio to high definition, expanding its global reach and forging new research partnerships to ensure that quality journalism thrives in the digital age.

Students, graduates, to study, work abroad on Fulbrights

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:33:00 +0000

Eleven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students and recent graduates have received 2009-2010 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to study, teach or conduct research in other countries.

Nationwide, more than 1,450 students were chosen for academic or professional achievement and leadership potential.

The Fulbright operates in more than 155 countries. The late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas established the program in 1946 to build mutual understanding among people of the United States and the rest of the world.

The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. At UNC, it is administered by the Center for Global Initiatives.

“The Fulbright program is one of the largest and most prestigious international exchange programs in the world,” said Tripp Tuttle, program officer and Fulbright program adviser. “It gives our graduating seniors and graduate students nine- to 12-month fully funded international opportunities that will truly change their lives.”

The recipients will pursue their projects abroad during the current, 2009-2010 academic year, Tuttle said. This year’s Fulbright scholars and their projects, listed alphabetically by North Carolina town and by state, are:

North Carolina

Asheville
Andrew Magill, a recent graduate with a degree in cultural studies, will videotape narratives of families in Malawi who are infected and affected by AIDS. He will create a 15-track recording and a documentary. Magill was one of only four Fulbright-mtvU award winners nationally. The program, collaboration between MTV and the Fulbright program, sends students abroad on projects that promote the power of music to foster international understanding. Follow Magill’s project at http://fulbright.mtvu.com/.

Chapel Hill
Allison Rodriguez, a history doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, will travel to Poland, where she will study nationalization pressures on the people of the Upper Silesia region during World War I. She will test the assumption that the war was a catalyst for nationalism in Eastern Europe.

William Meyer, an anthropology doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, will work in the Burgundy region of France to understand the importance of historic tombs in Western Europe during the Bronze and Iron Ages. He also plans to explore how ancient sites have become involved in landscape practices of the present, how archaeology developed in this part of France and tensions between historic preservation and agricultural pursuits.

Carrboro
Stephen Milder, a history doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, will investigate the growth and development of the anti-nuclear movement in West Germany during the 1970s. By focusing first on early anti-reactor protests in the Rhine Valley, he will investigate how the German anti-nuclear movement developed. Milder will seek conclusions about social mobilization and insights into why nuclear power became such a salient political issue in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Charlotte
Jessica Raynor, a recent graduate with a degree in economics, who studied in the College of Arts and Sciences, will study the impact of capital controls that Malaysia imposed during the 1997 economic crisis. She will seek to discover whether they helped the country after the crisis or the country’s welfare was due to other aspects of its economy.

Brett Sturm, a recent graduate with a degree in history, who studied in the College of Arts and Sciences, will travel to Germany to pursue his interests in German history and language while also teaching English as a Second Language. He plans to study topics in German historical preservation.

Greensboro
Susan Burgin, a recent graduate with a degree in environmental sciences and German, will study the exchange of cultural knowledge in Germany while also serving as an English teaching assistant. Burgin will work to improve her German communication ability and seek to learn about the German perspective on the environment.

Raleigh
Jennifer Carpenter, a recent graduate with a degree in journalism and mass communication, who studied in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will travel to Albania. There she will work for four months with MJAFT!, a grassroots organization concerned with youth education. Then she will spend the rest of her time abroad creating a documentary film about the identity of Albanian youth and seeking support for governmental and non-governmental organizations working to civically activate young people.

California
Emily Ravenscroft of San Jose, a communication studies doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, will focus on narratives in Ireland: linguistic or material stories community members tell that create a communal identity. She will study whether the stories and performances shift as different social and economic pressures increase or decrease, and how reveal changes in attitudes toward the language, political efficacy and tradition.

New Hampshire
Elizabeth Robinson of Nashua, a classics doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, will travel to Italy to study settlement patterns, major monuments and inscriptions in the Laurium region to see how they reflect the adoption or rejection of Roman culture from the fourth to first centuries B.C. Her project will involve viewing artifacts, conducting research in Rome and meeting with scholars who study Laurium.

Texas
Thomas Hylands of Lufkin, a political science master’s degree candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, will study the impact that different approaches to welfare (social democratic, conservative or liberal) have on obesity rates in the United States and the European Union. He will pursue the project at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands with UNC political science professor Liesbet Hooghe, Ph.D. as part of a transatlantic master’s degree program offered by UNC and a consortium of European universities.

Center for Global Initiatives Web site: http://cgi.unc.edu
Fulbright/mtvU award description: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/overview_typesgrants.html

Center for Global Initiatives contact: Tripp Tuttle, (919) 962-3094, tripp.tuttle@unc.edu
News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589

Thursday, September 17, 2009

UNC honors 46 with Johnston Scholarships

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:10:00 +0000

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently honored 29 first-year and 17 new nursing students with its most prestigious need-based merit awards, the annual James M. Johnston Scholarships. The first-year scholarships are renewable for three more years of study.

Twenty in-state and nine out-of-state students won the awards.All students with financial need are considered for Johnston Scholarships, but merit determines the winners. Awards vary among recipients according to need. Graduate students among the nursing recipients receive $8,000 per year.

UNC awarded more than $315,000 to entering first-year students, more than $35,000 to new undergraduate nursing students and $112,000 to new graduate nursing students, for a total of more than more than $462,000 in new Johnston Scholarships this year. Awards for new and returning Johnston Scholars totaled more than $1.35 million.

Johnston Scholars have numerous opportunities to widen their intellectual horizons and grow personally and socially, said Dan Thornton, Ph.D., associate director of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid. Each is assigned a faculty mentor who organizes extracurricular learning opportunities and offers friendship, guidance and support.

“The Johnston Awards Program is the perfect melding of the University's goals of access and excellence, and has been providing scholarships and enrichment opportunities to outstanding students for nearly 40 years,” Thornton said. “We're excited about this incoming class of Johnston Scholars, as they represent one of the most accomplished cohorts of scholars admitted to UNC.”

The scholars suggest topics for Johnston seminars, taught each semester by Carolina faculty or distinguished visitors and offered for academic credit. Scholars are given preference for enrollment in the seminars. The scholars also plan and execute an annual spring issues forum.

The awards are funded by the Johnston Trust of Chevy Chase, Md., founded by the late James M. Johnston, an Orange County native and UNC student (1912-15) who established a successful investment banking firm in Washington, D.C., and owned the Washington Senators baseball team in the 1960s.

Undergraduates entering the School of Nursing as juniors and graduate nursing students are eligible for Johnston Nursing Awards, a special focus of the Johnston program. Winners are included in most of the Johnston program’s special events, and a senior award is given annually for the most outstanding nursing student.

Nineteen of the 2009 Johnston Scholarship recipients are listed below alphabetically by North Carolina county and then by state. One in-state freshman did not submit information for the news release. After this list are 16 of the Johnston Nursing Scholarship recipients.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Catawba
Andrew Morgan Benton, Saint Stephens High School, son of Julie and Bernard Benton of Hickory.

Chatham
Norma Jisselle Lopez Perdomo, Jordan Matthews High School, daughter of Norma Perdomo of Siler City.

Gaston
Jessica Leigh Parks, Forestview High School, daughter of Robert Parks of Gastonia.
Stanley ShengHay Wong, Forestview High School, son of Amy Chan of Gastonia.

Greene
Rebecca Brooke Letchworth, Greene Central High School, daughter of Rita and Jeff Letchworth of Walstonburg.

Guilford
Hannah Marie Smith, Western Guilford High School, daughter of Ellen and Spencer Smith of Greensboro.

Harnett
Thomas Edwin Bass, Triton High School, son of Betty and Kenneth Bass of Dunn.

Timothy Edwin Bass, Triton High School, son of Betty and Kenneth Bass of Dunn.

Hyde
Rachel Anne Haggerty, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Mary Haggerty of Ocracoke Island.

Iredell
Dylan James Greenleaf of Mooresville, Lake Norman High School, son of Colleen Kinslow and Mark Greenleaf (no addresses provided).

Johnston
Nicholas Thomas Perfetto, West Johnston High School, son of Melanie and Edmond Perfetto of Willow Springs.

Mecklenburg
Katherine Elisabeth Dill, Myers Park High School, daughter of Katie and Robert Dill of Charlotte.

William Patrick Rimer, Providence High School, son of Sue and Phil Rimer of Charlotte.

New Hanover
*Natalie Lorraine Fletcher, Jesse O. Sanderson High School in Raleigh, daughter of Gail Pelletier of Raleigh and Walt Fletcher of Wilmington.

Pamlico
Xiao Fu Liu, Pamlico County High School, daughter of Min and Bao Liu of Grantsboro.

Rockingham
Coran Jahrel Reed Coley, Reidsville High School, son of Sandra Coley of Reidsville and Ricky Coley (no address provided).

Nicholas Ian Cruise, John Motley Morehead High School, son of Tina Cruise of Eden and Jon Cruise of Stoneville.

Surry
Ricardo Lee Ruvio, Surry Central High School, son of Mary Noah of Dobson and Gerardo Ruvio (no address provided).

Wake
Jennifer Guerra, Panther Creek High School, daughter of Jeanne and Rick Guerra of Cary.

*Natalie Lorraine Fletcher, Jesse O. Sanderson High School, daughter of Gail Pelletier of Raleigh and Walt Fletcher of Wilmington.

OUT-OF-STATE:

Florida
Marisa Paola Orbea, Coral Gables Senior High School, daughter of Diana and Fausto Orbea of Miami.

New Hampshire
Stephanie Ann Jones, Pembroke Academy, daughter of Elizabeth Jones and Jim Robinson of Epsom.

New York
Jason Alexander Bastida, Great Neck North High School, son of Cecilia Hoyos of Great Neck.

Ohio
Elizabeth Caitlin Moroney, Westlake High School, daughter of Mary Jo and William Moroney of Westlake.

Rhode Island
Sarah Genetti, Barrington High School, daughter of Barbara and Michael Genetti of Barrington.

South Carolina
Seth Turner Zissette, Barnwell High School, son of Lisa and Keith Zissette of Barnwell.

Tennessee
Andrew Richard Cooter, West High School, son of Linda and Jeff Welch of Knoxville.

Virginia
Malaika Esther Pacqué, McLean High School, daughter of Sara Pacqué- Margolis and Michel Pacqué of McLean.

Wisconsin
Kelly Margaret LeDoux, Wauwatosa West High School, daughter of Margaret and John LeDoux of Wauwatosa.

Johnston Undergraduate Nursing Scholars:

North Carolina:

Cabarrus
*Corinne Marie Arundell, East Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Beth Bryenton of Matthews and Joseph Arundell of Concord.

Halifax
Casey Elaina Green, Roanoke Rapids High School, daughter of Sharon Green of Roanoke Rapids.

Mecklenburg
*Corinne Marie Arundell, East Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Beth Bryenton of Matthews and Joseph Arundell of Concord.

Diego Alejandro Rojas, Olympic High School, son of Helena Tapia of Charlotte.

Johnston Graduate Nursing Scholars (One recipient did not submit information):

North Carolina:

Durham
Megan Renae Allison, Durham, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Amber Stewart Andrews, Durham, graduate of the Medical College of Georgia

Jennifer Lynn Stroud, Durham, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Orange
Kathryn Marie Bauk, Chapel Hill, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Allison Rae Bean, Chapel Hill, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

SuKyung Kim, Chapel Hill, graduate of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea

Christina Martinez Kim, Hillsborough, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Mecklenburg
Lindsay Katherine Buchert, Charlotte, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Wake
Shannon Hennessy Ford, Raleigh, graduate of UNC-Wilmington

Kinsey Christiansen Goodman, Apex, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Marjorie Alyse Thompson, Morrisville , graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University

Out-of-state:

New York
Mitchell Jason Goldman, Brooklyn, graduate of Brown University

Pennsylvania
Morris Bruce Hamburg, Lansdale, graduate of Pennsylvania State University

Office of Scholarships and Student Aid contact: Dan Thornton, (919) 962-4168
News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589

UNC awards nearly $1.2 million in scholarships

noreply@blogger.com (K Strayhorn) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:21:00 +0000

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded close to $1.2 million in academic merit scholarships for 2009-10 to 211 freshmen – 177 from North Carolina and 34 from out of state.

The scholarships are renewable for each of three more years of undergraduate study, bringing the total value of the awards to nearly $4.8 million. Many were created by private gifts.

Academic achievement was the chief selection criterion for 188 of the scholarships; solid academic records and strong commitment to community service were the criteria for the 22 Pogue Scholarships.

“Our merit scholarships have wide appeal among some of the strongest and most dynamic students from across the state and the nation, not merely because these scholarships represent a valuable monetary award – particularly during tough economic times – but because many of the funds provide meaningful enrichment opportunities that these intrepid scholars crave,” said Dan Thornton, Ph.D., associate director for scholarships. “In all cases, the recipients of these scholarships are stand-outs in the most accomplished incoming class ever admitted to Carolina.”

Descriptions of each type of scholarship and donors who established them are listed below. Donors’ cities and towns are in bold. After the scholarship names, this year’s recipients are listed. The name of the student’s scholarship appears at the end of each listing. Refer to the start of the release for a description of the scholarship. Students listed in more than one location are noted with an asterisk.

Carolina Scholars Awards
These awards, designed to help attract the most academically talented students to Carolina, recognize superlative achievement in high school and potential for success at UNC. Scholars from North Carolina receive $8,000 per year; out-of-state recipients receive the equivalent of tuition, fees, room and board for an in-state student annually for four years – $14,296 in 2009-10. Types of Carolina Scholarships are:

The Chancellor’s Carolina Scholars awards were established with University funds by the late Chancellor Michael Hooker.

The Pepper Dowd Carolina Scholars award was established by the Dowd Foundation of Charlotte in honor of Elizabeth “Pepper” Dowd. A 1953 Carolina graduate, Dowd was on the UNC Board of Trustees from 1983-1991, two years as vice chairman; a founder of the Arts and Sciences Foundation, serving on its board of directors as vice chairman from 1975-1995; and president of the General Alumni Association in 1992-1993.

The Thomas Ferguson Carolina Scholars award was established by Sherwood Smith of Raleigh in memory of Thomas Harry Ferguson of Sylva, a 1956 Carolina graduate.

Jean Rae Hinton of Pinehurst and her late husband of Southern Pines established the Centre W. Holmberg Jr. Carolina Scholars award in his name to support students from outside North Carolina. Holmberg was the retired chief executive officer and president of Holmberg Electronics Corporation.

The William S. Jones Carolina Scholarship was established by Everette and Madeline Mills, of Greensboro in honor of Madeline Mills’ father. The late William Jones graduated from the University in 1950.

The late Elizabeth Taylor Williams of Winston-Salem, a 1950 graduate of the University, established the Taylor-Williams Carolina Scholars Award in 1996.

The Winstead family and the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation of Dallas, Texas, established the Samuel G. Winstead Jr. Carolina Scholars award in honor of the late Winstead, a 1930 graduate of UNC and a Dallas lawyer and civic leader.

The Benjamin W. Woodruff Carolina Scholarship was established in 1996 by Dr. Leon F. Woodruff Jr. and Bonnie Woodruff of Raleigh and Molly Woodruff Painter of Charlotte in memory of their son and her brother, Benjamin, who died in the May 1996 Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house fire.

Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholarships
The UNC Board of Trustees established these scholarships of $2,500 awarded annually for four years, intended to attract academically talented freshmen from North Carolina.

College Fellows Awards
These awards are academic, non-need-based scholarships of $2,500, awarded to North Carolina residents who plan majors in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. A faculty committee chooses winners based on Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, difficulty of and performance in high school courses and potential for success in, and contribution to, the intellectual life of the college. Types of College Fellows awards include:

The Ashford-Ward Family College Fellows Award, established in 1986 by Elizabeth and David L. Ward Jr. and Jane and Charles Hall Ashford Jr. of New Bern to honor the memory of Dr. Charles Hall Ashford and David L. Ward. Ashford, a 1923 Carolina graduate, was a surgeon; his friend and college roommate, Ward, a 1924 Carolina graduate, was an attorney and legislator.

The Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles College Fellows Award was established in 1987 by family and friends in memory of Bowles, a 1941 Carolina graduate. A prominent Greensboro businessman, Bowles chaired the UNC Board of Trustees and the successful fund-raising effort to build the Dean E. Smith Center. His son, Erskine Bowles, is president of the 17-campus University of North Carolina system.

The James A. Bruton College Fellows Award was established by the late James A. Bruton of Pinehurst, who received his undergraduate degree from UNC in 1937. He retired as vice president for chemicals and plastics at Union Carbide Corp.

The late Tuck A. Coker of Hartsville, S.C., established the Richard G. Coker Memorial College Fellows Award in 1996 in memory of her husband. Richard G. Coker graduated from the University in 1921.

The Davis Family College Fellows Scholarship was established in 1986 by the late Robert G.S. Davis Jr. of Henderson, who graduated from the University in 1939. Davis established this scholarship in memory of his father, R.G.S. Davis, a member of the Carolina class of 1899.

The Macon County College Fellows Award was established in 1984 by the late William W. Sloan and by Melissa and Richard Sloan Jones Jr. of Franklin to support students from Macon County and help the county’s most talented sons and daughters enroll at Carolina.

The James Loring Seely College Fellows Award was established in 1986 by friends of the late Seely of Newport Beach, Calif., who graduated from Carolina in 1956.

Alston-Pleasants Scholarship
This award was established in 1958 by the late Missouri Alston Pleasants of Louisburg in memory of her grandfather, Willis “Congress” Alston. Income from her trust provides for a scholarship of $4,000 to a student from Franklin, Warren or Halifax counties.

Chewning-Wells Academic Scholarship
Thomas N. Chewning, of Richmond, Va., who graduated from the University in 1967, and James M. Wells III of Atlanta, who graduated in 1968, established the scholarship in 1991. The award is $2,500, renewable annually for four years.

Herbert Worth Jackson Scholarships
The late Annie H. Jackson of Richmond, Va., established these scholarships in memory of her husband. Herbert Jackson was an 1886 graduate of Carolina who became successful in business and civic affairs and was a member of the UNC Board of Trustees. The scholarships provide $2,500 each.

W. Roger Soles Scholarship
William R. Soles Jr. and Janette Soles Nelson of Greensboro established the scholarship in 2001 in honor of their late father, a 1947 Carolina graduate. The award honors the top graduating senior from Whiteville High School in Whiteville who enrolls at UNC. It provides $7,500 annually.

Old Well Scholarships
These scholarships recruit and help support students from North Carolina based on distinguished academic performance. The Josh Dormagen Old Well Scholarship was created by Joseph S. and Jackie W. Dormagen of Gurnee, Ill., in honor of their son, Josh, who had planned to attend Carolina before his death in 1998. The scholarship is based on outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement in high school and promise for continued success as a scholar and leader at Carolina. It provides $3,750 annually.

Joseph E. and Grace Needham Pogue Scholarships
These scholarships were established in 1977 with a gift from the late Joseph Pogue, Ph.D., and his wife, Grace. A Raleigh native, Pogue received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNC in 1906 and 1907. He earned a doctorate at Yale University and became a leading geologist and mineralogist. He was a curator at the Smithsonian Institution, a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and a successful businessman in the oil industry.

The University received his bequest of $11 million in 1976. Income from the Pogue Fund supports these scholarships and other academic needs.

The Pogue is UNC’s only merit scholarship requiring an application. Established to attract the most outstanding North Carolina high school students, the scholarships have traditionally emphasized minority applicants. But students of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Successful candidates demonstrate and value academic achievement, have strong leadership potential and identify ways to implement positive change. They show clear evidence of commitment to their local communities and display maturity and wisdom in trying to impact important issues.

Pogue Scholars from North Carolina receive $7,500 for each of four years of study. Out-of-state recipients receive $14,296, the equivalent of tuition, fees, room and board for an in-state student.

Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholarships
The Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholarships were created in 2005 by a $11 million bequest from the estate of Col. John Harvey Robinson, a career Army officer from San Antonio, Texas, who earned a master’s degree in business administration at Carolina in 1957. The awards also are named in honor of his wife, Lillian “Tommy” Robinson. In-state recipients receive $5,000 annually for four years. Out-of-state recipients receive the equivalent of tuition, fees, room and board for an in-state student, $14,296 in 2009-10, annually for four years.

Note: Scholarship recipients are listed alphabetically below by North Carolina county and by state. One scholar asked not to be listed. Scholars listed in more than one location are marked with an asterisk.

NORTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS:

Alamance
Kira Jane Letvak, Western Alamance High School, daughter of Susan and Richard Letvak of Burlington. James Loring Seely College Fellow.

James Rosser Powell, Williams High School, son of Anne and Jim Powell of Burlington. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Clark Newman Sanford, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Ronnie and Susie Sanford of Mebane. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Beaufort
Cameron Blake Waters, Northside High School, daughter of Karen and Kenneth Heffley of Bath and Wayne Waters of Pinetown. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Buncombe
Timothy Miller Dement, T.C. Roberson High School, son of Joseph and Patricia Dement of Fletcher. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Benjamin Pickett Rardin, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Angie and Duff Rardin of Asheville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Sarah Elizabeth Wright, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Mary Lou Wright of Weaverville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Burke
Matthew Adam Hodges, Jimmy C. Draughn High School, son of Kristine and Andy Hodges of Valdese. James Loring Seely College Fellow.

George Lawson Kuehnert, home-schooled, son of Daniel and Cynthia Kuehnert of Morganton. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Cabarrus
Ella Ray Ott, Covenant Day School, daughter of Connie and Steve Ott of Harrisburg. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Erik Henning Thiede, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Ralf and Barbara Thiede of Concord. Samuel G. Winstead Jr. Carolina Scholar.

Carteret
Kirsti Michelle Ference, Croatan High School, daughter of Jim and Kim Ference of Newport. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Joshua Taylor Hancock, East Carteret High School, son of Jonathan and Tammy Hancock of Beaufort. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Columbus
Hunter Ethan Hammonds, Whiteville High School, son of Cyndi and Rick Hammonds of Whiteville. W.W. Roger Soles Scholar.

Cumberland
Jamie Lee Apone, Terry Sanford High School, daughter of Peter and Norma Apone of Fayetteville. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Dennis John Cahill Jr., Terry Sanford High School, son of Elizabeth and Dennis Cahill Sr. of Fayetteville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Sarbajeet Nagdas, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Sampa and Subir Nagdas of Fayetteville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Daniel Travis Pearsall, Rocky Mount Academy, son of Jan Werner of Rocky Mount and Chip Pearsall of Hope Mills. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Elena Marie Sanchez, Grays Creek High School, daughter of Anna and Jorge Sanchez of Hope Mills. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Davidson
Rebecca Michelle Call, Salem Academy, daughter of Janet and Christopher Call of Lexington. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Scott Thomas Cory, Central Davidson Senior High School, son of Alan and Elaine Cory of Lexington. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Durham
*Emily Catherine Ellis, Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, daughter of Kenneth Ellis of Raleigh and René Ellis of Bahama. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Robin Morey, Riverside High School, daughter of Miriam Morey of Durham and John Morey Jr. of Raleigh. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

*Alisa Mastro, Westminster School in Atlanta, daughter of Pradhana Mastro of Atlanta and Timothy Mastro of Durham. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Lucy Magnolia Owen, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, daughter of Beth and Russell Owen of Rougemont. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Forsyth
*David Lawrence Bencuya, West Forsyth High School, son of Karen Bencuya of Winston-Salem and Paul Bencuya of Greensboro. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Georgia Wood Cavanaugh, R.J. Reynolds High School, daughter of John and Lydia Cavanaugh of Winston-Salem. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Christopher Lee Cook, East Forsyth High School, son of Elizabeth and Thomas Cook of Kernersville. Ashford-Ward Family College Fellow.

Molly Jo DeCristo, Salem Academy, daughter of James and Marianne DeCristo of Winston-Salem. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Kyle Louis Fageol, Parkland High School, son of Scott and Susan Fageol of Winston-Salem. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Macy Lee Flinchum, Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville, daughter of Cindy and Gray Flinchum of Clemmons. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Lukas Gregory Keil, Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, son of Marguerite and Steve Keil of Kernersville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Lap-Ching Keung, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Amy Cheng and Yikong Keung of Clemmons. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Madeline Louise Lang, Forsyth Country Day School, daughter of Jill and Scott Lang of Winston-Salem. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Lindsey Katherine Miller, Parkland High School, daughter of Barry and Dianne Miller of Winston-Salem. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Camilla Sylvia Powierza, Mount Tabor High School, daughter of Krystyna Powierza of Cary and Peter Powierza of Pfafftown. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Thomas Linton Spry, Forsyth Country Day School, son of Penelope and William Spry of Winston-Salem. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Byron Reese Wells, Mount Tabor High School, son of Glenn and Sheryl Wells of Winston-Salem. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Rashad Wilkerson, Parkland High School, son of Robin Little of Winston-Salem and Tony Wilkerson of Winston-Salem. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Haoming Xu, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Wei Cui and Jianzhao Xu of Lewisville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Amanda Lee Ziesemer, home-schooled, daughter of Sharon and Phil Ziesemer of Winston-Salem. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Franklin
Allison Seaman Blackburn, North Raleigh Christian Academy, daughter of Wendy and Warren Blackburn of Louisburg. Alston-Pleasants Scholar.

Gaston
Lauren Kemp Cloninger, Cherryville High School, daughter of Gloria and Kenneth Cloninger of Cherryville. Chewning-Wells Scholar.

Emily Ruth Keefer, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Cynthia and Joseph Keefer of Stanley. James A. Bruton College Fellow.

Kelly Bridget McHugh, Forestview High School, daughter of John McHugh of Gastonia and Linda Fesmire of Belmont. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Guilford
Henry Adekule Agbaje, Walter Hines Page High School, son of Astrid and Henry Agbaje of Greensboro. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Frederick Allan Beck III, Caldwell Academy, son of Cindy and F. Allan Beck II of Greensboro. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*David Lawrence Bencuya, West Forsyth High School, son of Karen Bencuya of Winston-Salem and Paul Bencuya of Greensboro. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Matthew Drexel Biggers, Walter Hines Page High School, son of Jose and Carole Biggers of Greensboro. William S. Jones Carolina Scholar.

Natasha Lopes Fischer, Northwest Guilford High School, daughter of Jodi and Valdemar Fischer of Summerfield. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Devin Falvey Gibbs, High Point Central High School, daughter of Kit Falvey and Lindsey Gibbs of High Point. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Raven Gabrielle Hartsfield, James B. Dudley High School, daughter of Angela Newell-Hartsfield and Larry Hartsfield of Greensboro. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Harrison Taylor Holbrook, Walter Hines Page High School, son of Janet and Steve Holbrook of Greensboro. James A. Bruton College Fellow.

Denzel McCollum, Western Guilford High School, son of Chenille and Todd McCollum of Greensboro. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Sean Alexander Myers, the Early School at Guilford College, son of Marybeth and Alexander Myers of High Point. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Kellyn MacMillian Platek, Ragsdale High School, daughter of Mary and Allen Platek of Jamestown. Herbert Worth Jackson Scholar.

Anna Elizabeth Powers, Caldwell Academy, daughter of Caroline and Daniel Powers of Greensboro. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Joshua Grant Ransom, The Early College at Guilford, son of Lynn and Butch Ransom of Greensboro. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Isabelle Marie Riley, Northwest Guilford High School, daughter of Gigi Arino and Paul Riley of Summerfield. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Phoebe McHugh Roer, Walter Hines Page High School, daughter of Charlie and Karen Roer of Greensboro. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Annie Catherine Segal, the Early College at Guilford, daughter of Alethea and Robert Segal of High Point. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Benjamin David Stevenson, Greensboro Day School, son of Joan and David Stevenson of Greensboro. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Harnett
Marcos Gabriel Rosado, Triton High School, son of Carmen and Marcos Rosado of Dunn. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Meredith Cobb Sherrod, Triton High School, daughter of Alice and David Sherrod of Dunn. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Hoke
Kenille Renae Sumler, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Terry and Wayne Sumler of Raeford. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Iredell
Emily Rachel Kulenkamp, Lake Norman High School, daughter of Susan and John Kulenkamp of Mooresville. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Jackson
*Heather Lauren Sims, Swain County High School, daughter of Susana Sims of Whittier and William Sims of Sylva. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Johnston
Michelle Chen Kuei, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Chen Hsiao-Ling Kuei and Chu-Han Kuei of Clayton. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Lee
Allison Delaney Briggs, Lee County High School, daughter of Kathleen and John Briggs of Sanford. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Lenoir
Alexis Darden, Kinston High School, daughter of Grace Baker of Kinston. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Kaneesha Henderson, Kinston High School, daughter of Derita and Curtis Henderson of Kinston. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Macon
Molly Anne Hornsby, Franklin High School, daughter of Annie and Matt Hornsby of Franklin. Macon County College Fellow.

Mecklenburg
Ruth Abebe, Mallard Creek High School, daughter of Solomon Gugsa and Kokebe Tereda of Charlotte. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Beimnet Baissa, Ardrey Kell High School, daughter of Zesselassie and Hizkiel Baissa of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Lydia Ruth Baldwin, Covenant Day School, daughter of Carol and Creighton Baldwin of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Haley Batz, Providence High School, daughter of Joseph Batz of Portland, Oregon, and Eileen Kiely of Charlotte. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Joni Michelle Clayton, Charlotte Christian School, daughter of Janet and Jeffrey Clayton of Matthews. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Adrienne Elise Dahrouge, Harding University High School, daughter of Ann and Alfred Dahrouge of Charlotte. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Kevin Diao, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, son of Yanqing Sun and Yuanan Diao of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Rebecca Mae Dunn, Charlotte Christian School, daughter of Bruno and Donna Dunn of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Clark Farley, South Mecklenburg High School, son of Cindy Farley of Pineville and Neil Farley of Chapel Hill. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Suzanne Fleishman, Myers Park High School, daughter of Patricia and Lawrence Fleishman of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Katelyn Cristine Halldorson, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., daughter of Kristine Scheer of Charlotte and Jeffrey Halldorson of Bellevue, Wash. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Garin Hamilton-Jones, South Mecklenburg High School, son of Marcie and Leander Jones of Charlotte. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Ellyn Ashley Henderson, Hopewell High School, daughter of Nicole Goolsby of Cornelius and Jack Henderson of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Brooke Katherine Herda, North Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Judy and Thomas Herda of Huntersville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Kathryn Murphy Horn, Myers Park High School, daughter of Carl and Patricia Horn of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Philip Harrison James, Providence Day School, son of Lynda and Robert James of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Biney Sudhir Kapadia, Providence High School, son of Paula and Sudhir Kapadia of Matthews. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Meghan Carolyn Leary, Charlotte Christian School, daughter of Catherine and John Leary of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Anna Beatrice Loewenthal, Ardrey Kell High School, daughter of Helen and Daniel Loewenthal of Charlotte. Herbert Worth Jackson Scholar.

Grace Elizabeth McDermott, Charlotte Catholic High School, daughter of Elizabeth and James McDermott of Charlotte. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.
Margaret Allyson McKinney, Myers Park High School, daughter of Susan and Robert McKinney of Charlotte. Richard G. Coker Memorial College Fellow.

Jacklyn Elisa Ngo, Renaissance School at Olympic High School in Charlotte, daughter of Shui Kuen Cheng and Mang Lim Ngo of Charlotte. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Julio Marcelino Paredes, South Mecklenburg High School, son of the late Renee Eslava and Juan Paredes of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Laura Pianowski, North Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Dana Pianowski of Cornelius and Steve Pianowski of Charlotte. James Loring Seely College Fellow.

Amanda Martine Plante, Providence High School, daughter of Brian and Kathleen Plante of Matthews. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Vikram Raisinghani, North Mecklenburg High School, son of Lata and Suresh Raisinghani of Huntersville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

James Peter Reid, Charlotte Country Day School, son of Conni and Glenn Reid of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Paris Ciara Scott, Mallard Creek High School, daughter of Dorothy and Fernando Scott of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Andrew Rhodes Thomason, Myers Park High School, son of Bob and Sue Thomason of Charlotte. Benjamin W. Woodruff Carolina Scholar.

Jonathan Emery White, Charlotte Christian School, son of James and Susan White of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Moore
Benjamin James Berk, Pinecrest High School, son of Marlene and Tony Berk of Southern Pines. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Kathryn Folger Knight, Myers Park High School, daughter of Anne and Ron Knight of Charlotte. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Nash
Shelby Elyse Benson, Rocky Mount High School, daughter of Susan and Stanford Benson of Rocky Mount. Davis Family College Fellow.

*Patrick Raymond Heenan, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Sarah Heenan of Rocky Mount and Palmer Heenan Jr. of Fenton, Mich. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Thomas Michael Johnson, Northern Nash High School, son of Doris and H. Mike Johnson of Whitakers. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Daniel Travis Pearsall, Rocky Mount Academy, son of Jan Werner of Rocky Mount and Chip Pearsall of Hope Mills. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Allen Edwin Rowe, Rocky Mount Academy, son of Lisa and Steven Rowe of Rocky Mount. Samuel G. Winstead Jr. Carolina Scholar.

New Hanover
Walter Lee Crouch III, Cape Fear Academy, son of Melinda and Walter Crouch Jr. of Wrightsville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Kelsey Satchel Kaul, Cape Fear Academy, daughter of Lori and Rajiv Kaul of Wilmington. Herbert Worth Jackson Scholar.

Bess Rhoads Powell, New Hanover High School, daughter of Doug and Nan Powell of Wilmington. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Onslow
Sarah Louise Hart, White Oak High School, daughter of Florence and Frank Hart III of Jacksonville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Rachel Ann Johnston, White Oak High School, daughter of Carol and Scott Johnston of Jacksonville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Orange
Alexandru Bacanu, East Chapel Hill High School, son of Camelia and Silviv-Alin Bacanu of Chapel Hill. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Isabel Laurel Blue, East Chapel Hill High School, daughter of Teresa and Thomas Blue Jr. of Chapel Hill. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Julie Sarah Crimmins, Chapel Hill High School, daughter of Rosemary O’Mahony and Michael Crimmins of Chapel Hill. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

*Clark Farley, South Mecklenburg High School, son of Cindy Farley of Pineville and Neil Farley of Chapel Hill. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

William Keith Funkhouser III, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Bill and Sheana Funkhouser of Chapel Hill. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Mariana Elise Hernandez, Chapel Hill High School, daughter of Kelly and Jaime Hernandez of Chapel Hill. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Samuel Kenneth Hughes, East Chapel Hill High School, son of Janie Kupersmidt and Joseph Hughes of Chapel Hill. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Thomas Colby Isabel, Carrboro High School, son of Lynda and Wyatt Isabel of Chapel Hill. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Jonathan Schuyler Kylstra, Carrboro High School, son of Etta Pisano and Jon Kylstra of Chapel Hill. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Jonathan Jerome Lang, East Chapel Hill High School, son of Barbara and Leslie Lang of Chapel Hill. Elizabeth “Pepper” Dowd Carolina Scholar.

Sarika Lakshmi Mendu, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Nandini and Sunder Mendu of Chapel Hill. Taylor-Williams Carolina Scholar.

Vishavpreet Singh, East Chapel Hill High School, son of Parmjit Kaur and Major Singh of Chapel Hill. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Eva Janet Stein, Durham Academy, daughter of Jeannette and Roy Stein of Durham. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Patrick Tenorio, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Lilian and Redentor Tenorio of Chapel Hill. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Sebastian Andres Werner, East Chapel Hill High School, son of Sonia Guarda of Chapel Hill and Francisco Werner of Princeton, N.J. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Pender
John Taylor Dalrymple, Topsail High School, son of John and Linda Dalrymple of Hampstead. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Pitt
Rahel Linda Katrina Gebremeskel, South Central High School, daughter of Anja-Riitta Kekalainen and Tesfa-Alem Gebremeskel of Greenville. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Shampa A. Panda, J.H. Rose High School, daughter of Aruna Dash and Sasi Panda of Greenville. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Polk
Keethan Robert Kleiner, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Darla and Michael Kleiner of Columbus. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Randolph
Connor Sean Irwin, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Jane and Mick Irwin of Asheboro. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Rita Phetmixay, Eastern Randolph High School, daughter of Vilavanh and Peter Phetmixay of Ramseur. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Richmond
Benjamin Scott Jackson, The O’Neal School in Southern Pines, son of Brenda and John Jackson of Rockingham. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Robeson
Dalton Peter Brooks III, Lumberton High School, son of Jean and Peter Brooks Jr. of Lumberton. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Jeremy Locklear, Purnell Swett High School, son of Rose and Ronald Locklear of Pembroke. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Christopher Spaulding, Purnell Swett High School, son of Glenda and Albert Spaulding of Rowland. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Rockingham
Jesse David Hopkins, John Motley Morehead High School, grandson of Peggy and Frank Hopkins Sr. of Stoneville. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Connor Brent Strader, Rockingham County High School, son of Donna and Jeffrey Strader of Reidsville. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Scotland
Catherine Frances Dial, Scotland High School, daughter of Cynthia and Richard Dial of Laurinburg. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

*Christopher Stewart Thomas, Scotland High School, son of Sheila Locklear of McColl, S.C., and W. Stewart Thomas of Laurinburg. Josh Dormagen Old Well Scholar.

Swain
*Heather Lauren Sims, Swain County High School, daughter of Susan Sims of Whittier and William Sims of Sylva. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Union
Brian John Cristante, Charlotte Catholic High School, son of Deirdre and Frank Cristante of Waxhaw. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Jee Yong Lee, Porter Ridge High School, son of Mee Suk and Chul Se Lee of Matthews. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Vance
Gregory Dean Grissom Jr., Northern Vance High School, son of Pam and Greg Grissom of Henderson. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Wake
Bryan Quinn Abadie, Cary Academy, son of Bridget and Charles Abadie of Cary. Herbert Worth Jackson Scholar.

Preston Lee Burnett, Wakefield High School, son of Sharon and Daniel Burnett of Wake Forest. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Allison Ann Campbell, Wakefield High School, daughter of Jimmie and Susan Campbell of Raleigh. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Cole William Caplan, N.C. School of Science and Math in Durham, son of Jason Caplan of Raleigh and the late Nancy Caplan. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Teniola Coker, Raleigh Charter High School, daughter of Keye and Seye Coker of Raleigh. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

John Akins Daniels, Southeast Raleigh High School, son of Jocelyn Daniels and John Peters of Raleigh. Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles College Fellow.

David Joseph Deerson, Cary Academy, son of Amy Ripps and Bruce Deerson of Raleigh. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Emily Catherine Ellis, Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, daughter of Kenneth Ellis of Raleigh and René Ellis of Bahama. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Samuel David George, Athens Drive High School, son of David George of Cary and Sarah Backus of Cary. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Andrew Yi Guo, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Zhengyu Xue and Yin Guo of Cary. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Kathryne Hollie Hawthorne, Cary High School, daughter of Joan and Robert Hawthorne of Cary. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Andrew Timothy Heil, William G. Enloe High School, son of Margaret Heil of Raleigh and the late Timothy Heil. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Justin Kwang-Lay Huang, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Yun Huang and Yen-Min Huang of Cary. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Monika Juzumaite, Green Hope High School, daughter of Dalia Juzumiene and Gintas Juzumas of Cary. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Christopher Kao, Southeast Raleigh High School, son of Li Li and Shih Kung Kao of Cary. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Sang-June Kim of William G. Enloe High School, son of Hie-Jung Kim and Kwang-Soo Kim of Apex. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Hannah Gordon Leker, Sanderson High School, daughter of Randee Gordon and Bob Leker of Raleigh. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Kathryn Anne Magee, William G. Enloe High School, daughter of Carole and Scott Magee of Raleigh. Thomas Ferguson Carolina Scholar.

Daniel E. Miller, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Deirdre and Michael Miller of Garner. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Mariah Moore, William G. Enloe High School, daughter of Diane and Kenneth Moore of Raleigh. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

*Robin Morey, Riverside High School in Durham, daughter of Miriam Morey of Durham and John Morey Jr. of Raleigh. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Kiley Brynne Pontrelli, Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, daughter of Lance and Samantha Pontrelli of Wake Forest. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

*Camilla Sylvia Powierza, Mount Tabor High School, daughter of Krystyna Powierza of Cary and Peter Powierza of Pfafftown. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Michael Edward Rooney, Cary Academy, son of Doreen and Michael Rooney of Apex. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Wilson Lorraine Sayre, William G. Enloe High School, son of Joan-Ellen Deck and Thomas Sayre of Raleigh. Elizabeth “Pepper” Dowd Carolina Scholar.

Thomas Edward Seelinger, St. Thomas More Academy, son of Marc and Maureen Seelinger of Raleigh. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Gabriele Seider, William G. Enloe High School, daughter of Cecilia and Kurt Seider of Cary. Hargrave “Skipper” Bowles College Fellow.

Sarah Waters Smith, Cary Academy, daughter of Judy and Raymond Smith of Cary. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Daniel Trinh, William G.Enloe High School, son of Lynn and Hoe Trinh of Raleigh. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Alexey Vasilyev, William G. Enloe High School, son of Tatyana Vasilyeva and Alexander Vasilyev of Apex. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Brittany Renea Williams, Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, daughter of Maryann and Daren Williams of Wake Forest. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Sam Bruce Wu, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, son of Barbara and William Wu of Cary. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Washington
Warche Kenyarnna Downing, Plymouth High School, son of Katina Downing of Plymouth. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Wayne
Amber Chanel Bowden, Southern Wayne High School, daughter of Evelyne and Ulysses Bowden of Mount Olive. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Wilkes
Cassandra Dawn McGuire, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Sandra and Jamie McGuire of Millers Creek. Winstead Carolina Scholar.

Wilson
Timelie Horne, Hunt High School, daughter of Melodie Horne of Wilson. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

OUT-OF-STATE RECIPIENTS:

ALABAMA
Renee Tan Sullender, Homewood High School, daughter of Thuan Tan of Vestavia Hills and Wayne Sullender of Homewood. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

COLORADO
Stuti Das, Rampart High School, daughter of Santi Das and Chris Derry of Colorado Springs. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

CONNECTICUT
David Andrew Chodosh, Westhill High School, son of Beatrice and Reuben Chodosh of Stamford. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Zoe Bassin Hughes, Staples High School, daughter of Janine Bassin and Clayton Hughes of Westport. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

FLORIDA
Alejandro Luis Antonia, Land O’Lakes High School, son of Tere and Scott Antonia of Land O’Lakes. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Stephen Ward Casscells-Hamby, Trinity Preparatory School, son of Margaret and Frank Casscells-Hamby of Winter Park. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Heather Marie Farthing, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, daughter of Lisa and Colin Farthing of Indialantic. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

William T. Ireland, Stanton College Preparatory High School, son of Diane and William Ireland of Jacksonville. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

GEORGIA
Mengqi Ju, George Walton High School, daughter of Yanxia Li and Tongzhong Ju of Marietta. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

*Alisa Mastro, Westminster School in Atlanta, daughter of Pradhana Mastro of Atlanta and Timothy Mastro of Durham, N.C. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Jorge Guillermo Rossello, Blessed Trinity Catholic High School, son of Sara and Pedro Rossello of Marietta. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Everett Glenn Young, Athens Academy, son of Jan and Glenn Young of Bogart. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

ILLINOIS
Kathryn Singsank, Belleville West High School, daughter of Cheryl and Bill Singsank of Belleville. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

KENTUCKY
Qing Xie, Lafayette High School, daughter of Jing Wang and Zhongwen Xie of Lexington. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

MARYLAND
Kahlil Blount, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, son of Nicole Brown of New Carrollton. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Upasana B. Kaku, Richard Montgomery High School, daughter of Manju and Bharat Kaku of Silver Spring. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Jamal W. Little, Northern High School, son of Louise and Julius Little of Owings. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

Lisa Stuntz, Broadneck Senior High School, daughter of Patricia and Richard Stuntz of Annapolis. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Andrew McCabe Wright, St. Paul’s School in Brooklandville, son of Karen and Kelly Wright of Monkton. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

MICHIGAN
*Patrick Raymond Heenan, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, N.C., son of Sarah Heenan of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Palmer Heenan Jr. of Fenton. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

MISSOURI
Laura Renee Hamrick, Layfayette High School, daughter of Deborah and David Hamrick of Wildwood. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Jennifer Kathleen Heman, Rock Bridge High School, daughter of Kathleen Smith of Columbia and Christopher Heman of Fenton. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Andrea M Pope, Oak Park High School, daughter of Dhana Powell-Pope and Andre Pope of Kansas City. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

NEW JERSEY
Siobhan Kenney, Wall High School, daughter of Patricia and Kevin Kenney of Wall. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

*Sebastian Andres Werner, East Chapel Hill High School, son of Sonia Guarda of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Francisco Werner of Princeton, N.J. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

NEW YORK
Stephanie Grace McGowan, Rye High School, daughter of Lisa and Patrick McGowan of Rye. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Melissa M. Parker, Bronx High School of Science, daughter of Rosa Mejias and Perry Parker of New York City. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

OKLAHOMA
Lucie Marie Bradshaw, Booker T. Washington High School, daughter of Eileen and Stephen Bradshaw of Tulsa. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

OREGON
*Haley Batz, Providence High School in Charlotte, N.C., daughter of Joseph Batz of Portland and Eileen Kiely of Charlotte. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

PENNSYLVANIA
Jessie Weikang Zhang, Methacton High School, daughter of Joy Feng and Michael Zhang of Audobon. Centre W. Holmberg Jr. Carolina Scholar.

PUERTO RICO
Ridge Olivieri, Saint John’s School, son of Deborah and Philip Olivieri of San Juan. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Melvin Luther Backman Jr., Fort Dorchester High School, son of Marsha and Melvin Backman of North Charleston. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

*Christopher Stewart Thomas, Scotland High School in Laurinburg, N.C., son of Sheila Locklear of McColl and W. Stewart Thomas of Laurinburg, N.C. Josh Dormagen Old Well Scholar.

TENNESSEE
Jamal Brazan, Maryville High School, son of Roxanne and Patrick Brazan of Maryville. Joseph E. and Grace N. Pogue Scholar.

UTAH
James Arlo Dennison, Logan High School, son of Marian Pittman of Providence and John Dennison of Mendon. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

VIRGINIA
Amari J. Alexander, Loomis Chaffee School, son of Maria and Errd Alexander Jr. of Manassas. Col. John H. and Lillian T. Robinson Scholar.

Lee Metcalf Wortham Goehring, Potomac School in McLean, son of Mary and Jack Goehring of McLean. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

Darrius Spencer Jones, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, son of Rhonda and A.A. Jones of Midlothian. Taylor-Williams Carolina Scholar.

Charles Augustine McDonough, The Heights School in Potomac, Md., son of Chuck and Linda McDonough of Arlington. Chancellor’s Carolina Scholar.

WASHINGTON
*Katelyn Cristine Halldorson, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., daughter of Kristine Scheer of Charlotte, N.C., and Jeffrey Halldorson of Bellevue. Class of 2013 Distinguished Scholar.

Office of Scholarships and Student Aid contact: Dan Thornton, (919) 962-4168, dan_thornton@unc.edu
News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589

Golden LEAF Foundation renews grant supporting Carolina College Advising Corps

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:32:00 +0000

The Golden LEAF Foundation has renewed its commitment to the Carolina College Advising Corps for the 2009-2010 academic year, a move that will enable the program to continue serving 10 North Carolina high schools and add two more. Overall, the corps will have 19 advisers serving 40 high schools in 21 counties across North Carolina this school year.

Now entering its third year, the Carolina College Advising Corps – a program based in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Carolina – helps low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students in North Carolina realize the goal of attending college. One of 13 partnerships in the National College Advising Corps (also headquartered at UNC), the corps places recent Chapel Hill graduates – many of them first-generation college students themselves – as college advisers in low-income high schools across the state.

“We are deeply grateful to the Golden LEAF Foundation for showing such faith in our program,” said Steve Farmer, assistant provost and director of admissions at UNC. “This grant will enable our advisers to keep building a college-going culture in former tobacco-dependent communities.”

Advisers work closely with guidance counselors and other school personnel to create programs that meet the needs of the students in North Carolina high schools. Typically, an adviser works in two high schools, helping students research and apply to a broad range of two- and four-year schools, with the goal of finding the one that fits each individual best.

During the 2008-2009 school year, the Golden LEAF Foundation awarded the advising corps a one-year grant, enabling five advisers to work in 10 high schools: Scotland High School (Scotland County); South Robeson High School (Robeson County); South Caldwell, Caldwell Middle College and Caldwell Early College high schools (Caldwell County); West Caldwell and Hibriten high schools (also Caldwell County); and Warren County, Warren New Tech and Warren Early College high schools (Warren County).

For the 2009-2010 academic year, in addition to continuing to work in these schools, the Golden LEAF Foundation-funded advisers will also work in Edgecombe County at North Edgecombe High School and Tarboro High School. The total grant is $181,250.

“Golden LEAF is proud to help grow the talent, knowledge and skills of our youth,” said Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF president. “This program offers students the tools to not only get them into college but also helps find the resources needed to pay for it. Raising the level of education will help level the playing field for economic success in our rural communities.”

Along with the Golden LEAF Foundation, program funders include the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Reidsville Area Foundation, DavidsonWorks and the Rockingham County Education Foundation.

The North Carolina legislature created the Golden LEAF Foundation in 1999 to administer one-half of North Carolina’s share of the Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers in accordance with the court consent decree between North Carolina and the manufacturers. The foundation’s mission is to promote the social welfare of North Carolina’s citizens and to receive and distribute funds for economic impact assistance to economically affected or tobacco-dependent regions of North Carolina.

Links:
adviser locator map, http://uncnews.unc.edu/images/stories/news/campus/2009/ccac%20service%20map%202009-2010%20%283%29.pdf;
video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4EM67SH3CM&feature=channel_page

Carolina College Advising Corps Web site: http://advisingcorps.org/page/carolina-advising-corps

Development Communications contact: Scott Ragland, (919) 962-0027, scott_ragland@unc.edu
Carolina College Advising Corps contact: Jennie Cox Bell, (919) 843-7286, jcoxbell@admissions.unc.edu
News Services contact: Susan Houston, (919) 962-8415, susan_houston@unc.edu

UNC receives $271.25 million in gifts in fiscal year 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer Borri) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:34:00 +0000

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's fund-raising efforts brought in $271.25 million in gifts in fiscal year 2009.

The total represented UNC's second highest year in history for this type of support, which accounts for money that is immediately available to the University. In commitments for fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, UNC raised $290.4 million. Commitments include pledges as well as gifts.

"Our supporters have been tremendously generous," said Matt Kupec, UNC's vice chancellor for University Advancement. "Despite this being a down year for the economy, they've shown remarkable dedication to Carolina. That attests to their belief in Chancellor Thorp's leadership and to what our students, faculty and staff are doing. We're very grateful."

Only fiscal year 2008's gift total of $301 million tops the 2009 mark, and UNC was in the final months of a major fund-raising campaign - the Carolina First Campaign - that year.

"Being in a major campaign always generates a great deal of enthusiasm, so - in that light, plus what happened with the economy - we feel particularly good about our numbers for this past year," Kupec said.

Highlights in fiscal year 2009 included the first major gift during UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp's administration, which began July 1, 2008. Sallie Shuping-Russell of Chapel Hill gave $666,000 to fund an innovative new course starting in fall 2009 that will feature the work of active writers who will hold a distinguished visiting professorship within the Creative Writing Program. The program is part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences.

A matching grant from the North Carolina Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust will raise the gift's total value to $1 million. The state fund, established in 1985 by the N.C. General Assembly, provides matching grants to recruit and retain outstanding faculty.

Shuping-Russell, managing director at the investment firm BlackRock in New York, N.Y., is a 1977 Carolina graduate and member of the UNC Board of Trustees.

Also in the College of Arts and Sciences, private gifts have joined state matching funds to create a $21.5 million endowment to complete a goal to double the number of students invited to UNC's Honors Program.

A $2 million capstone commitment in 2009 from the Hyde Family Foundations of Memphis, Tenn., provided the funds to reach the goal. With the endowment and more available honors courses, 10 percent of entering students in future classes will receive invitations to the program, starting with the Class of 2012.

For graduate students, a $4.5 million grant from the New York City-headquartered Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support graduate students in the departments of English and comparative literature, history, philosophy, and religious studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The grant will join $2.76 million in funding from the University to endow the Mellon Graduate Fellowship Program. Starting in the 2009-10 academic year, the program will fund 12 fellowships in an initial five-year pilot phase, with four Mellon Graduate Fellows enrolling every other year. After that, five fellows will enroll every other year on a permanent basis. Most of UNC's contribution will go toward the endowment via a drive to raise $2 million in private support.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $22.9 million for a new project that aims to improve the reproductive health of the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. UNC's Carolina Population Center will run the project - the Measurement, Learning and Evaluation for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative - which will measure the effectiveness of various urban reproductive health approaches and interventions in the two regions.

The grant runs for six years. In the first year, researchers will focus on getting the project off the ground in India and on developing tools for the wider project as it expands.

Closer to home, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund has funded an expansion of a UNC program that will enable more North Carolina high school seniors to realize the goal of attending college.

The duPont Fund, based in Jacksonville, Fla., has created a matching-grant program that will provide up to $210,000 to support new and existing partner high schools in the Carolina College Advising Corps.

Entering its third year, the Carolina College Advising Corps (CCAC) helps low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students in North Carolina realize the goal of attending college. A constituent program of the National College Advising Corps (headquartered at UNC), the CCAC places recent Chapel Hill graduates as college advisers in low-income high schools across the state.

If fully funded, the matching-grant program could, over the next three years, support up to 24 high schools that would otherwise lack the resources to provide full funding for one or more advisers.

Commitments in 2009 also helped the University create 21 endowed professorships, as well as a total of 86 undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships. Carolina had more than 75,000 donors for the year.

July 23, 2009

UNC’s fund-raising excellence honored for 10th time in 17 years

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer Borri) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:28:00 +0000

For the 10th time in the past 17 years, a national organization that supports educational advancement efforts has honored the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for its fund-raising success.

No other university – public or private – can match that record.

UNC has received a 2009 CASE-WealthEngine Award for Educational Fundraising in the category of “Overall Performance.” CASE stands for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, which works with educational institutions to enhance their alumni relations, communications and development efforts.

“Coming amid the current economic climate, this news provides a great boost and attests to the leadership of our chancellor, Holden Thorp,” said Matt Kupec, UNC’s vice chancellor for University Advancement. “Our development staff, volunteers, faculty and administrators continue to work hard for Carolina, and our donors continue to support UNC’s mission and future.”

In 2009, 1,029 higher education institutions were eligible for consideration for a CASE award. An independent data analyst narrowed the field to 450 institutions. Out of those 450 colleges and universities, 66 higher education institutions won an award (40 in Overall Performance and 29 in Overall Improvement, with three of those winning both).

The CASE awards are based on the analysis of a panel of peer institution judges who evaluate three years of fund-raising data supplied by each school. Institutions do not apply for the awards. Judging is blind and completely data-driven.

July 23, 2009

UNC computer scientist named Microsoft Fellow

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:36:00 +0000

Svetlana Lazebnik, assistant professor of computer science in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences, has won a Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Award.

The awards from Microsoft Research recognize and support early-career professors engaged in innovative computing research. Five recipients are selected each year from a pool of about 100 nominees. Each fellow receives an unrestricted cash gift of $200,000.

Lazebnik, who joined the computer science department in July 2007, is exploring new ways for computers to interpret digital images. She is designing methods to search large digital image collections based on what can be seen in the picture, rather than what is described in textual tags.

“We are very proud of her cutting-edge research in computer vision and applaud this recognition of the impact she has had so early in her career,” said Anselmo Lastra, chairman of the department of computer science.

Lazebnik said the fellowship allows her to test even more possibilities: “This fellowship will enable me to explore a lot more and do things that are maybe more speculative or long-term in my area of research.”

She is the second UNC faculty member to receive the award. Wei Wang, associate professor of computer science, received the fellowship in 2005, its inaugural year.

38 UNC students awarded study abroad scholarships

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:06:00 +0000

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded more than $100,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 38 undergraduates for 2009 summer, fall and academic year study abroad programs.

The awards are just part of the financial support that UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences provides to students for study abroad throughout the year. The college raised more than $19 million for study abroad programs and scholarships during UNC’s latest major fund-raising drive, the Carolina First Campaign.

The UNC Study Abroad Office in the college offers more than 320 study abroad programs in more than 70 countries. About 1,400 Carolina undergraduates go abroad each year through college programs.

The 38 new scholarship recipients represent majors including music, business, international studies, nursing and Spanish. They are studying in cities around the world, including the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; Nairobi, Kenya; Oslo, Norway; Istanbul, Turkey; and Singapore.

“Everyone is very aware of the current financial difficulties,” said Bob Miles, associate dean for study abroad and international exchanges in the college. “As students contemplate the advantages of studying abroad at this time, they worry about the additional costs of studying in a foreign country rather than on campus in Chapel Hill.”

“While a lot of our programs require little or no additional expenditure, many others do,” he said. “For this reason, the generosity and vision of our alumni in funding study abroad scholarships is especially welcome.”

The scholarships awarded for summer, fall and academic year programs are supported by 15 endowment funds established by private donors, including a new scholarship, the Frances and E.T. Rollins Jr. Study Abroad Fund.

UNC students interested in applying for study abroad programs or receiving more information about scholarships should contact the Study Abroad Office at (919) 962-7002 or visit http://global.unc.edu/studyabroad.

The scholarships, donors who established them and recipients of 2009 summer and fall study abroad programs are listed below.

Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America
Leslie Benning of New York City, a 1979 Carolina graduate, and her husband, Dr. Rafael Bejarano, established this scholarship in 2003. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched their gift. The fund provides at least one scholarship annually for study in Latin America.

Recipient Janna Coulter, a junior exercise and sport science major from Chapel Hill, enrolled for the fall at the Universidad San Francisco in Galapagos in Ecuador.

Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula
Leslie Benning of New York City, a 1979 Carolina graduate, and her husband, Dr. Rafael Bejarano, established this scholarship in 2003. The fund provides at least one scholarship annually for semester or year-long programs in Spain or Portugal.

Recipient John Fioravanti, a senior economics major from Mooresville, who will spend the fall semester in Spain with the UNC program in Sevilla.

Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award
Michael Boyatt, a 1956 Carolina graduate from Beech Mountain, established this fund in 1996 with his son, Matthew, of Durham, who received undergraduate and law degrees from UNC in 1997 and 2002, respectively. The fund provides merit-based study abroad awards for undergraduates majoring in international studies or history. Recipients are:

Jennifer Coronel, a junior international studies and chemistry major from Prospect, Ky., participating in the Burch Field Research Seminar in Rwanda and The Hague this summer;
Chrissy Jusino, a junior international studies major from Raleigh, studying in Mexico this summer in the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara’s Medical Spanish program;
Steven Lin, a junior history major from Cary, enrolled for the upcoming academic year at the National University of Singapore as part of that university’s joint degree program with Carolina;
Colleen Murphy, a junior history and geography major from Chapel Hill, also participating in the summer Burch Field Research Seminar in Rwanda and The Hague;
Sara Rafalson, a junior international studies and Spanish major from Matthews, studying in the UNC-Uruguay Universities exchange program in Montevideo; and
Stephen Strigle, a junior history and Asian studies major from Findlay, Ohio, attending the University of Virginia-Yarmouk University summer Arabic languages program in Irbid, Jordan.

Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2006 by Lee Stevens Gravely of Rocky Mount and her four children, all UNC alumni: Frances Gravely and Susan Gravely of Chapel Hill, Steve Gravely of Pittsboro and Page Gravely of Middleburg, Va. The award honors Lee Gravely’s late husband, father to the other donors, Lloyd Lee Gravely. He studied at UNC until he enlisted in 1941 to serve in World War II. He was president of a family owned export-import company, China American Tobacco Co. The fund provides annual study abroad scholarships, with preference for North Carolinians. Recipients are:

Anna Burroughs, a senior international studies major from Durham, who will study this fall in Xiamen with the UNC semester in China program;
Analise Jenkins, a senior Spanish and biology major from Dallas, Texas, participating in the summer UNC in Sevilla program in Spain; and
Zachary Rowell, a senior business major from Wilmington, also participating in the summer UNC in Sevilla program in Spain.

Melvin A. Halpern and Maria Cristina Alfonzo Halpern Fund
UNC alumni Lucía Halpern, a resident of London, and Adrian Halpern, of Chapel Hill, established this fund in 2002 to honor their parents. The fund provides annual scholarships to support undergraduate research, study abroad, internship or volunteer opportunities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay or Uruguay, with preference for opportunities in Argentina.

Recipient Matthew Tucker, a junior international studies major from Clearwater, Fla., is enrolled in the School for International Training’s Economic Development and Globalization program in Santiago, Chile for the fall semester.

Anthony and Hope Harrington Study Abroad Scholarship
UNC alumnus Anthony Harrington, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil, and his wife, Hope, of Easton, Md., created the fund supporting this award with a gift in 2004. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched their gift. The Harringtons established the scholarship to honor former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, who taught at UNC in 1974 and 1975. Lagos received an honorary degree from UNC in 2001. The fund awards scholarships annually for study abroad in Latin America. Recipients are:

Andrew Hackelman, a senior comparative literature and political science major from Winston-Salem, attending the School for International Training’s Indigenous Peoples and Globalization program in Cuzco, Peru;
Brittany Peterson, a sophomore journalism and Latin American studies major from Raleigh, who will participate in Butler University’s Argentine Universities program in Buenos Aires in the fall semester; and
Rachel Puckett, a junior international studies and anthropology major from Leland, studying in the UNC-Uruguay Universities exchange program in Montevideo.

Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship Program
This scholarship was established in 2004 by gifts from Harris Teeter and the Dickson Foundation Inc. Harris Teeter, the Charlotte-based supermarket chain, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ruddick Corp., whose former chairman is Alan Dickson of Charlotte, a Dickson Foundation trustee. The fund provides annual scholarships for students from North Carolina, with preference for Harris Teeter associates or their children. Recipients are:

Richard Browne, a junior environmental science and public policy major from Charlotte, studying at the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Cambridge Field Site in England this summer;
Jackie Keung; a sophomore nursing major from Cary, a fall semester exchange student at the University of Hong Kong; and
Erin Smith, a senior journalism and mass communication major from Waxhaw, participating in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s summer multimedia storytelling program in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Award Fund
Leonard Herring, a 1948 Carolina graduate, and his wife, Rozelia, of North Wilkesboro, established this scholarship in 2005. The fund provides scholarships for students with demonstrated financial need and academic merit to support participation in semester or year-long study abroad programs. Recipients are:

Ciara Braun, a senior psychology major from Kennesaw, Ga., who will spend the fall semester in London through a Boston University internship program;
Katherine Herman, a senior dramatic art and communications major from Morehead City, who will attend the University of Glasgow in Scotland for the fall semester;
Kathryn Jokipii, a junior journalism and mass communication major from Huntington, N.Y., who also will participate in the Boston University internship program in London for the fall semester; and
Hannah Ringler, a junior Asian studies major from Durham, enrolled as an exchange student for the 2009-2010 academic year at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.

Joe Henry Jenkins and Jenny C. Jenkins Study Abroad and International Experience Fund
This fund was established in 2004 by Joe Henry and Jenny Jenkins, longtime residents of Dare County and eastern North Carolina. Awards from the fund will support study abroad or international experiences for undergraduates from eastern North Carolina. Recipients are:

Caitlin Frese, a junior pharmacy major from Elizabeth City, participating in the summer UNC in Paris program in France; and
Robert Lawrence, a junior political science major from Currituck County, enrolled for the fall semester at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarships
Carolina alumnae Mary Anne Johnson Dickson and Martha O’Neal Johnson of Charlotte established the fund supporting these awards in 2002. The awards honor their late father, a banker and community leader in Elkin. The fund offers need-based and merit-based study abroad scholarships to undergraduates from North Carolina, with preference for students from Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. Recipients are:

Sarah Brown, a junior biology major from North Wilkesboro, participating in the summer Burch Field Research Seminar in Curitiba, Brazil;
Melanie Hudak, a junior international studies major from Garner, attending the South American Archeology Field School this summer in Moche Valley, Peru;
Alia Khan, a senior environmental science major from Raleigh, a fall semester exchange student at the University of Oslo in Norway;
Matthew Koh, a junior anthropology major from Boone, also enrolled this summer in the South American Archeology Field School in Moche Valley, Peru;
Arkasha Stevenson, a senior journalism and mass communication major from Chapel Hill, participating in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s summer multimedia storytelling program in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; and
Olivia Thayer, a junior Spanish and linguistics major from Beaufort, who will spend the fall semester in Spain with the UNC in Sevilla program.

Grey Lineweaver Study Abroad Scholarship
Grey Lineweaver, a 1962 Carolina graduate from Greensboro, established this scholarship in 2005 with matching funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The resulting fund provides at least one scholarship per year for study in Latin America. Recipients are:

Anneke Robinson, a senior sociology and philosophy major from Rocky Mount, studying at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador this summer; and
Yvonne White, a sophomore psychology major from Salisbury, also studying at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador this summer.

Charles A. McLendon Sr. Study Abroad Scholarship
Charles A. McLendon Jr. of New York City, a 1981 Carolina graduate, created the fund supporting this scholarship in 2004 to honor his father, of Greensboro, a retired Burlington Industries executive who traveled extensively overseas. The fund provides at least one scholarship per year.

Recipient Craig Merrill, a senior international studies major from Durham, will participate in the UNC Semester in China program in Xiamen this fall.

Elizabeth and Frank Queally Study Abroad Scholarship
Elizabeth Queally, a 1984 graduate, and her husband, Frank, of Darien, Conn., established this scholarship in 2005. The fund provides at least four scholarships annually for students with demonstrated financial need, with preference for students participating in semester or year-long programs. Recipients are:

Kristopher Mills, a junior international studies major from Williamsburg, Va., attending the School for Field Studies fall semester program at the Center for Wildlife Management Studies in Nairobi National Park and the Kilimanjaro Bush in Kenya; and
Elizabeth Pack, a junior music major from Ellicott City, Md., who will spend the 2009-2010 academic year in Vienna, Austria, with the International Education of Students music studies program.

Frances and E.T. Rollins Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship
Frances Rollins of Durham, established this fund in 2008 in honor of her late husband, E.T. Rollins Jr., a UNC graduate and a former owner, board chairman and publisher of The Herald-Sun in Durham. The fund will provide at least one scholarship annually for students with demonstrated financial need and academic merit. The first recipients are:

Emily Miller, a junior history and political science major from Smyrna, Ga., attending the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy, for the fall semester; and

Angela Napit, a sophomore communication studies and business major from Englewood, Co., participating in the summer UNC in Sevilla program in Spain.

Horace J. Shumate Memorial Scholarship
Carol Shumate of Chapel Hill established the fund supporting this award in 2001 in honor of her late father, who worked in the foreign operations division of Loffland Brothers Drilling Co. for 24 years. A contract negotiator, Shumate traveled to remote locations around the world. The fund provides at least one scholarship annually for study abroad or participation in foreign exchange programs. In celebration of Horace Shumate’s career, the fund targets students who wish to pursue new academic or personal interests through international experiences.

Recipient Scott Boren, a junior business and psychology major from Englewood, Co., enrolled at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the fall semester.

July 7, 2009

Carolina Connections

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:03:00 +0000

Check out the latest issue of Carolina Connections, highlighting how private giving is making a difference at UNC.

$1 million Vinroot pledge to UNC School of Government honors friend, mentor Bradshaw

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:26:00 +0000

Richard and Judy Vinroot of Charlotte have pledged $1 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in honor of Richard’s friend and mentor, Robert W. Bradshaw Jr.

Judy and Richard Vinroot

The pledge will support faculty and students in UNC’s School of Government and is the largest-ever commitment by an individual to the school.

“Judy and Richard Vinroot have shown extraordinary generosity and thoughtfulness in creating this new professorship and fellowship,” said Mike Smith, dean of the School of Government. “This historic gift will support two important aspects of our work: the faculty who teach and advise government officials every day, and the graduate students who become public service leaders in local and state government, as well as in federal agencies and nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and throughout the country.

“The Vinroots are known for their support of good government and an ever-stronger North Carolina. This gift is clear evidence of their dedication.”

Part of the commitment ($666,000) will be matched by the state’s Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund to create the $1 million Robert W. Bradshaw Jr. Distinguished Professorship, which will support a faculty member who teaches, advises and publishes in local and state government fields such as local government law and finance, courts and criminal justice, health and human services, taxation and public employment.

The remaining $334,000 will establish the Robert W. Bradshaw Jr. Public Administration Fellowship. It will provide aid to a worthy student or students in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, covering tuition and expenses for both years of the two-year program.

“The fellowship will help us attract the highest quality students interested in public service,” Smith said. “This will be the premier fellowship for the MPA program at Carolina. Private support for the MPA program has become more and more important and this pledge comes at a wonderful time.”

The program serves 60 students annually and offers courses ranging from public policy analysis to ethics, budgeting and management. Students work with faculty engaged in helping state and local officials solve public problems. Graduates serve in state and local government positions throughout North Carolina and other states, as well as in federal agencies and nonprofit organizations. Carolina’s MPA program is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as sixth in city management and 10th overall among public administration graduate programs in the United States.

A graduate of the Duke University law school, Bradshaw served as the chairman of the Republican Party of North Carolina.

“Bob Bradshaw spent many years encouraging good people to enter public service, and then mentoring them once they did so,” Richard Vinroot said. “Wonderful examples of this are former Gov. Jim Martin and 9th District Congressman Alex McMillan, both of whom are among Bob’s protégés.

“I’m most grateful for what Bob did for me personally, but more so for what he’s done for everyone in North Carolina throughout his professional life. Accordingly, Judy and I can think of no better way to honor Bob than at the School of Government, where public service is the essence of their mission.”

A Charlotte native, Richard Vinroot attended UNC on a Morehead Scholarship (now Morehead-Cain), served as class president in his junior and senior years, and played basketball for Coach Dean Smith. He graduated in 1963 with a degree in business administration and went on to get a UNC law degree in 1966. After law school, Vinroot served in Vietnam and earned a Bronze Star. He returned to Charlotte and joined the law firm of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, where he is a senior partner, specializing in commercial litigation.

Vinroot also has extensive experience in public service. He served on the Charlotte City Council from 1983 to 1991 and as mayor of Charlotte from 1991 to 1995. He was the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina in 2000 and lost the election to Mike Easley.

Judy (Allen) Vinroot is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who graduated from UNC with a degree in education in 1965. At UNC she was a class officer, cheerleader and active in numerous campus activities. She earned a master’s degree in adult literacy at Appalachian State University and has taught in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools and at Central Piedmont Community College, also in Charlotte. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the UNC Alumni Association.

The Vinroots have three children, Dr. Richard Vinroot, Jr., Laura Vinroot Poole and Katy Vinroot O’Brien, all of whom graduated from UNC.

June 19, 2009

Scholarships enable 25 UNC students to study in Southeast Asia

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Development) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Twenty-five rising sophomores at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded full scholarships for study abroad in Southeast Asia this summer.

The Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program, based in the College of Arts and Sciences and designed especially for students at the end of their first year, is an eight-week academic program. Now in its seventh year, the program is made possible through a gift by the Twelve Labours Foundation of Carbondale, Colo.

The students will spend four weeks at the National University of Singapore and four weeks at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. They will take two courses: “Migration and Citizenship ” and “History of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.”

This year, the program is led by Niklaus Steiner, Ph.D., who directs the UNC Center for Global Initiatives.

The 2009 students were selected from a pool of more than 110 applicants. Joining the group as the program alumna research fellow is rising junior Monique Hardin of Charlotte. Hardin, a public policy major in the College of Arts and Sciences, was a participant in the program in 2008 and is joining the group this year to undertake an independent research project.

The 2009 scholars are listed below alphabetically by North Carolina town and by state for out-of-state students:

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOLARS

Aberdeen
Hanna Bustillo

Apex
Sean Doris

Asheville
Sarah Morris

Beaufort
Laura Harker

Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Benninger

Charlotte
Lucy Emerson
Aja Kennedy
Donald Mangana
Virginia Sparks

Concord
Nicole Campbell

Fayetteville
Lionel Earl
Danielle Gilliard
Lea Gold
Nina Gupta

Gastonia
Andrea Valedon-Trapote

Greensboro
Steven Langerman

Hope Mills
Sathyaprya Mandjiny

Kings Mountain
Allison Cummings

Oakboro
Meghan Hathcock

Raleigh
Kelsey Kirchmann

OUT-OF-STATE SCHOLARS

California
Stephany Lu, Diamond Bar

Connecticut
Peter Mills, Meriden

Michigan
Morgan Griggs, West Bloomfield

South Carolina
Emily Doll, Columbia

Tennessee
Mary Cooper, Nashville

Program Web site: http://studyabroad.unc.edu/Singapore/

College of Arts and Sciences contacts: Dee Reid, (919) 843-6339, deereid@unc.edu; Kim Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu

June 8, 2009