The 2012-2013 academic year has been fruitful for students who participated in Honors Carolina offerings and pursued national scholarships. Honors Carolina student Rachel Myrick won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship last fall, and seven other students joined her this spring as winners of distinguished scholarships and awards.

Will Leimenstoll is one of UNC’s two 2013 Luce Scholar Program winners. His Honors Study Abroad semester in Cape Town, South Africa played a key role in fostering an interest in urban planning that he will continue in Asia. Henry Ross is UNC’s second 2013 Luce winner. He is an Honors Carolina student studying classics and criminal law who hopes to learn more about legal systems in Asia during the coming year.

Kelsey Jost-Creegan is a 2013 Humanity in Action Fellow. She is an Honors Carolina student who explored her interests in migration and human rights through Honors Carolina courses.

Akhil Jariwala was selected as a 2013 Udall Scholar. He plans to utilize the experiences gained as an Honors Carolina student studying business and environment to integrate clean technology solutions across the globe. Patrick Short is the 40th Goldwater Scholar from UNC. He is an Honors Carolina student who served as a coordinator for ten classes in Honors Carolina’s C-START program and is double majoring in applied and computational mathematics and biology.

Will Lindsey recently became UNC 30th Truman Scholar. He is an Honors Carolina student and a history and political science double major who studied Shakespeare during his Honors Summer in London and Oxford. Will seeks to attend graduate school for public policy and law.

Alex Caprara is the 2013 UNC winner of the Beinecke Scholarship. He is an Honors Carolina student who discovered his love for classics in an Honors seminar. Alex will delve further into the field with this graduate award.

These eight students discovered and stoked their interests with the support and resources offered by Honors Carolina.

Honors Carolina. Come Here. Go Anywhere.

Rachel Myrick, an Honors Carolina student who will graduate in May 2013, is the 48th Carolina student selected as a Rhodes Scholar.

Rachel will pursue a master’s degree in international relations at the University of Oxford, where she will study the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict in world politics. She became interested in applying for the Rhodes Scholarship while studying abroad through the Honors Semester in London during her sophomore year.

Rachel embodies the spirit of our promise to all Honors Carolina students. By serving as co-chair of the Honors Student Executive Board, developing and teaching her own seminar course through the Carolina Students Taking Academic Responsibility through Teaching (C-START) program, and conducting research for her senior Honors Thesis in political science, she has taken full advantage of Honors Carolina and its opportunities.

Click here to hear Rachel discuss her Honors Carolina experience.