Author Archives: Jason Clemmons

Zena Cardman to deliver Spring Commencement address

  NASA Astronaut Zena Cardman ’10, ’14 (MS) will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024 at the University’s Spring Commencement. The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in Kenan Stadium. The double Tar … Continued

Honors Carolina student and alumna named Schwarzman Scholars 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Lizabeth Bamgboye and alumna Maria Silva have been awarded the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship, which provides a fully-funded master’s program in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. They are Carolina’s 12th and 13th … Continued

Five students selected as 2019 Burch Fellows

Five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences were selected as recipients of the 2019 Burch Fellowship to pursue unique, self-defined educational experiences anywhere off UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The Burch Fellows Program … Continued

Four students selected as 2019 Carolina Blue Honors Fellows

Four students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as recipients of the 2019 Carolina Blue Honors Fellowship to pursue unique and self-initiated summer internships built around international sports entrepreneurship. The Carolina Blue Honors Fellowship was … Continued

Scott Emmons named Churchill Scholar

Scott Emmons, a fourth-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, a research-focused award that provides funding to outstanding American students for a year of master’s degree … Continued

Maggie Hilderbran named Marshall Scholar

Maggie Hilderbran, a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, a graduate studies scholarship to study at either one or two United Kingdom institutions, in any … Continued

Emily Venturi and Alice Huang Named Schwarzman Scholars

Emily Venturi, a 2018 graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Alice Huang, a 2016 graduate, have been selected for the Schwarzman Scholars program, an elite China-based scholarship modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship and founded by Blackstone … Continued

Three students selected as 2019 Weir Fellows

Three students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as recipients of the 2019 William D. Weir Honors Fellowship in Asian Studies, a program designed for students who have started their Chinese language journey and would … Continued