Journey

Building Your Pre-Med Application (1st and 2nd Years)

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Thinking about a career in medicine? Are you still unclear about the requirements to get into medical school? This workshop will provide you with information on academic coursework, application timelines, entrance exams, and extracurricular activities that are required in a … Continued

Courtney Miller-Hileman, FBI Office of Public Affairs

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Courtney Miller-Hileman graduated from UNC in 2008 with a B.A. in Journalism and Political Science.  Join Courtney for coffee and conversation as she shares her path from UNC to the FBI and insight on FBI internship opportunities.

SpeakOut: An Honors Carolina PRIDE Conversation with Tony Kearney ’87

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join alumnus Tony Kearney (Director, Strategic Relationships/Planned Parenthood Southeast) for coffee and conversation. Tony specializes in identifying, building, and fostering organizational relationships that build connections between Planned Parenthood and allies. We invite you to visit with Tony and learn more about … Continued

Lisa Church, Former President of eMarketer

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Lisa Church recently served as president of eMarketer, a research firm located in New York City that provides business information on digital media, marketing, and commerce. Church developed strong, lasting relationships with many of the world's largest brands, media companies, and … Continued

Professor Carol Arnosti, UNC Dept. of Marine Sciences

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Carol Arnosti is a UNC professor in the Marine Sciences department, holding degrees from MIT and Lawrence University. Dr. Arnosti has worked on 29 research cruises in the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, in coastal North Carolina, and … Continued

Kathryn Crockart, US Diplomat in Residence

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Kathryn Crockart is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service currently serving as the Diplomat in Residence (DIR) for the mid-Atlantic region (North Carolina, South Carolina, and most of Virginia). As a DIR, she helps a diverse cross-section of Americans … Continued

Jon Park, Head of Strategic Product Partnerships, North America at Facebook

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Jon Park (’06) is currently Head of Strategic Product Partnerships, North America at Facebook. Before starting at Facebook nine years ago, Jon worked at Google and joined a start-up in the Bay Area. At Carolina, Jon was a Johnston Scholar … Continued

Phil Phillips, Demystifying Wall Street and Wall Street Jobs

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Phil Phillips has been in the finance industry for over 40 years. After more than 20 years at Merrill Lynch as Vice President and Municipal Bond Underwriter, Phillips transitioned to AllianceBernstein where he served as Principal and Senior Vice President … Continued

Professor Charlie Tuggle, UNC Hussman School of Media and Jouranlism

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

C.A. Tuggle — Dr. T to his students — enjoyed a 16-year career in local television news and media relations before returning to academia to educate and train a new wave of broadcast journalists. He spent 11 years at WFLA-TV, … Continued

SpeakOut: an Honors Carolina PRIDE conversation with Jay W. Sammons ’98 (Managing Director and Head of the Global Consumer, Media & Retail Team, The Carlyle Group)

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join alumnus Jay W. Sammons (Managing Director and Head of the Global Consumer, Media & Retail Team, The Carlyle Group) for coffee and conversation. After graduating from UNC, Jay earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and worked at J.P. … Continued

Introducing the Deloitte Diversity and Inclusion Greenhouse

1789 Venture Lab 173E E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Chapel Hill, NC

Join Deloitte practitioners for a first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Greenhouse. All first-year, second-year, and third-year UNC undergrads interested in the Deloitte Consulting Business Analyst Summer Scholar and Full Time programs are invited to join this 60-minute workshop brainstorming solutions to … Continued

Carol McDonald, CEO Meridian Solutions/Principal, 76 Words

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Carol is a seasoned communications professional with over 20 years of experience in communications strategy, issue advocacy, electoral campaigns and power-building. Before launching Meridian Solutions, she spent a decade leading organizing and advocacy work at Planned Parenthood Federation of America … Continued

Mackenzie Thomas, Product Inclusion, Equity, & Diversity at Google

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Mackenzie Thomas (UNC ’13) for a discussion on inclusive storytelling, civic technology, and the intersection of media and tech. Mackenzie has spent the last 6 years at Google, most recently leading product and marketing inclusion for some of Google’s … Continued

Honors Carolina Business Leadership Speaker Series: Bill and Leigh Goodwyn

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Bill Goodwyn is Founder and Vice Chairman of Discovery Education, the leading provider of curriculum based digital content and professional development in the U.S. reaching more than half of U.S. K-12 classrooms, 50 million students, and 90 countries worldwide. Goodwyn … Continued

Don Millen Jr., Managing Director, Dragonfly Capital

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Don Millen Jr. has over 25 years of experience in advising and investing in high-growth private and public businesses. Prior to founding Dragonfly Capital in 2000, he worked with Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (BHC), a Charlotte-based merger and acquisition … Continued

RTI International – UNC Alumni Panel

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Communications professionals from RTI International--all UNC graduates--will be discussing their career paths in (and outside of) media and their current experiences in the scientific and social science research space. Panel members represent multiple generations and degree areas. RTI (www.rti.org) is … Continued

Professor Peter Mucha, Department of Mathematics and Applied Physical Sciences

Graham Memorial: Room 011 (Basement Level) 218 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Peter Mucha is a Professor of Mathematics and Applied Physical Sciences. Born in Texas and raised in Minnesota, Mucha moved east to attend college at Cornell University were he majored in Engineering Physics. After a Churchill Scholarship studying in the … Continued