Ninth class of UNC Buckley Public Service Scholars honored at graduation event
Posted on: May 7th, 2013
Two hundred and fifty-eight members of the 2013 class of Buckley Public Service Scholars will be honored May 10 at a ceremony in Memorial Hall, highlighting their years of service while at Carolina. All graduates will receive a Carolina blue and white cord to wear …
Musical Empowerment serves local kids through music
Posted on: May 1st, 2013
University Gazette Photo courtesy of Dan Sears. This fall, Tun and Morris were paired through the Carolina student organization Musical Empowerment, which has given Tun the chance to work with Morris once a week. Morris, a junior psychology major who s …
APPLES honors 2013 award winners
Posted on: April 19th, 2013
UNC students, alumni and local community partners exhibit the importance of public service by serving various communities and making a difference in the lives of others throughout North Carolina and beyond. Every year, the APPLES Service-Learning program recognizes and awards faculty, students, alumni and community partners who have made …
Service-Learning Initiative connects first-years with Carolina community
Posted on: April 10th, 2013
The initial few days on campus for first-year students can be overwhelming, making it difficult to connect to the larger university community. Immersing students in public service to ease that transition is what the Service-Learning Initiative (SLI) is all about. Rani Reddy ‘15 says that …
Seventeen individuals, groups honored for public service
Posted on: April 4th, 2013
University Gazette Engaging young girls in healthy lifestyles, promoting interventions against interpersonal and relationship violence, and addressing the critical need for clean water are just a few of the public service projects the University honore …
Launch aims to help First-generation students
Posted on: April 3rd, 2013
The Daily Tar Heel Launch, a new student organization dedicated to helping high school students make the transition to college, began with a conversation. Sophomores Manhas Narra and Frank Wu, co-founders of the group along with sophomore Abby Dennison …
UNC honors 17 individuals and groups for public service
Posted on: March 26th, 2013
Engaging young girls in healthy lifestyles, promoting interventions against interpersonal and relationship violence and addressing the critical need for clean water are just a few of the public service projects honored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at an annual awards ceremony …
Chancellor Thorp honored with endowment to support UNC faculty
Posted on: March 26th, 2013
H. Holden Thorp, UNC’s outgoing chancellor, has been honored with the establishment of the Chancellor Holden Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars Endowment at the Carolina Center for Public Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The endo …
APPLES Alternative Spring Break
Posted on: March 8th, 2013
Some students will spend spring break in class By Rachel Schmitt | The Daily Tar Heel While many view spring break as a time away from class, some students see it as a time to dig deeper into their field of study. Multiple courses at UNC contain a trav …
Faculty Engaged Scholars and APPLES Service-Learning faculty receive teaching honors
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Twenty-four instructors in 18 different departments or schools, received 2013 University Teaching Awards at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the highest campus-wide recognition for teaching excellence. Five of those recognized are connected to CCPS programs as either Faculty Engaged Scholars or faculty for APPLES service-learning courses.