The Carolina Center for Public Service…
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CONNECTS Carolina students, faculty and staff with each other and with community partners
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Builds campus CAPACITY for community-engaged teaching, research and service
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CELEBRATES the community engagement of UNC-Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university
Stories
Tar Heels Promoting Asian-American Visibility
Using Education to Combat Violence By Alex Saunders In the confusing first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michael Zhang, then a senior in high school, wanted to visit family and friends in Flushing, a section of Queens, New York City, … Continued
Announcing Carolina’s 2022 SECU Public Fellows Interns
The Carolina Center for Public Service is pleased to announce UNC-Chapel Hill’s third cohort of SECU Public Fellows Interns. Through this program, 19 undergraduate students from Carolina are working throughout the summer in partnership with organizations serving rural communities in … Continued
Tar Heels Spreading Mental Health Awareness
Carolina Undergraduates Promote Mental Health Resources Through the Robert E. Bryan Fellowship, an APPLES Service-Learning Program June 30, 2022 By Alex Saunders Caroline Clodfelter, director of the student-led TEACH Initiative North Carolina (TEACH), says that substance dependency and mental health … Continued
Announcing the 2022 UNC Public Service Award Recipients
Ten Carolina faculty, staff, students and organizations recognized at the 23rd annual Public Service Awards Chapel Hill, N.C. – Ten Carolina faculty, staff, students and organizations were recognized at the 23rd annual Public Service Awards on April 12, 2022 … Continued
First Year Tar Heel Empowers Youth and Addresses Clothing and Food Insecurity
APPLES Intern, Riley Harper, is Making the Most of His Time at Carolina By Alex Saunders Riley Harper has big dreams to accomplish during his time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a first-year student from … Continued
Redefining Mentorship: A Transformative, Life-Altering & Everlasting Connection
By Shatera McNair, Class of 2022 Sociology Major, Minoring in both Education and Social and Economic Justice Seeking Reconnection At the tail end of a fully remote 2020-2021 school year, I was frantically planning for my senior year. Similar … Continued
Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars Class VIII Announced
The Carolina Center for Public Service Announces 10 Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars for 2021-2023 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (OCT. 25, 2021) – A new class of 10 Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars (FES) joined together with peer faculty who are diverse in … Continued
“Out of your comfort zone”: Group backpacking during a pandemic
As the rest of us bounced between Zoom classes, Netflix and other screen-mediated activities while sitting inside our cozy homes during last winter’s COVID-19 surge, some Carolina students directed their browsers to ccps.unc.edu and submitted an application for an opportunity … Continued