APPLES in the News

Creating Community for Adolescents with Obesity

By Eve Elliott, APPLES Service-Learning summer fellow At 16, Faith Newsome had never known a time when she didn’t carry excess body weight. That year, as she prepared for bariatric weight loss surgery, she looked in vain for a community … Continued

Launching into Service

Kirti Patel, a Carolina first-year from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is sweating over a long wooden board. He’s trying to pull out a bent screw from what would otherwise be scrap wood, but in this context is recycled wood: destined … Continued

Shaping national issues on a local level

  The Wake County Commissioner internship featured in this story, along with four other APPLES Service-Learning summer internships with public officials, would not have been possible without the generous sponsorship of Jesse White, Ph.D, retired director of the Office of … Continued

A summer in public safety

When Carolina senior Purshotam Aruwani started his policy and strategic planning summer internship in the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS), he expected to have a traditional desk job, sitting at a computer all day. Instead, he found himself … Continued

‘This is my home:’ student gives back to Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill isn’t Daniel Bowen’s hometown, but it is his home. When the rising junior first arrived at Carolina from Florida, he knew this place was special. By Emilie Poplett, University Communications “I applied to colleges all over the country … Continued

Real-Life Value: APPLES Service-Learning Course Instructor Heather Knorr

By Eve Elliott, APPLES Summer Fellow   Tucked in a back meeting room of the Carolina Union, service-learning leaders from across campus scribbled down notes. Their eyes were locked on Heather Knorr. At the front of the room, Knorr was … Continued

Giving Back to North Carolina

Service-learning students spent their spring breaks providing community service throughout the state and the region. Story by Emilie Poplett, University Communications Video by Rob Holliday, University Communications While many Carolina students spent spring break traveling to tropical destinations for a … Continued

APPLES alternative breaks launches new break experience

By Becca Kronebusch A record 82 Carolina students participated in APPLES Service-Learning Alternative Fall Break, providing direct and indirect service to communities across North Carolina and the southeast. The seven break trips focused on each community’s needs, including Latinx, urban, … Continued