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Students use spring break to serve, explore careers

By Brennan Doherty, University Communica … Read more

APPLES Alternative Spring Breaks Forge Relationships

By Alexander Saunders As APPLES Service- … Read more

PHIL 292 Students Win APPLES Grants

PHIL 292 Students Win APPLES Grants by U … Read more

Apples and Buckley Public Service Scholars Shape Tomorrow’s Leaders

A group of people look at the camera and smile. A turquoise building is in the background.

By Alex Saunders Samantha Luu (2014, 201 … Read more

Tar Heels Promoting Asian-American Visibility

Using Education to Combat Violence By Al … Read more

Tar Heels Spreading Mental Health Awareness

Carolina Undergraduates Promote Mental H … Read more

First Year Tar Heel Empowers Youth and Addresses Clothing and Food Insecurity

Riley Harper stands outside of the Durham Scrap Exchange. Additional photos show the materials inside of the organization's building, as well as a ladybug decoration at the location.

APPLES Intern, Riley Harper, is Making t … Read more

Redefining Mentorship: A Transformative, Life-Altering & Everlasting Connection

By Shatera McNair, Class of 2022 Sociolo … Read more

Keeping it Local: APPLES Interns Reflect on a Summer of Service

Summertime is often seen as a time for r … Read more

Service-Learning Instructor Emphasizes Justice Over Charity

Since 1990, the APPLES Service-Learning … Read more

When Service-Learning Comes Full Circle

By Korie Dean, University Communications … Read more

Finding Musical Harmony in a Pandemic

collection of portraits of musicians that guest lectured MUSC 400

Written By: Eve Elliott ’21 For many peo … Read more

Serving Across a Diverse Spectrum

JP Sasser smiles with his science experiment from his activity with his community partner

By Eve Elliott ’21 This story uses perso … Read more

Resilience and Connection in Virtual APPLES Alternative Breaks

Alternative break students

Written by Eve Elliott ’21   For mo … Read more

APPLES Service-Learning Initiative, Pandemic-Style

2020 SLI screenshot

By Shatera McNair, APPLES Service-Learni … Read more

Meet Bryan Fellow Rida Bayraktar

Carolina sophomore Rida Bayraktar founde … Read more

Turning a Service-Learning Experience into a Long-Term Commitment

Modi's AWB group in December 2019

Written by Shatera McNair, APPLES Summer … Read more

Advocating for Survivors

Rising senior Aida Al-Akhdar is internin … Read more

Learning and Growing: APPLES Alternative Spring Break 2020

Written by Serah Lee ‘20 On this year’s … Read more

APPLES Alternative Winter Break 2019

The team of volunteers helped to build a home.

Written by Serah Lee ’20 What do the hol … Read more

Creating Community for Adolescents with Obesity

By Eve Elliott, APPLES Service-Learning … Read more

Launching into Service

SLI: Launch 2019

Kirti Patel, a Carolina first-year from … Read more

Shaping national issues on a local level

Carolina junior Abby Boettcher at her 2019 APPLES Service-Learning summer internship with Wake County Commissioner Matt Calabria

  The Wake County Commissioner inte … Read more

A summer in public safety

Carolina senior Purshotam Aruwani at his desk in the N.C. Department of Public Safety, during his 2019 APPLES Service-Learning summer internship.

When Carolina senior Purshotam Aruwani s … Read more

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

Chapel Hill isn’t Daniel Bowen’s hometow … Read more

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

APPLES Service-Learning students

By Eve Elliott, APPLES Summer Fellow … Read more

Giving Back to North Carolina

student where's protective mask while using saw for disaster relief

Service-learning students spent their sp … Read more

APPLES alternative breaks launches new break experience

By Becca Kronebusch A record 82 Carolina … Read more

Jesse White shares his reason for giving

When I came to Carolina in January of 20 … Read more