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GEF Blog: Advancing Education in Karenni Refugee Camps

June 8, 2018

The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social-­justice oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Anna DeGrauw. At the entrance of Ban Mae Surin, thin vines wrap themselves along tree branches … Read more

Leah Everist named Luce Scholar

March 6, 2018

Leah Everist, a fourth-year student with roots at the Campus Y, has been named a 2018 Luce Scholar. She is one of only 18 students in the United States selected for this prestigious internship program in Asia. [Read UNC’s official … Read more

Phyta to compete in Melbourne for Hult Prize

March 6, 2018

Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Phyta! The team has won the Hult Prize Melbourne Regional Final. Phyta, a current CUBE venture powered by Eliza Harrison (’19), Lucy Best (’19), and Emily Kian (’20), is making waves at startup competitions across the … Read more

we are Receives $125,000 Grant from Kenan Charitable Trust

February 12, 2018

“All of my life experiences up to this point have prepared me for this very moment,” said Ronda Taylor Bullock in a Facebook post Tuesday, January 30. Bullock announced that her organization we are (working to extend anti-racist education) has …

Campus Y alum finds purpose and passion on pupusa food truck

February 9, 2018

Could you give a brief overview of your path to UNC? My parents and three sisters fled the civil war in El Salvador and migrated to Los Angeles about ten years before I was born. Right before my first birthday, … Read more

Campus Y announces 2018 Kenan Biddle Partnership grantees

January 17, 2018

The Campus Y has announced the 2018 recipients of the Kenan Biddle Partnership grants program. Funded by the Kenan Charitable Trust and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the Kenan Biddle Partnership will award a total of $55,000 to seven teams … Read more

Lessons learned at The Nour Center

October 6, 2017

The following blog was written by Lucia Mock. My work bag is full of silver and blue glitter, and for the past few days, everything that I grab out of this bag – usually important things like my laptop, pens, … Read more

Project Heel visits Ghana

September 14, 2017

The following blog was written by Jacob Stocks and Gretchen Blankinship. We are members of the Campus Y organization Project Heel, and this past May we traveled to West Africa where we partnered with a primary school and the Methodist … Read more

Campus Y selects 2017-2018 Global Gap Year Fellows

July 31, 2017

The Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has selected ten 2017-2018 Global Gap Year Fellowship (GGYF) recipients. These eight, incoming first-year students and two rising juniors will defer a year of university enrollment to gain … Read more