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Taina Asili to Host Social Justice Artist Residency 4/12-4/14
From April 12th through April 14th the UNC Chapel Hill Campus Y will be hosting New York-based Puerto Rican singer, filmmaker and activist Taína Asili for an in person artist residency. This residency was made possible with support from Arts Everywhere! Taína Asili carries on the tradition of her ancestors, … Read more
Tam Le (’24) Creates New Mural on Nature and Mental Health for Campus Y
Tam Le (’24) poses for a photo with her mural in progress on the third floor of the Campus Y. The Campus Y’s First Year Council held an open call for mural submissions in March, asking the UNC community to submit applications for a nature-based mural that “reminds students of … Read more
Laura Saavedra Forero and Megan Murphey elected Co-Presidents of the Campus Y for 2022-2023
Co-Presidents Laura Saavedra Forero (’25) and Megan Murphey (’23) pose for a photo in front of the Campus Y. Earlier this March, Laura Saavedra Forero (’25) and Megan Murphey (’23) were elected Co-Presidents of the Campus Y for the 2022-2023 school year. We spoke with Laura and Megan about their … Read more
Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Mayo (’79)
Thomas Mayo (’79) poses for a photo with his sons. Thomas Mayo graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1979 as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. During his time at the Campus Y, he was involved in a tutoring program in local schools, a part of the Y … Read more
Global Gap Year Fellow Halden Levin (’25) offers a gift to the Campus Y: One Thousand Paper Cranes: A little gift, a little story, a little thank you
Halden Levin (’25) is a first year student at UNC and member of the 2020-2021 Global Gap Year Fellowship. During her gap year, Halden learned Mandarin Chinese, engaged in Zen Buddhism, and supported the disability community. She studied Mandarin Chinese at the Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages in Kaohsiung, Taiwan … Read more
Campus Y launches its first podcast: Social Justice Stories!
On Friday March 4th, the Campus Y launched their first official podcast, Social Justice Stories! In our first episode, we talk to Jaki Bonilla (’12), the Social Innovations Coordinator at the Campus Y about the power of connection, what it means to come to a halt in the name of mental health, and … Read more
Campus Y celebrates 10 years of Bonner Leaders
Bonner leaders pose for a photo in front of the Campus Y in 2017. This year, the Campus Y is celebrating ten years of the Bonner Leaders Program at UNC- Chapel Hill. The Bonner Leaders Program is a four-year service-based scholarship program that allows students to earn their work study … Read more
Bridge Year allows Sonia Rao (’24) to recharge and rebuild
Like most college students, going to school online in the midst of a pandemic wasn’t easy for Sonia Rao (’24). During her sophomore year at UNC in 2020, Rao was living off-campus in Chapel Hill, working for The Daily Tar Heel and staring at a computer screen all day. By … Read more
Yalitza Ramos announced as the new Director of the Campus Y
On August 26, UNC announced Yalitza Ramos as the new director of the Campus Y. After earning bachelors’ degrees in Psychology and Spanish from UNC in 2005 and earning her master’s in social work from UNC in 2014, Yalitza returned to Chapel Hill as the director of the Bonner Leaders … Read more
Diversity spotlight: Jamya Graham
Each month, the UNC Office of Diversity & Inclusion is spotlighting one Carolina community member who exemplifies its mission to build and sustain an inclusive campus community. This month’s spotlight is Jamya Graham, chair of the Campus Y committee Carolina Defender. It was never a question that Jamya Graham would … Read more