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Remembering to be Flexible
The following blog was written by Meagan Meekins, a Global Engagement Fellow currently working in Guatemala. Being in the Peace Corps taught me that you can never prepare for life abroad. You will learn more than you thought. You will stretch yourself farther than you thought. You will find … Read more
1-on-1 with Scott Moody: Combining Mission and Market
By Emory Nager Carolina THINK and Innovate Carolina present Scott Moody who is responsible for Apple’s fingerprint recognition system found in the iPhone 5s. Scott founded AuthenTec, a tech company that made fingerprint sensors that could be used to unlock phones and computers, which then sold to Apple in 2012 … Read more
The Great Carolina Cook-Off Comes to UNC
By Emory Nager The local non-profit Hope Gardens is sponsoring the upcoming UNC event of the Great Carolina Cook-Off on Thursday, March 30 from 6 PM to 9 PM in the Great Hall of the Student Union. The Great Carolina Cook-Off is a campus-wide cooking contest that allows students to … Read more
Best Buddies Making News
image via Daily Tar Heel The Daily Tar Heel featured Campus Y committee Best Buddies today, highlighting the way the organization pairs volunteers with community members in one-on-one partnerships based on friendship. Since it’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, it’s an especially good time to check out one of the … Read more
Empty Bowls Returns to Chapel Hill
By Emory Nager The Campus Y Committee Tar Heel TABLE fights food insecurity in the local Chapel Hill/Carrboro community, working closely with TABLE NC, which helps provide local hungry children with food. TABLE is holding an event called Empty Bowls at Weaver Street Market this coming Sunday, October 16 from 3:30-7:00 called Empty Bowls. … Read more
Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis Campaigns for Clinton in Front of the Campus Y
Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis campaigned for Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton in front of the Campus Y on Friday, October 23rd. Davis spoke on women’s rights in a Q&A covered by the Daily Tar Heel on Friday. According to the article, Davis is advocating for Clinton because of her strong … Read more
DTH Covers the Charlotte Protests
Charlotte continues to see scores of protestors flooding its streets following the death of Keith Lamont Scott as a result of a fatal gunshot wound from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Brentley Vinson last week. Scott is the latest in a long line of police-shootings of black males. The Daily Tar … Read more
Hunger Lunch Partners with So Good Pupusas
Image via Daily Tar Heel Hunger Lunch, held on Wednesdays at UNC, helps fund community development projects all over the world by Nourish-UNC, a student-run nonprofit dedicated to social justice. Now CUBE venture So Good Pupusas is providing the food. Read all about it here.
Mom, Can I Change My Flight?
The following blog was written by Aryana Bolourian, a rising Junior in the Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y. Aryana works at the Teen Center as a Bonner; she is working with AISEC in Santiago Chile this summer through the Bonner International Summer of Service internship. I had no idea my time in … Read more
CUBE Pitch Party Brings Social Venture Ideas to Life
On August 12, CUBE, Carolina’s social innovation incubator, held a pitch party to showcase the concepts behind its new cohort of social ventures. The pitch party, held at the Top of the Hill on Franklin St., was the culmination of a two-week summer accelerator. CUBE’s summer accelerator included interactive workshops … Read more