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Campus Y welcomes two new committees
The number of Campus Y committees will jump from 31 to 33 next year when the Campus Y welcomes Carolina Defender and Refugee Community Partnership into its community of student-run student organizations. To become a Campus Y committee, student organizations must: have aligning missions and values as the Campus Y … Read more
Campus Y: Then and Now with Kipp Williams (’21) and Louise Williams (’59)
Kipp Williams, one of this year’s Campus Y co-presidents, and his grandma, Louise Williams, discuss their experiences at the Campus Y more than sixty years apart. This Valentine’s Day, we’re sending big love to all our members, current and past! https://youtu.be/8GVjFB7kvuQ
Thilini Weerakkody and Veda Patil elected 2020-2021 Campus Y Co-Presidents
On Tuesday, February 11, student members elected Thilini Weerakkody and Veda Patil as the Campus Y’s new Co-Presidents. Weerakkody and Patil, who ran unopposed, released a comprehensive platform that outlined their goals ahead of election day. This document, entitled “A Place at the Table,” detailed their plans to: Prioritize marginalized … Read more
Two Bonner Leaders receive Francis L. Phillips Travel Scholarship
The Frances L. Phillips Travel Scholarship provides an opportunity for Juniors and Seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who attended high school in North Carolina to engage in individual self-designed and directed international travel experiences for periods ranging from … Read more
Tar Heel, Blue Devil team up to support startups in Kenya
Story by Brandon Bieltz, unc.edu Over the past decade, it’s become more commonplace for Carolina and Duke University students to launch a start-up in the Triangle. Resources and mentors from both universities and the surrounding communities help make the task easier. That supportive environment doesn’t exist everywhere, but a Carolina … Read more
Best Buddies’ innovative “B3 Coffee” expands nationally
Jacklyn Googins (’19) first got the idea for B3 Coffee the summer before her senior year as an undergraduate at UNC. At the time, she was a part of UNC Best Buddies, a Campus Y committee dedicated to creating one-to-one friendships with UNC students and community members with Intellectual and … Read more
CUBE venture Veera brings “cold” comfort to farmers in India
Veera CEO Varun Jain (third from left) meeting with farmers in India. Veera is a word meaning “brave” in Hindi. It’s a word that UNC juniors Varun Jain, Nicholas Ashcraft and Grant Everist used to name their startup, encapsulating the idea that their cold storage unit boxes, running from renewable … Read more
Faith Newsome profiled in The New York Times
Faith Newsome founded OCEANS in 2018 to offer support and advocacy to people ages 12 to 21 living with obesity. OCEANS, which stands for “outreach, community engagement, advocacy and non-discriminatory support,” aims to empower adolescents through three different areas of programming: monthly socials, an annual activity day, and policy-based advocacy … Read more
Meet the CUBE venture combating Durham’s staggering birth disparities
Durham Volunteer Doulas (DVD) is strengthening its mission to offer accessible doula care in the Triangle area. In 2019, DVD’s first full year in operation, the nonprofit has supported 33 local mothers and offered two free doula workshops to local community members. Before DVD launched, there were no organizations focused … Read more
SEAC celebrates 30th anniversary of country’s first student-run environmental conference
In 1988, the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) placed an ad in the classifieds section of Greenpeace magazine to connect with other students interested in working on environmental issues. Almost 200 campus-based environmental groups replied and, less than a year after placing the ad, SEAC’s leaders found themselves planning … Read more