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Carolina People

Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heel print on campus and make our community stronger.

  • Raven Smith

    Meet a new Tar Heel: Raven Smith

    After working as an emergency room nurse at Duke Regional Hospital and UNC Hospitals for the past three years, Raven Smith returned to the classroom this fall to work toward a doctorate degree in nursing from the UNC School of Nursing.

  • Jayla Cobbs

    Meet a new Tar Heel: Jayla Cobbs

    A Junior EMT since she was 14, incoming first-year student Jayla Cobbs is joining the Carolina community to go deeper into the world of medicine.

  • Mary Grace holding a sign that says

    Meet a new Tar Heel: Mary Grace

    Throughout her life, 64-year-old Mary Grace has been an activist, a mother, a teacher, a student and a world traveler. And, now, she’s a Carolina student.

  • headshots of new faculty

    Roll out the welcome mat

    Their interests range from neurodegenerative diseases to eating disorders to race, class and gender to playing and teaching jazz saxophone. Meet six of Carolina’s newest faculty members.

  • Rodney Hood speaks at a meeting.

    Alumnus Rodney Hood finds his calling helping others

    Carolina alumnus Rodney Hood has made a career out of serving underserved communities. As chair of the National Credit Union Administration, he is now taking that mission to the federal level.

  • The Varsity Alley arch on Franklin Street.

    Portraits of Chapel Hill

    Meet some of the Tar Heel alumni who run beloved local businesses in Chapel Hill.

  • Massey Award winner Steve Davis holds a Native American artifact.

    Excavating the past to serve the future

    Massey Award winner Steve Davis has dedicated his life to preserving the history of North Carolina’s Native American peoples for future generations.

  • #GDTBATH Landon Bost

    #GDTBATH: Landon Bost

    Rising senior Landon Bost was one of 16 students nationwide selected to attend the Sports Journalism Institute, a fellowship program for minorities and women that seeks to diversify sports journalism.