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  • Anna Naples with a map behind her.

    MPA student uses research to increase food security

    Anna Naples built a map to deliver fresh produce to North Carolinians in need.

  • Will holding a Roy Williams Highway sign.

    Full-circle moment for Tar Heel brings hope to North Carolina family

    A UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School course has been raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation for more than a decade. Will Fickling was on the receiving end of those donations as an eighth-grader. Now a Tar Heel, he enrolled in the class to give back.

  • A bell tower surrounded by green trees.

    Creating a pathway to Carolina

    C-STEP provides a pathway for community college students to transfer to and graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill. It is just one way that Carolina is fulfilling its mission of providing greater access to higher education for all North Carolinians.

  • A man standing with a horse.

    Helping veterans thrive

    An empowering clinical outreach program at UNC-Chapel Hill offers veterans and first responders new hope through holistic health care.

  • Shayla Dougland standing in a sidewalk.

    Double Tar Heel serves North Carolina community

    Shayla Douglas launched into a career giving back to North Carolina as the downtown and small business development manager in Garner, North Carolina. Douglas is working to revitalize the downtown area and strengthen the economy of the Wake County town of 31,000.

  • Anna Dodson

    Giving back through medicine

    Anna Dodson is driven by her desire to serve rural populations, particularly her own community in Bunn, North Carolina. As a physician, she plans to return home to be her community's primary care provider for the rest of her career.

  • Aaron Fox

    On to the next

    Even though becoming a psychiatrist had been Aaron Fox’s goal dating back to his high school years, leaving himself open to the next new opportunities led the fourth-year medical student to find his calling in a different kind of medical work: the emergency room.

  • Portrait of Grace White with graphic: Women making history

    She preserves centuries-old artworks for future generations

    The Ackland paper conservator has compared her work to “removing marmalade from toast without dislodging any crumbs.”