12.3.21 | Higher Education, Student Achievement, Young Alumni
It’s the first time three Tar Heels have been chosen in the same year for one of the world’s oldest and best-known scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
Patrick Clinch, a senior studying history and political science, has been named Carolina’s 21st Marshall Scholar. read more
Two alumni from the class of 2020, Peter Andringa and Sarah Mackenzie, have won Rhodes Scholarships, the world’s oldest and best-known awards for graduate study, based at the University of Oxford in England. read more
Two Carolina students have been selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship — a competitive fully funded scholarship for graduate study in any subject available at the University of Cambridge in England. read more
Twenty-three students and recent graduates of the University have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2019-20, the highest number of recipients from UNC in one year. read more
Sophomore Elayna Locklear, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, has been awarded the Udall Scholarship. read more
Andrew Pendergast has been selected for the Goldwater Scholarship, considered one of the most prestigious undergraduate scholarships in natural sciences, mathematics and engineering in America. read more
Scott Emmons received the research-focused award that provides funding for a year of master’s degree study at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge in England. read more
Maggie Hilderbran has received the graduate studies scholarship to study at up to two United Kingdom institutions, in any field of study. read more
A Carolina alumnus — who as an undergraduate researched arts and peace education and more recently, as a UNC employee, developed a violence prevention program for undergraduate and graduate students — has been awarded a Gates Cambridge… read more