Diversity Highlights
Featured Stories and Scholars
Global Grads: Sinan Yorukoglu
Sinan Yorukoglu is an international student studying statistics and operation who has built community at Carolina through events on campus and meeting new people.
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS: Traci Thompson
Traci Thompson is a master’s degree student in public administration who has built community by networking with other graduate students outside of her discipline.
Initiative for Minority Excellence: Jesus Vazquez
Jesus Vazquez is a Ph.D. student in biostatistics who is researching issues that affect the Latino community.
Initiative for Minority Excellence: Janae Shaheed
Janae Shaheed’s research is influenced by her identity and a desire to stay true to her passions and perspectives. She’s engaged with multiple organizations on campus to build community.
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS: Lauren Caton
Lauren Caton is a Ph.D. student who said she considers building a community a critical part of her academic education and time at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Global Grads: Prabhanka Deka
Prabhanka Deka is a Ph.D. student studying statistics. He sees real-world application in data nearly every day, which keeps him motivated during his studies.
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS: Jeonghwan Kim
Jeonghwan Kim is a Ph.D. student from Korea studying Latin American literature. He calls getting into his Ph.D. program as one of the happiest days of his life.
Initiative for Minority Excellence: Laura Mendez
Laura Mendez has built community at Carolina through connections she’s made in the Department of Biology—a department with a large student body who come from a variety of backgrounds. She has also joined a number of student-led organizations that align with her values.
MAGS: Cesar Reyes
Cesar Reyes is a Carolina alumnus who returned to Chapel Hill for his master’s degree in city and regional planning. A veteran of the United States Army, he has found support with the MAGS initiative, part of Diversity and Student Success.
Global Grads: Vamsy Marni
For graduate student Vamsy Marni, the School of Information and Library Science drew him to Chapel Hill. From there, Vamsy was able to find communities of support both internal and external to his master’s degree program.