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Carolina People

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

  • Mexan Mapouka

    Bringing peace and healing to his country

    Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Fellow Dr. Mexan Mapouka is fulfilling his calling to heal others by bringing what he’s learned back to his hometown in the Central African Republic.

  • Miniature figurines of people.

    U.S. life expectancy drop caused by more than pandemic

    COVID-19 played a role, but the larger story is an unhealthy and inequitable society, says a Carolina expert.

  • Max Mitler holds his mute by a piano.

    Tiny tools: This mute maintains harmony

    Next up in our series about employees and their work tools, discover how a simple felt wedge helps Carolina’s pianos stay in tune.

  • Smiling Alison Friedman perched on theater seats.

    Alison Friedman wants the arts to reconnect us

    The Carolina Performing Arts director says live performance can instill joy, belonging and collective well-being.

  • Orlando Hernandez

    Taking a step forward

    The process of going from high school to college always felt like a bit of an unknown for Orlando Hernandez, but through Carolina's C-STEP program, the Tar Heel found the support and guidance he was looking for.

  • Skylar Mclean

    A different path

    Carolina has been Skylar Mclean's dream school since she was a kid, but while attending high school, she didn't feel that she was academically or financially ready for Carolina. A school field trip to a local community college changed the trajectory of her post-secondary education plans of pursuing a career in nursing.

  • Jordan Truglio standing outside.

    Getting to Carolina, step by step

    A former marine sergeant and current Tar Heel Jordan Truglio shares his journey to Carolina.

  • Enya Dewars in a white dress

    C-STEP carves a path to Ph.D.

    C-Step alumna Enya Dewars is using what she learned in the program in her doctorate work as a researcher.