Keegan is a Colonel Robinson scholar, Sophomore Chemist Award winner, Frank Porter Graham Award winner, and the winner of the Ernest L. Mackie award for the Junior most outstanding in character, scholarship, and leadership. From biological research in the Galapagos … Read more

Graham Collins is from Charlotte, NC. Graham is a researcher at UNC’s Ainslie lab, a winner of the Honors Carolina Taylor Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, and a member of the Biomedical Engineering Club. Before diving into his passion for biomedical … Read more

Chryste Ferrera is from Greensboro, NC and spent her gap year in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia. Her favorite part of her gap year was the opportunity to volunteer in beautiful and diverse countries, and she cannot wait … Read more

Cecilia Polanco is from Durham, NC. At Carolina, she was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, an inducted member of the Order of the Golden Fleece (UNC’s oldest and highest honorary society) and a member of the Campus Y Social Innovation Incubator (CUBE), … Read more

“My gap year forced me to take a step back and understand how the world as a whole is impacted by the collection of communities that inhabit it. These bigger issues facing our world–the degradation of marine habitats, for example–are … Read more

Brad Stackhouse is from Morrisville, NC. Brad’s gap year took him to the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies to perform science dives and conduct research on sharks; to Peru to volunteer as a camp counselor; and to New Zealand to work … Read more

Amy Dingler from Fayetteville, GA worked in a hospice, taught English, and collected data on science dives during her gap year in India, France, Italy, Hungary, Madagascar, and South Africa. During her time at UNC, she remained engaged in community … Read more

Michael Howell is from Granite Falls, NC.  Michael taught English and worked on an organic farm during his gap year in Brazil, Argentina, and Costa Rica. He discovered a passion for language that he further explored with a Foreign Language … Read more