The 260 members of the Class of 2013 who are Buckley Public Service Scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be honored Friday, May 10, at a ceremony in Memorial Hall. To represent their achievement, all graduates will receive a Carolina blue and white cord to wear at Commencement May 12.
The 260 members of the Class of 2013 who are Buckley Public Service Scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be honored Friday, May 10, at a ceremony in Memorial Hall. To represent their achievement, all graduates will receive a Carolina blue and white cord to wear at Commencement May 12.
The program, part of the Carolina Center for Public Service, supports and strengthens Carolina students’ commitment to service, connects them to others who care about similar issues and guides them through training and course work that make their service more effective.
Since the program’s launch in 2003, more than 5,635 program participants have contributed over 1 million hours of public service. Currently 9.2 percent of Carolina undergraduates are enrolled as participants. In 2011, an anonymous donor established the Walter White Buckley Jr. Endowment to support Buckley Public Service Scholars for years to come.
Buckley scholars must have a minimum grade-point average, complete at least 300 hours of service, take one service-learning course and attend four skills-training workshops. Most of this year’s graduates exceeded those requirements, on average completing more than 450 hours of service. Fifteen students reported more than 1,000 hours each, and two students recorded more than 2,000. These students join the 1,280 scholars who have graduated since 2003.
“The Buckley Public Service Scholars program opened up a whole new aspect of UNC that I was not aware of when I enrolled,” said senior Sarbajeet Nagdas. “However, through my activities, I soon realized how much I enjoyed public service and its great educational potential. The great value and joy I found in public service through the program led me to slightly shift my goals to a more service-oriented career.”
This year, participating students reported service with more than 1,000 organizations, including TABLE, UNC Dance Marathon, Habitat for Humanity, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Autism Outreach.
The 2013 Buckley graduates reported 114,558 hours of service as of early April 2013. Of those hours, 69.5 percent were served in North Carolina, 13 percent in other states and 17.5 percent internationally.
“During their time at Carolina, these impressive students have strengthened their commitment to service while also expanding their skills as they connected with communities in North Carolina, across the United States and around the world,” said Lynn Blanchard, director of the Carolina Center for Public Service. “Each has demonstrated dedication and passion in serving, and we commend them for their accomplishments.”
The center offers a variety of programs that support public service and engagement, providing students, faculty and staff many ways to explore service opportunities, learn new skills and link their academic endeavors to making a difference in the community.
For more information about each scholar, visit http://ccps.unc.edu/news-events/publications-reports/bps-graduation-bulletin/
Carolina Center for Public Service contact: Rhonda Beatty (919) 843-7568, rbeatty@unc.edu
News Services contact: Susan Hudson (919) 962-8415, susan_hudson@unc.edu
2013 Buckley Public Service Scholar graduates by county, state and country:
Alamance
Monisola Oyedepo
Ashe
Kansas Clarke
Bertie
Antoinette Newsome
Buncombe
Gabriel Brown
Ana Cabello-De La Garza
Laura Guderian
Jessica Hetzel
Leslie Hopper
Sarah Kaminer
Christopher Scanzoni
Burke
Emily Bailey
George Kuehnert
Marlena Moore
Yesenia Pedro Vicente
Caldwell
Lauren Livingston
Carteret
Spencer Bakalar
Catawba
Madison Lackey
Mao Yang
Chatham
Erin Walker
Cleveland
Mariah Street
Cumberland
Ashlea Carver
Anupam Dalvi
Marissa Gluck
Sarbajeet Nagdas
Dare
Alexandra Munden
Davidson
Lindsay Larison
Elizabeth Windsor
Durham
Margaret Anderson
Nina Bryce
Emily Ellis
Patricia Huerta
Scott Lallier
Lindsey Lang
Camille McGirt
Swati Rayasam
Kavya Sekar
Bilan Stribling
Grace Sykes
Rukhsona Usmanova
Forsyth
Kelly Buchanan
Georgia Cavanaugh
Lauren Hovis
Waverly Lynch
Lindsey Miller
Samuel Reed
Meghan Robbins
Adam Robinson
Colin Sullivan
Sana Tariq
Johnny Ubri-Cardona
Gaston
Emily Keefer
Elyse Will
Granville
Michelle Hicks
Guilford
Prosper Amponsah
Audrey Boyles
Austyn Canada
Lindsay Chambers
Elizabeth Gooding
Min Kim
William Leimenstoll
Jennifer Pan
Natalie Prince
Ilyasah Shabazz
Emily Tinsley
Haywood
Gabrielle Neri-Mynatt
Hertford
Bhumi Dalia
Iredell
Chelsea McMullen
Jackson
Chelsea Phipps
Lenoir
Laurin Novitsky
Martin
Krishna Patel
Mecklenburg
Hope Almeida
Alexandra Biggers
Holly Brugger
Helen Bui
Adrienne Dahrouge
Mitali Dayal
Kevin Diao
Jacob Frumkin
Amanda Gadsden
Alison Gover
Emma Harver
Brooke Herda
Cornelia Hoover
Michael Little
Michael Mastropole
Ashley McClelland
Taryn McNamee
Asia Morris
Rachel Myrick
Jackclyn Ngo
Sara Skelton
Montgomery
Jonathan Hurley
Nash
Patrick Heenan
Bernard Walston
New Hanover
Mary Nell Johnson
Chesley Kalnen
James Lancaster
Emily Linett
Emalyn Penn
Bess Powell
Emily Sheppard
Northampton
Victoria Bennett
Jeffrey White
Onslow
Albertina Kawatu
Rachel Johnston
Orange
Sterling Cates
Julie Crimmins
Asif Khan
Nicholas Ludlow
Sarika Mendu
Mary Wurzelmann
Pamlico
Xiao Liu
Pasquotank
Erin McCarty
Pitt
Cameron Horne
Polk
Elizabeth Willis
Randolph
Anna Karam
Rita Phetmixay
Rockingham
Rebekah Morrison
Brittney Stokes
Bianca White
Rowan
Steven Burges
Rachel Kirby
Chelsea Sullivan
Rutherford
Kayla Head
Sampson
Dana Royal
Stanly
Holly Holbrook
Ashton Songer
Surry
Lacy Schmidt
Union
Emily Zuehlke
Vance
Kevin Harris
Wake
Chavez Adams
Timothy Armstrong
Rashi Bisarya
Christie Blazevich
Elizabeth Byrum
Devika Chawla
Erin Cuellar
Meghan DeMaria
Joseph DeRusso
Marlene Eaton
Tiffany Ezuma
Alvera Feeny
Kevin Christian Flores
Sheila Gaynor
Varun Tej Gonuguntla
Elissa Hill
Lindsay Hoffman
Jenny Jan
Haley Jones
Rasagna Kosaraju
Emily Lamb
Sarah Lineberry
Alecia Mahato
Miranda McNear
Graham Mulvaney
Julia Payment
Collin Price
Sadana Rangarao
Kameron Rowe
Shreena Shah
Austin Shaw
Alexandra Snedeker
Kelley Sousa
Amanda Srsic
Kristina Stanson
Kara Thio
Marian Thomas
Nnedinma Umeadi
Mary Katherine Weinel
Rebecca White
Charnelle Wilson
Washington
Warche Downing
Wayne
Amber Bowden
Alabama
Whitney Adams
Amanda Grayson
California
Vivian Doan
Sarah Osborne
Colorado
Tracy Blauweiss
Jordan Meer
Renee Sullender
Connecticut
Renae James
Tara Seshan
Delaware
Meghan Lyons
Florida
Joel Lugones
Alexa Lytle
Jagir Patel
Melina Silva
Rayna Singh
Natalia Smirnova
Alexis Sydow
Nicole Zalles
Georgia
Kelsey Aho
Alexandra Balkum
Benjamin Barge
Jason Dunn
Taylor Fulton
Morgan Moore
Chelsea Weiermiller
Everett Young
Illinois
Sarah Krantz
Lindsay Newman
Katherine Rolf
Sarah Torp
Iowa
Daniel Peterson
Maryland
Jasmine Cogdell
Nicole Cummings
Massachusetts
Isabella Cassell
Dan Chen
Kelsey Jost-Creegan
Abigail Poeske
New Jersey
Nicolette Ash
Giovana Espejo
David Gahary
Todd Lewis
Amee Shrimanker
New York
Jacqueline Drexler
Heather Engel
Jennie Jeune
Karen Lin
Randi Mackler
Justin Sodoma
Mackenzie Thomas
Ohio
Matthew Givens
Christopher Jones
Suzanne Lucci
Elizabeth Moroney
Michael Oehler
Oklahoma
George Fox
Lindsay Rosenfeld
Pennsylvania
Laura Brush
Kelly Peuquet
Jessica Richardson
South Carolina
Rachel Williams
Tennessee
Julia Da Silva
Leena Patel
Kayce Resha
Aliza Sir
Bilan Stribling
Texas
Delaney Dixon
Jessica Grieger
Nayab Khan
Sarah Mafe
Kelly Scott
Virginia
Calisha Allen
Tia Davis
Katheryn Mckee
Shannon Murphy
Karen Obando
Anna Ramundo
Natalie Thom
Wisconsin
Kelly Ledoux
Brazil
Natasha Fischer
Cameroon
Sheila Enoh
Canada
Adam Jutha
Camilla Powierza
Brendan Yorke
China
Xie He
Zhujun Liang
Xiaoding Wang
Saudi Arabia
Zobaida Laota