Carolina Center for Public Service - Public Service and Engagement at Carolina

Faculty and staff:

 

Dr. Laura Linnan, associate professor in Health Behavior and Health Education, received the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for her contributions to workplace intervention research.

 

Claire Lorch, community outreach coordinator at the NC Botanical Gardens, received the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for her outstanding dedication to the Carolina Campus Community Garden.

 

Dr. Jason Jolley, senior research director at the Kenan Institute received the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for his work for Chatham County economic development strategic planning.

 

Dr. Lynne Vernon-Feagans, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in the School of Education, received the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for her Targeted Reading Intervention project.

 

Students:

Tucker LaPrade, an English graduate student instructor, received the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for his English 101 service-learning class with Eno River State Park.

 

Lisa Pelehach, a junior psychology and sociology major, received the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award for her efforts to create the SMART Mentoring program.

Faculty and Staff:

Karen Erickson, a Professor of Allied Health Sciences, was honored for her work with Orange County Schools in implementing a reading model that began in Efland-Checks School and has now been implemented system-wide.  

 

Students:

Jordan Treakle, a senior International Studies major from Asheville, N.C. was honored as a founding member of FLO (Free, Local Organic) Foods.

 

Maggie West, senior Public Policy and Latin American Studies major, was honored for her work with the Hunger Outreach and Poverty Eradication Project (HOPE) committee of the Campus Y.  

 

Megan Jones, senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication was honored for the Build a Block program of UNC Habitat.

Faculty and Staff:

 

Keith Amos, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, was honored for his work with ‘Breaking Free!’, an effort that reaches out to the public to address concerns and build awareness about breast cancer across North Carolina.

 

Dr. Dennis Orthner, faculty in the School of Social Work, has devoted the last 10 years to building extensive partnerships between the University and numerous community entities through CareerStart, a longitudinal evaluation study of an educational intervention with middle school students across the state.

 

Sharon Ritchie, associate professor in the School of Education and Senior Scientist at FPG Child Development Institute, is recognized for her work with FirstSchool, a long-term, systems-based process focused on state, district, school and classroom policies and practices for vulnerable young children, pre-kindergarten to third grade.

Students:

Christopher Belhorn, a senior in Political Science, was honored for his longstanding commitment to the Inter-Faith Council Shelter.

 

Sevannah Gelesko, a third year dental school student, was honored for her role as project manager for the School of Dentistry’s first N.C. Missions of Mercy clinic.

Faculty and Staff:

Hannah Gill (staff), assistant director of Institute for the Study of the Americas in the Center for Global Initiatives, was honored for her interdisciplinary course focusing global and local aspects of migration.

 

Dr. Flora Lu, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology was recognized for her teaching skills in the community-based research course environmental justice issues.

Students:

 
Megan Ellenson, a Master of Public Health student, was recognized for her to working work with and for the Burmese immigrant community in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

 

Thanh-Thu Tran, a second-year medical student, was honored for her work in initiating and nurturing the involvement of the School Of Medicine with Orange County’s Special Olympics program.

Faculty and Staff:

Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith, associate professor in the School of Medicine was recognized for her work as the principal investigator for Project GRACE, a collaborative partnership working to eliminate health disparities in communities within Edgecombe & Nash counties here in North Carolina.

Students:

Janet Lopez, a fourth year doctoral candidate in Culture, Curriculum and Change in the School of Education, is honored for her contributions to the Scholars Latino Intiative (SLI).

Nicole Norfleet, a sophomore, was recognized for her work in starting “Suits for Success."

Faculty and staff:

Dr. John Graham of the School of Public Health and chair of the Incubator Advisory Board was recognized for his involvement with the state-wide service project Public Health Incubator Collaboratives.

Blair Turner was recognized for her work is directly involved in the organization and support of the Free HIV Testing in community outreach locations.

Students:

Laura Malone was recognized for her work in organizing the first ever Duke-Carolina Student Basketball Marathon.

James Wallace was recognized for his work as co-director of the Student Health Action Coalition, a student-run organization that provides free health care and social services to local residents and communities.

Faculty and Staff:

Dr. Lee Marcus of Division TEACCH was recognized for his work in the diagnosis and treatment of autism.

Jock Lauterer, professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was recognized for his work in creating the Carolina Community Media Project, an effort that includes outreach to each of the state’s 181 community newspapers and a course that teaches students about community newspapers.

Students:

Philip Andrew Sherrill, senior Exercise and Sports Science major, was honored for creating the Hispanic Swimming and Safety Awareness Program.

Rebecca Lynn Sowder, an Environmental Science major,was honored for spearheading the UNC Habitat Blitz Build.

Faculty and Staff:

Katrina Coble, administrative manager in the College of Arts and Sciences' department of computer science, was recognized for chairing the university-wide blood drive, the nation's second-largest blood drive.

Elizabeth Millwood, an administrative assistant for the Center for the Study of the American South, was recognized for her support of oral history research under way across North Carolina.

Students:

Megan Davy, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences' department of public policy, was recognized for founding Project OpenHand in Chapel Hill.

David Edwards, a graduate student in the School of Public Health's department of epidemiology, was honored for his work with mothers and children at the Carolina Children's Clinic in Raleigh's Salvation Army Shelter.

Faculty and Staff:

Pamela York Frasier, research assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine was honored for her work with Building Rural Community Connections, a collaborative program of the UNC Healthworks for Women Project and Domestic Violence Programs in Pender, Duplin, and Sampson counties.

Catherine Ingram Fogel, professor in the School of Nursing, was honored for the program Enhancing the Health of Incarcerated Women, based in the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women.

Students:

Karine Dube, president of APPLES Service-Learning Program, was honored for guiding the student run organization through a time of transition, ensuring continued opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in community efforts through service learning classes and alternative fall and spring breaks.

Kathleen Wirth, chair of the Public Service and Advocacy Committee for the Executive Branch of Student Government, received the Bryan award for organization of student government public service efforts.

Emilie McGlone was recognized for founding the student organization Heels on Wheels (HOW) in 1999.

Scott Werry was recognized for his work with the 2002 Dance Marathon.

Georgine Lamvu-Schooler a medical resident in UNC’s OB-GYN department, was honored for founding MEDWorld in 1999, a program that collects surplus and recyclable medical supplies and equipment for redistribution to developing countries.

Mary Morrison was honored for her work as director of the APPLES Service-Learning Program.

Daniel Bradford, a third-year medical school student, was recognized for his work with Club Nova, a psychosocial rehabilitation program, and for organizing a "Benefit Concert for Mental Health" that benefited Club Nova and the Mental Health Association.

Dee Gamble was honored for her work in rural communities, international development and improving the conditions for North Carolina's rapidly growing immigrant populations with America's Peace Corp.

Dennis Markatos a senior Morehead Scholar, was recognized for his service with different delegations in travel to third world countries such as Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, India and Pakistan.

Michael Ullman was honored for his work co-founding Community Cuisine, a Chapel Hill nonprofit dedicated to using the culinary arts to promote self-sufficiency by providing skills training to adults and youth, especially those on federal and state welfare.

Karen Kennedy Binder was honored for founding Cornucopia House in 1995, which offers vital emotional support and information about cancer and cancer treatments.

Jessica Fields was recognized for founding the Feminist Alliance and playing a primary role in the development of a cultural diversity curriculum that is used in many departments at UNC today.

James H. Johnson, Jr. of the Kenan-Flagler Business School was honored for his outreach to the citizens of North Carolina, particularly to those citizens and communities that are marginalized economically, educationally and socially.

Donna LeFebvre of the Political Science Department was recognized for serving on virtually every University committee engaged in implementing public service for this campus.

Robyn Schryer was honored for his work with APPLES Service-Learning and spending a summer at MANNA food bank in Asheville.

Rachel Willis was recognized for her dedication to service-learning. With more than a dozen teaching and public service awards already to her credit, she has become one of the most effective practitioners of a service-learning pedagogy linked to an active research agenda.