The annual panel event featured Carolina alumni in globally-focused careers sharing their professional journeys and engaging directly with students.
Twelve international exchange students from seven countries are calling Carolina home this spring. Due to COVID-19, many had postponed coming to Chapel Hill for one or more terms and waited months for travel restrictions to lift and visas to be approved before arriving on campus.
The program is designed to develop connections between U.S. and Middle East and North Africa educators and students, fostering empathy among participants and increasing cultural competencies.
In 1951, UNC-Chapel Hill sent books to the Hiroshima University library after the atomic bombing that led to the end of World War II. Ever since, Carolina has been making Japan an important partner through research, education and cultural exchanges.