December graduate helps Maui fire recovery
David Kim’s degree in health care administration and his military and work experience prepared him to respond.
Beginning a new chapter
Winter Commencement
Years of hard work will come to fruition Sunday afternoon as 1,456 graduates will have degrees conferred at Carolina's Winter Commencement ceremony.
Our December graduates excelled in the classroom, conducted research, dominated their sports and served the state. Now, they’ll become leaders in their chosen fields and communities.
- 1,456total graduates
- 709undergraduates
- 747graduate and professional students
- 163first-generation students
- 980North Carolina residents
- 93Covenant Scholars
Meet the graduates
Library employee plays long game for free degree
Using the Tuition Waiver Program, Jesse Bethany earned a master’s in library science after 5 ½ years and two kids.
‘Emerging archivist’ adds to Indigenous record
December graduate Mikayah Locklear is a School of Information and Library Science student and “proud Lumbee woman.”
Hogan Medlin pursues public service career
With a new master’s degree in public administration, the former student body president wants to lead behind the scenes.
Community connections drive career
Winter graduate Pramit Thapa hopes to use his computer science experience to give back to the Nepalese community.
Straight-A winter graduate heads for New Zealand
After years of classes and internships, Carolina Covenant scholar Emma Cohn plans an extended coffee break.
Ceremony information
The Winter Commencement ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Dean E. Smith Center. Tickets are not required.
For those who cannot attend in person, the ceremony will be livestreamed.
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, the chair of the UNC School of Medicine’s psychiatry department and Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor, will deliver the Winter Commencement address.
Meltzer-Brody has received global recognition for her research on perinatal and postpartum depression. She also directs the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders.
Read a Q&A with Meltzer-Brody to learn more about her work at Carolina.
