Read the GPS newsletter from Sept. 10, 2024

Royster Fellow Alita Miller discovered pharmaceutical sciences unexpectedly. Read about her journey to Carolina.

After a summer state government internship and a waste audit, Brianna Beadle is back to studying public administration.

Dean Beth Mayer-Davis has announced the formation of the Graduate School Advocacy and Development Board. Read about the board’s mission to advance and support The Graduate School in its mission to foster world-class graduate and professional education at UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Graduate Student Experience initiative has launched its renewed effort for the 2024-25 academic year. 

“The Graduate School was so glad to welcome so many incoming students at Orientation,” said Kate McAnulty. “We loaded them with valuable information, and I hope they ended the day with new connections and feeling well-prepared to begin their Carolina careers.”

James P. Collins, a doctoral student in city and regional planning, spent the summer in the coastal communities east of Beaufort in Carteret County known as “Down East.” He interviewed residents about the chronic coastal flooding that happens outside of major storm events — also known as “sunny day” or high-tide flooding. With local sea-level rise, land subsidence and development increasing in coastal areas, the frequency of flooding along low-lying properties and roadways is also growing.

Takhona Hlatshwako’s passion for public health led her from her native Eswatini to Carolina then Oxford and back again. Takhona Hlatshwako ’22 has never wavered in her intent to use her public health knowledge to help her home of Eswatini, … Read more

As a double Tar Heel, Kierra Peak knows UNC better than most graduate students. She’s serving as an orientation ambassador at Graduate Student Orientation to help incoming student find their way at Carolina.

The Graduate School invites first-year Carolina graduate students to attend the annual Graduate Student Orientation on Aug. 14, 2024. Students are encouraged to register for this free event.