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Meet Berengére
Berengére is an Assistant Director in Fraternity & Sorority Life where she has worked for nearly four years. In her role, she advises the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Council, facilitates and provides leadership development opportunities, spearheads the inaugural speaker series initiative, and works with students to become impactful leaders of their organizations.
What’s Working? In a Word, Collaboration
The collaboration to keep Carolina safe from COVID-19 involves too many people to recognize in a single story, but here we shine a light on some of the extraordinary efforts happening across campus, including Campus Health and Carolina Housing. The numbers are promising. Between Sept. 13 and Sept. 19, the Carolina Together Testing Program processed…
Crisis Brings You Closer
After a year, it’s easier for Amy Johnson to joke about her first week as Carolina’s vice chancellor for student affairs, a week that began with a hurricane and ended with a pivot to all-remote instruction because of the pandemic. “This is not the onboarding program that you would design for someone,” Johnson acknowledged.
Feeling Stressed? Check Out These Campus Resources
While the return to campus life and in-person learning is something many of us have looked forward to, we know that the experience may also bring feelings of stress, fatigue and anxiety. These feelings are a normal response to difficult times. You have shown great resilience and strength over the last 18 months. But it is okay — and common — to feel uncertain and exhausted at the same time. Be aware of changes in your behavior or your…
COVID Prevention and Close Contact Tracing Reminders
Our expert medical advisors — all top UNC doctors in their field — continue to remind us about the strong level of protection afforded by a combination of vaccinations and masking. If you are vaccinated and diligent about wearing your mask, it is very unlikely that you will contract the virus in settings like classrooms, appointments with your faculty or academic advisors, student organization…
A Holistic Approach to Preventing Violence
When she was at Carolina the first time, especially in her roles as Carolina Women’s Center director and Title IX coordinator, Christi Hurt often looked at campus violence through a gender-based lens. But returning to the University in July after two years as a national consultant — amid a pandemic and in the wake of…
