They arrived in North Carolina in 2000, Jakelin Bonilla remembers. She was 10 years old. Perhaps the worst part of the cross-country journey was showing up on the first day of school unable to speak a word of English.
When re-surfacing UNC System President Tom Ross' driveway, a construction crew unearthed what appeared to be the historical artifacts, and contacted UNC archaeologists Brett Riggs and Stephen Davis in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.
They’ve built schools around the world, published books, conducted research and apprenticed in family businesses. This year’s incoming first-year class of 3,988 enrollees at UNC, coming from as far away as Singapore and as close to home as Chapel Hill, features scientists, artists, champion athletes – and the recipient of a Purple Heart.
They’ve built schools around the world, published books, conducted research and apprenticed in family businesses. This year’s incoming first-year class of 3,988 enrollees at UNC, coming from as far away as Singapore and as close to home as Chapel Hill, features scientists, artists, champion athletes – and the recipient of a Purple Heart.