When they're not studying or in class, Tala Farah and Reghan Flores enjoy volunteering in the community. When those options were cut off in the early days of the pandemic, they turned to an old medium: letter writing. That experience led to the founding of Letters from Rameses, a new student group that organizes students to write cards and letters for patients in the hospital.
UNC Campus EMS co-directors Sarah Torzone and Ishan Khosla have always known they wanted to be doctors and got a head start as teenagers by becoming certified EMTs. They've brought their passion to Carolina to launch UNC Campus EMS to care for the community while also preparing other Tar Heel EMTs for futures in medical careers.
Football was the biggest part of Spencer Devine’s life growing up. After high school, when most football players call it quits, Devine wasn’t looking to let it go. He has continued to keep his connection to football over the past three years as a member of Carolina’s competitive flag football club, which competes against teams from other North Carolina colleges and at regional tournaments.
During her first few weeks at Carolina, Selina Shi was struck by the stark difference between Asian American representation in Chapel Hill and her hometown. She didn’t feel entirely part of the student body she had just joined. As an active member of the UNC Asian American Center, she has been working to ensure future generations of Asian American Tar Heels don’t experience that same feeling.