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GEF blog: Currency legitimacy and social justice

August 22, 2019

The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social justice-oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Val Lucas, a rising junior majoring in Economics and Global Public Health. My summer drew me … Read more

GEF blog: Finding home in the people of Pader

August 5, 2019

The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social-­justice oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Maggie Mae O’Daniel, a rising junior studying Pre-Nursing. This summer, she is working with the Northern … Read more

GEF blog: Greetings in Malawi

July 5, 2019

The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social-­justice oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Emma Miner, a rising sophomore studying Health Policy & Management and Women’s and Gender Studies. She … Read more

GEF blog: Burmese hospitality

May 31, 2019

The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social-­justice oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Leah Simon, a rising senior majoring in Global Studies. The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge is a chaotic … Read more

Campus Y Global announces 2019 Global Engagement Fellows

March 25, 2019

Campus Y Global is proud to announce its 2019 Global Engagement Fellows. The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) provides up to $2,500 to UNC Chapel Hill students to conduct self-designed, social-­justice oriented summer projects internationally. Sarah Smith, the Campus Y’s Global … Read more

Lessons learned at The Nour Center

October 6, 2017

The following blog was written by Lucia Mock. My work bag is full of silver and blue glitter, and for the past few days, everything that I grab out of this bag – usually important things like my laptop, pens, … Read more

Project Heel visits Ghana

September 14, 2017

The following blog was written by Jacob Stocks and Gretchen Blankinship. We are members of the Campus Y organization Project Heel, and this past May we traveled to West Africa where we partnered with a primary school and the Methodist … Read more

Remembering to be Flexible

June 13, 2017

The following blog was written by Meagan Meekins, a Global Engagement Fellow currently working in Guatemala.    Being in the Peace Corps taught me that you can never prepare for life abroad. You will learn more than you thought. You … Read more