Student Spotlights
Shaun Coleman
In less than two years at the University, Coleman balanced earning his graduate degree, a graduate assistant position for the women’s volleyball team, an internship in operations at Krispy Kreme and working as coordinator for student programming in Health and Wellbeing.
Each of these roles required
Each of these roles required
Matthew McGrew
Matthew McGrew is in just his second year at UNC Charlotte, but this sophomore in electrical engineering has already sparked positive changes in the lives of students on campus.
In his sophomore year, McGrew became student champion and ambassador for the Jamil Niner Student Pantry in the Collegiate
In his sophomore year, McGrew became student champion and ambassador for the Jamil Niner Student Pantry in the Collegiate
Sreyas Kodukulla
How does a second-year UNC Charlotte computer science student amass nearly 200,000 Twitter followers and end up backstage with Kendrick Lamar? Sreyas Kodukulla is most known as SK, his name on the @raptalksk Twitter account.
Kaylen Forney
Kaylen Forney came to UNC Charlotte last January to begin her undergraduate research. One year later, she was presenting a model she helped create that can accurately predict how a bridge will distort after natural disasters.
Caleb Achidi
This spring, Caleb Achidi was awarded with UNC Charlotte’s Derrick Griffith Servant Leader Award, an honor bestowed to a first-generation college student of junior or senior standing who has demonstrated leadership through on or off campus service to others, involvement in student organizations/acti
Aleksandra Degernes
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Shortly after the announcement, there were reports of explosions in three of Ukraine’s most populous cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa. For Aleksandra Degernes, a Russian-born US citizen at UNC Charl
Jeyza Gary
The self-proclaimed "seniorest of seniors" has worked as a professional model since her first semester at Charlotte, while also managing a rare skin condition that causes her body to shed its skin at an extremely fast rate.
Staff Spotlights
Ashley McAlarney
Director
Ashley McAlarney is director of the UNC Charlotte Student Legal Services, Inc. (SLS), a nonprofit law firm that opened last year in the Popp Martin Student Union. Current students who have paid their student activity fee can now receive confidential legal advice and learn about their legal rights fo
Leigh Norwood
Director
Leigh Norwood’s desire to start a social work career came down to one thing: wanting to help people as directly as possible. Since arriving at Charlotte, Norwood had been working in the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), but took over as the University’s first director of the C
Chris Washington
Assistant Director for Open Recreation
When Chris Washington was an undergrad at Louisiana State University, his plan was to become a meteorologist. Until the forecast changed. Now, as UREC’s assistant director for open recreation, Washington’s favorite components of the job are his ability to make a difference, both on the University an
Tierra O'Garra
Administrative Assistant
Donovan Cyrus
Residence Education Coordinator
Randy Barnhill
Maintenance Technician
Nicole Piscitelli
Director
Nicole Piscitelli began her time as Charlotte's new Student Health Center director back in February, but she has been able to see the growth of the University over her nearly two decades of experience in the UNC system.
Mari Ross
Associate Vice Chancellor
Larry Gourdine
Associate Dean & Director