Anna Wu considers herself fortunate to be at Carolina SHE IS AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE who arrived at Carolina just in time for a decade-long capital construction program that would eventually reach $2.1 billion – and become one of the … Read more
Victoria Madden has an acumen for science and an affinity for people During the 33 years that C. Robert Bagnell Jr. has been at Carolina, he has never encountered anyone quite like Vicky Madden. No one, he said, approaches a … Read more
Equal measures of motherly care and respect earn Breeden a Massey PAMELA BREEDEN WORKED at Duke University for 23 years, but don’t hold that against her. Even though she grew up in Durham almost under the shadow of the Duke … Read more
Smith’s efforts make UNC events flow seamlessly IT IS HARD TO CAPTURE IN A FEW WORDS WHAT IT IS THAT JANE SMITH DOES, or for that matter, why it is so vital to the University that it be done well. … Read more
Peacock, ‘great citizen,’ honored with Massey Award JAMES PEACOCK RECALLS A CONVERSATION with Julius Chambers, director of the Center for Civil Rights in the School of Law, who spoke of two kinds of scholars. The first spend their entire … Read more
A consistent and uncompromising standard of service Charlotte Hines came to Carolina on a temporary basis. More than 42 years later, she is still here. She remembers the exact day (July 28) and hour (2 p.m.) she started work, and the … Read more
With Massey Award, good fortune smiles on Gloria Fortune When most people are heading for bed, Gloria Fortune is hopping a bus for work. She works the midnight shift as a housekeeper on the fourth floor of Dey Hall, where … Read more
Houston finds her place at Carolina by helping students find theirs Terri Houston grew up in the hood, but the hood never became part of her. She credits her parents for making both those things possible. Her father and mother … Read more
Strong work ethic helped make Billy York into a master craftsman When asked, Billy York says he grew up in Pittsboro, even though he was already more than half grown by the time his mother moved him there. It might … Read more
Miller’s sure, steady hand nets a Massey award Beth Miller grew up in Landis, a mill town north of Kannapolis with 2,000 people at most – nearly all of whom in some way knew her parents. They owned and operated a service station … Read more