Side-by-side images. On the left, Annabelle Oberst, wearing a lavender cardigan and white top, smiles while standing outside of Peabody Hall. On the right, the back of a light blue Chapel Hill Transit bus displays an advertisement reading “Resilience is difficult — You never know when the next life challenge will come. But you can climb any mountain with the right tools,” alongside a QR code and illustration of a person climbing a mountain.
Alumni Connecting communities, Building resilience
Group photo from left: Annie Goldberg, Kathlene Holmes Campbell, Jennifer Ritz (accepting on behalf of her father, Willis Padgett Whichard), and Dean Jill V. Hamm at the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner held Saturday, Oct. 18, at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alumni School recognizes three at 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
Image of Carla Baptista Tavares
Alumni Guiding school communities in support of students and families
Image of Amber Young '21 (MSA), a principal in Mitchell County, opened her school's doors to the community in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene with school perronnel.
Alumni School principal helped run a post-Helene distribution site
Portrait of Megan Byers
Alumni Fusing learning and community to advance STEM education 
Elena Ashburn
Alumni Alumna joins North Carolina Governor’s office as senior education policy advisor
Portrait of Karen Erickson
Alumni Alumna Karen Erickson, literacy and special education researcher, to deliver School’s 2025 graduation address
Image of Annie Goldberg
Alumni Building connection, Advocating for community
Photo of 2024 Alumni Award recipients with interim Dean Jill Hamm. Pictured left to right: Mike Priddy, Danielle Parker Moore, Jill Hamm, and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick.
Alumni Three honored at 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony
Lindsay Martin
Alumni Stepping beyond comfort, Lifelong learning in action
Ph.D. alum Wonkyung Jang
Alumni Ph.D. alum Wonkyung Jang (’22 Ph.D.) will use Educare data in new research
Alumni Coffee as an inclusive community catalyst