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20,000+ Alumni
From Classrooms to Board Rooms
While a School committee will pair mentors and mentees based on responses and interests gathered during an application process, the responsibility lies with the mentor/mentee to facilitate the partnership throughout the year. To ensure the highest quality experience for both mentees and mentors, we ask that students and alumni read and agree to a set of rules and expectations.
Alumni News
Educators credit Carolina’s elementary education program with their success
Three UNC School of Education alumnae — Ashton Clemmons (’05 B.A.Ed.), Kathlene Holmes Campbell (’99 B.A.Ed., ’04 M.Ed.), and Whitney Maxwell (’09 B.A.Ed., ’13 M.Ed.) — share how they’ve used what they learned in Carolina's B.A.Ed. in Elementary Education program throughout their careers.
Putting dissertation research into practice to get kids back in school
Principal Dwayne Johnson ('20 M.S.A., '26 Ed.D.) turned a challenge he faced as a school leader into doctoral research aiming to help rural schools better understand chronic absenteeism, strengthen family partnerships, and get more students back in the classroom.
Alumna studies how technology aids student learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses
Slki Lim ('24 Ph.D.) is an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University. Her research explores how students engage with STEM learning through conversations, gestures, emotions, movement, playful action, and interactions with technology.
The importance of professional networking and mentorship cannot be overstated. Carolina has long prepared the highest quality educators and leaders, and by staying connected to the School and its students, I have been able to recruit an excellent staff at my elementary school.Amy Rickard ('94 A.B.Ed., '00 M.S.A.), Alumni Council President
