Levine Scholars Blog

Embracing the Mundane while Moving Mountains: A Brief Letter of Encouragement - Dr. Anna Laughman '14

Monday, August 28, 2023 The pursuit of the seemingly impossible starts with an eager mind and a willing leader.

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Phi Kappa Phi: Letting the Love of Learning Rule - Zoe Ziegler '24 and Tonderai Mushipe

Friday, June 9, 2023 An account of induction into Phi Kappa Phi from Zoe Ziegler '24 and LSP staff member Tonderai Mushipe.

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Becoming a Real Uptown Girl: Interning at Charlotte Center City Partners - Sonia Birla '25

Thursday, May 11, 2023 Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl blasted through the speakers of my car as I turned onto North Tryon for another day working at Charlotte Center City Partners.

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In for the Long Run - Cameron Mercer '23

Friday, April 28, 2023 Running has been a huge part of my life and is now an even greater part of my identity. It is my number one de-stresser and I can’t recommend lacing up your shoes and hitting the trails enough.

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Strengthening Communities Through Research - Rhoen Hoff '25

Thursday, February 23, 2023 I didn’t have specific interests regarding research then, but overall, I wanted to focus on health, both physical and mental when it came to underrepresented and systemically oppressed groups; as a member of some of these groups, I wanted to do work that contributed positively to the health and well-being of members of my communities.

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Newcomer to Mentor: The Levine Scholars Program’s Transition Team - David Buckner '24

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 The Transition Team is a group of current scholars who help prepare incoming first years for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and for their transition from high school to life at UNC Charlotte and in the scholars program.

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Creole Comes to UNCC - Christian Fuselier '26

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Saturday November 19, 2022 was a day I will never forget! That was the day that I prepared gumbo for my fellow Levine Scholars, Levine alumni, staff and friends of UNCC.

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Studying Abroad - Growing to be Confident with the Uncomfortable - Roshna Ragunathan '24

Thursday, January 5, 2023 A rush of panic raced through me when my plane landed in Valencia, Spain. The excitement from flying across the Atlantic had passed, and a new fear of being in a country where I did not speak the language set in.

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Surviving a Heatwave with Sustainable Design - Quinton Frederick '23

Monday, December 5, 2022 Vienna wasn’t supposed to be so hot. I studied abroad in Austria’s capital for four weeks this summer during a record breaking heatwave. Most days, the average temperature was ten degrees above the typical summer average. Sometimes it was even more.

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Holding My Breath – How I Fell In Love With the Performing Arts - Jesse Gonzales-Smith '24

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 When the lights dim, I always hold my breath as the room becomes blissfully quiet, the notes of the opening song echoing through the theatre. Sometimes I don’t exhale until I’ve taken in every detail of the stage being revealed—the performers, the lights, the scenery. This is the story I’m going to become a part of for the next 2 hours, and I don’t want to miss a single detail.

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Musings of a Former Pre-Med Levine Scholar Alumni - Seth Flynn '19

Friday, June 24, 2022 Hi there, LSP! My name is Seth Flynn, and I am currently a third-year medical student at the Duke University School of Medicine. I graduated from UNC Charlotte as a Levine Scholar in 2019 with degrees in Biology and Chemistry and a minor in Sociology.

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Greeting One Another - Natalie Bates ‘24 and Kayla Walker ‘25

Friday, May 20, 2022 Volunteering at the VA Health Clinic in South Charlotte has given the both of us another opportunity to engage with the greater Charlotte community.

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ASB 2022: A First-Years First and a Fourth-Years Last - Madison Lanai ‘25 & Miles Shen ‘21

Friday, April 1, 2022 Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a Levine tradition. Each year, scholars are given the opportunity to engage in community service, learn about social justice, and bond across cohorts. This year, eight first-years and two fourth-years traveled four short hours to Charleston, South Carolina for a week of volunteerism.

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Levine Live- A Podcast to Bridge Current, Future, and Previous Scholar Experiences - Chandu Changalvala ‘25

Monday, February 7, 2022 Established in January of 2022, Levine Live is now intended to become a legacy project. Every first-year class of the Levine Scholarship Program will be able to use this podcast, youtube channel, and any other forms of media to share their experience at NOLS, their first semester in college, and advice that will welcome incoming first years.

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A Latinx Celebration: LXSU’s Maravillas de Invierno Gala - Carlos Chavez Ramirez ‘21

Thursday, January 20, 2022 UNC Charlotte has had a lot of statistics to boast regarding the Latinx Student Body. As the No. 1 institution in North Carolina in awarding bachelor’s degrees to Latinx students, according to a recent analysis by Excelencia in Education, UNC Charlotte has become a place where the Latinx community presence is heard.

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Social Media Communication in a Pandemic - Saad Jalisi ‘23

Monday, November 15, 2021 In a world consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic, digital communication has been at the forefront of many people’s lives. From Zoom meetings to the constant onslaught of emails, more and more conversations have turned virtual.

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Habitat: Helping the Community - Braelin Yarborough ‘24

Friday, October 8, 2021 This past summer I had the opportunity to intern with Habitat for Humanity, and wanted to share a bit about my experience. Habitat is usually a popular choice of internship preference for scholars and I was very excited to know that I had been selected for an interview with Habitat for my second summer Levine experience.

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From Backcountry to Frontcountry: A Community Formed Over Food - Dhairya Desai and Caroline Wingerd, ‘25

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Imagine 20 individuals meeting each other for the first time at an airport, getting onto a bus, and heading off to live in the wilderness, in tents, for the next month.

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Charlotte Immersion - Becoming Part of the Community - Mary Messina '24 and Bryant De Luna-Peralta ‘24

Thursday, June 24, 2021

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Charlotte was not on my map. Roughly 700 miles away from my home and having no connection to my life, the city was out of sight and out of mind. I virtually forgot it existed. In other words, Charlotte Immersion was a much needed experience.

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Transitioning to College - Mya Mitchell ’23

Monday, May 24, 2021

The transition from High School to college is a very important time. Confusion will be common at first along with many questions, insecurities, and self-doubt. This period extends far past the summer after senior year and is not over until months into freshman year of college.

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My Experience as a Levine Scholar - Kira Chiles ‘23

Monday, April 5, 2021 Being from South Carolina, I wasn’t aware of the various scholarship programs available to students in North Carolina. When starting my college search, I initially focused my attention on schools in South Carolina because that’s what I was familiar with.

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View from my "office" during my virtual pre-professional internship, Summer 2020.

Linking Levine - Josh Blackman ‘22

Monday, March 22, 2021 I was sitting in my second Organic Chemistry II class, failing to comprehend anything, when I had an epiphany: I wasn’t happy. I had spent the previous semester tirelessly working to excel in my pre-med courses and, in the process, lost sight of the big picture. I was “going through the motions” and navigating my college experience without a sense of purpose.

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The Levine Scholarship Experience: A Story of Becoming - Megan Bird ‘21

Friday, March 12, 2021 As May approaches, signalling the end of my undergraduate studies as a Levine Scholar at UNC Charlotte, I am simultaneously struck by overwhelming gratitude for my experience here as well as my responsibility for the gift I have been given.

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Becoming a Levine Scholar: The Opportunity of a Lifetime - Andrea Badillo Pérez ‘21

Monday, February 15, 2021 My journey as a Levine Scholar began with a meeting at the beginning of my senior year of high school with my college counselor, Mr. Yager. During our meeting, I was explaining to Mr. Yager that I was set on staying in Puerto Rico for my undergraduate career.

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My Good Citizen - Miles Shen '22

Monday, February 8, 2021 I have many friends in my life, but I’d like to tell you about my very best friend. Her name is Claudia.

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The First Semester, Better Than I Imagined - Jordane Williams ‘24

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 With COVID-19, I had no idea what this fall semester would look like. There was so much uncertainty with a pandemic underway, and this was to be my first year no less. Still, I was thrilled at the opportunity to be on campus, which I saw as the beginning of my life independent of my parents. Looking back now, I really had a great time on campus although it was not one without unexpected plot...

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Connecting Two Countries Through The World Wide Web - Bridgitt Ku '21

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Before the pandemic started, I had plans to spend the fall semester of my senior year in Taipei, Taiwan, studying in an intensive Chinese language program. I was only five when I moved from Taiwan to North Carolina with my mom and sister, returning during the summer every one or two years to visit my dad.

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Speaking for the Trees - Daniel Johnson ‘21

Wednesday, December 2, 2020 ​My name is Daniel Johnson, a senior Philosophy major with a minor in Public health and Mathematics. When I was a freshman, as many are fated to do, I found myself sampling the pot of extracurriculars that life on campus afforded me.

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Cooking Meals at RMH: A Cherished LSP Tradition - Kevin Tan ‘22

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Soothing piano notes and the jazzy timbre of a saxophone gently float into the air from the guest musicians as we walk through the front doors—the receptionist greets us with a warm smile and we clip our volunteer badges to our shirts. It’s once again time for us to cook our monthly meal! 

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Summer SURFing through Chemistry - Matt Elardo '21

Monday, November 9, 2020 This past summer, the principal investigator (PI) of the chemistry research lab in which I have worked since my freshman year—Dr. Markus Etzkorn—was award a Moissan Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) by the ACS Division of Chemistry fluorine division.

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Goats, Raptors and Kudzu, Oh My! - McKenzie Miller '23 and Quinton Frederick '23

Saturday, September 19, 2020 Outdoor Internships in a COVID World.

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An Adventure Uncertain: Part 2- Lessons Learned - Class of 2024

Monday, September 7, 2020 5 Lessons Learned on NOLS

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An Adventure Uncertain: Part 1- COVID-19 and NOLS - Class of 2024

Thursday, September 3, 2020 Going into NOLS, all we knew was that the next twenty-three days would be spent in a dystopian world without cell phones or any connection to the outside world.

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A Reset: From Charlotte to Antarctica and Beyond - Erich Choudhury '21

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Time starts to lose form when you measure it not in days, but in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Deadlines seem further away. Memories seem closer. And Captain Picard seems to be constantly giving life advice.

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COVID-19 and My Arts Experience - Saad Jalisi '23

Monday, July 27, 2020 My name is Saad Jalisi, and I am a Levine Scholar in the Class of 2023. This summer I am interning for Opera Carolina in Charlotte, NC.

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Once a Levine, always a Levine. - Will Britt '22 and Lauren Martin '22

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 We hope that opportunities to work with Levine Scholar Alumni continue to become available for other scholars.

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Marching for Black Lives: Today and Every Day - Taylor Quinn '23

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Photo by Sarah Woods '22 | May 25th, 2020 was anything but a typical Memorial Day in America.

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Participating in a Remote Internship - Madison Snyder '23

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

At the beginning of Spring semester, I had the opportunity to interview at Care Ring in hopes of securing an internship with a local non-profit in the Charlotte community. Fortunately, the interview went well and I was scheduled to spend the first five weeks of the summer partnering with Care Ring and the local community of Charlotte.

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Eamon next to a large boulder on a hike in New York state.

Hiking: Good for the Body and Soul - Eamon O'Toole '22

Monday, May 25, 2020

Whenever I tell people that I am from New York, the immediate reaction is, “What’s it like living in New York City?” I quickly tell them that I live between Albany and NYC in a very scenic and unique part of the country called the Hudson Valley.

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Semester in Spain - Rachel Hayes '22

Friday, May 15, 2020 Ever since my sophomore year of high school, I’ve had dreams of studying abroad. I wanted to learn foreign languages, meet new people and experience other cultures, so when I became a part of the Levine Scholars Program, I was beyond excited for my dreams to become a reality.

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Staying Connected: Working with the LSP Alumni Council - Bridgitt Ku '21

Friday, May 8, 2020 This year, I had the honor to be selected as the scholar liaison for the inaugural Levine Alumni Council. The council is comprised of ten alumni representing all six graduated cohorts, each chosen by their respective peers. My role is to provide input from a current scholar’s point of view and assist communication between the council and the Levine Scholars Program.

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Finding a Mentor for Birth Days - Sarah Mullen '20

Friday, May 1, 2020

Everyone has role models throughout their life, but how often do you find someone who is just a few years ahead of you on the exact path you want to follow?

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My Co-op at Cummins - Chris Dymond '21

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 I was offered a six-month co-op at Cummins as a design engineer. A co-op is essentially an extended internship that takes place during a typical academic semester instead of the summer.

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Group of Levine Scholars in Charleston, SC for Alternative Spring Break

Alternative Spring Break: The Benefits of Trying Something New - Trenton Teague '23

Thursday, April 16, 2020 When I heard about Alternative Spring Break (ASB), I was skeptical. After all, this was my first college spring break. Why not spend it at the beach or at home seeing my high school friends? However, the more I heard from upperclassmen, the more I was intrigued. After participating in the trip, I can say that it was well worth not spending a week at the beach or back at home.

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“It takes a village . . .” - Christian Chavis '20

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 My goals have always been large ones as far as I can remember. I remember a day as a child where during my middle school awards ceremony I told my mother that I couldn’t wait for her to see me graduate with my Ph.D., and now’s the time I get to put that dream in motion.

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Playing for Others - Lauren Tooley '20

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 One of the most influential decisions I made as a Levine Scholar came very early on in my college career. Midway through my freshman year, I decided I really wanted to complete my nonprofit internship at Playing for Others (PFO). The decision came about almost serendipitously. I was looking for a nonprofit that worked in the arts, as I am a double major in Dance and Marketing.

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Introducing the Levine Alumni Council - Laura Outlaw Overman ‘14

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 The Levine Alumni Council (“LAC”) officially launched in January 2020 with its first meeting on January 27th! The LAC’s mission is to promote close ties among Levine Alumni and to strengthen the relationship between Levine Alumni, the community, and the Levine Scholars Program.

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Photo of Sarah Wood at a 49er Football Game

Visit, Live it, Never Forget It - Sarah Wood '21

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 A few people shouted and I quickly understood why; outside of Hunt Hall in South Village, construction debris and umbrellas from the picnic tables were flying around the courtyard during the summer’s worst downpour. We were stuck in the lobby for nearly 30 minutes. Fortunately, my tour guests reminded me that afternoon, despite the stormy circumstances, why I love being a Niner Guide.

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My Summer Service Trip in Puerto Rico - Faith Frayman '21

Thursday, January 2, 2020 As I flew over the island of Puerto Rico in early May of this year, I was immediately astounded by its beauty. With my face pressed to the glass of the window, I drank in the vibrancy that stared back at me. It seemed like the colors in Puerto Rico had to be brighter than any I had seen at home.

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My Summer Service Trip in Puerto Rico - Faith Frayman '21

Thursday, January 2, 2020 As I flew over the island of Puerto Rico in early May of this year, I was immediately astounded by its beauty. With my face pressed to the glass of the window, I drank in the vibrancy that stared back at me. It seemed like the colors in Puerto Rico had to be brighter than any I had seen at home.

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Dmity in St. Petersburg in the snow

My love of Studying Abroad - Dmitry Tereshenko '21

Monday, November 18, 2019 Imagine: You need to figure out which bus to take to get back to your host university.

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CORE (Calisthenics Outdoor Recreation Equipment) - Alex Caviness '20

Monday, October 21, 2019 After over three years in the making, the CORE (Calisthenics Outdoor Recreation Equipment) finally opened on September 26! I joined the project during my first semester of college.

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Alternative Spring Break 2019...Looking Toward Charleston in 2020 - Jacob Snyder '22

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 It’s wild to think that one of the best experiences of my freshman year started off on a Friday afternoon with over a dozen of us trying to pack all of our things into the vans, getting soaked in the rain, driving eight hours through traffic in said rain, and eating dinner at a Hardee’s in the middle of nowhere. This was the beginning of our Habitat for Humanity Alternative Spring Break trip to...

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My Summer at Safe Alliance - Niyathi Sulkunte '22

Friday, October 11, 2019 Over the summer, I interned with Safe Alliance. I would describe the experience as a classic Levine experience. The “classic” Levine experience is one that allows me to help people while also creating new opportunities for myself.

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To New Heights - Miles Shen '22

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Huff. Huff. Huff. The sounds of labored breathing filled the air as we slowly lumbered up the trail on our first day at NOLS. The sun beat down on us with its blazing heat, and the rucksacks on our back made us feel like young crustaceans trying on their first shells, awkward and unprepared for the weight.

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Trusting the Process - Beth Kingaby '19

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

     Three years ago, I was offered the Levine Scholarship to UNC Charlotte.  I was thrilled, grateful, and humbled, but also… worried.  My whole life, I’d been working towards the goal of a college scholarship.  It was the end objective that drove every difficult decision, weighing each choi

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Charlotte March For Our Lives - Megan Bird '21

Friday, April 13, 2018

     On Saturday morning, March 24, I joined 7 freshman Levine Scholars, 7,000 Charlotteans, and millions worldwide to march for increased regulation and restrictions on firearms. The March for Our Lives spanned 800 cities, the largest student-led protest since the Vietnam War.

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My Semester Abroad - Lauren Tooley '20

Friday, April 6, 2018 If I’m being honest, I never thought that studying abroad for a semester would be a possibility for me. I wanted to double major and thought I couldn’t miss any semesters at my home university in order to finish in four years.

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Alternative Spring Break 2018 - Seth Flynn '19

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Two seniors, two juniors, four sophomores, and six freshmen: as I looked at the crowd of scholars chatting with anticipation outside of Levine Hall, I felt excited to get to know them more deeply through the alternative service break to Roanoke, Virginia with Habitat for Humanity.

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One Year Later: Both Sides of Finalist Weekend - Matthew Hoffman '21

Friday, February 23, 2018

             One year ago, when I was walking into Levine Hall as a nervous finalist, I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t really know a lot about UNC Charlotte, or even the Levine Scholars Program, I just knew I was going to do an interview for a big scholarship and then go home to make up all the homework I had missed.

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The Perks of Pre-Law Society - Kyle Ali '20

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

            When I came to UNC Charlotte I knew that upon graduating I wanted to go to law school. I declared a major in political science and during my second semester took the introductory course for the legal studies minor.

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More Than Just A Show - Leila Abu-Hassan '21

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

      Though the holiday season has passed, it is most definitely not forgotten! Despite the many opportunities I’ve been given recently that I could write about, the most exciting one to date was seeing The Nutcracker with my fellow Scholars.

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Weather World with DJ Dani - Danielle Miller '19

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

          “Good Afternoon Levine Children’s Hospital, DJ Dani here live in Seacrest Studios and today during Weather World we’re talking about thunderstorms!” This is how I get to start my day twice a week at Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) in Uptown Charlotte.

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The Long Way To Nepal - Megan Lemon '18

Friday, November 17, 2017

As I desperately clung to the waist of a man I had met 5 minutes prior on the back of a motorcycle climbing a dirt road ascending a mountain to a women’s farm in the Nepali Himalayas with a backpack that had nothing in it but a watermelon, I had to ask myself: how did I get here?

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Civic Engagement Project - Gabriella Kroska '18

Friday, October 27, 2017

     From what I remember being a senior in high school attending Finalists’ Weekend, the part of the Levine Scholarship that the (interviewing high school seniors) students were least focused on was the civic engagement grant.

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My Transition to UNC Charlotte - Scott Christensen '21

Friday, October 20, 2017

     Harris Teeter. Cookout. Bojangles. Before coming to Charlotte, I had never heard of such fine establishments. Even with the lack of Publix grocery stores in the area, moving from southwestern Florida to Charlotte has been an extremely smooth transition. The Charlotte area has quickly become like a home to me. The October weather has been nothing short of wonderful.

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My Summer With Horses - Melissa Martin '20

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

          Early in my freshman year, a mass email fat with opportunity plopped into my inbox. UNC Charlotte’s psychology department was advertising a summer internship researching cognition - in dolphins! I preemptively opened the application knowing that in the not-so-distant future I would be pursuing a pre-professional internship through the Levine Scholars Program.

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There's No Place Like Nols - Andrea Badillo '21

Friday, September 15, 2017 We saw a bear twice. We forgot how to use our phones. It was magical and absolutely unforgettable. Thus, there are infinite ways I can write about NOLS that I honestly do not even know where to begin.

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上海的经验 The Shanghai Experience - Sydney Welch '19

Friday, September 1, 2017

   Here’s some background about me: I am the first and only daughter with two younger brothers and I am from a small rural town in the foothills of North Carolina.  Now, I would like you to take a moment and imagine my parents’ reactions when I said the following sentence; “Mom? Dad?

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A Levine Scholar and a Dance Major - Lauren Tooley '20

Friday, May 5, 2017

Nothing is better than seeing people's reactions when I tell them that yes, I am a Levine Scholar but yes, I am also a dance major.  Some people are intrigued, some are confused, and most think that I am going to open my own dance studio (I'm not). Choosing to be a dance major seemed obvious to me, as I have danced all my life.

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Not Your Average Alternative Spring Break - Kevin Smith '20

Not Your Average Alternative Spring Break - Kevin Smith '20

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
On March 5th, 2017, nine Levine Scholars from the Classes of 2019 and 2020 departed Charlotte, NC on their way to Lewisburg, West Virginia for the program’s first-ever Alternative Spring Break trip.  Accompanied by the LSP Director, Dr.

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Attending the Women's March on Washington - Casey Aldridge '17

Attending the Women's March on Washington - Casey Aldridge '17

Friday, March 24, 2017

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, I took to the streets of Washington, D.C. with anywhere between five hundred thousand and one million marchers as part of the Women's March on Washington. Caroline Fowle, Addy Goff, and I carpooled together on Thursday evening to prepare for and attend the march.

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Finalist Weekend 2017 - Reginald Harper Jr, '20

Thursday, March 2, 2017

This year’s finalist weekend was a success. Being a freshman, seeing the other side of the program was beneficial to me, as I was able to witness the logistics that went into the production as a whole, and gave clarity to some of the questions that I filed away last year.

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'Twas the Week Before Finals - Ryan Mach '17

Monday, December 12, 2016
‘Twas the week before finals, when all through the school,
Not a student was stirring, not even the frat boys who think they’re so cool.
The papers were written with the finest of care,
In hopes that we would avoid that final semester scare.
 

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Dance Marathon 2016 - by Sam Lee '20

Dance Marathon 2016 - by Sam Lee '20

Monday, December 5, 2016

It’s Friday, November 4th. 6:58 pm. UNC Charlotte students and their friends from Levine Children’s Hospital are lined up side by side, decked out in beads, tu-tus and other festive attire to represent their color group, preparing to dash up the steps of the Popp Martin Student Union to kick off one of the most exciting events of the year: Dance Marathon.

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CoopStrong Homecoming Tailgate - By Addy Goff '17

CoopStrong Homecoming Tailgate - By Addy Goff '17

Monday, November 7, 2016

Over the course of the last four years, UNC Charlotte has become my home away from home. The Levine Scholars Program has provided me with a support system resembling a family, with fellow scholars becoming more like siblings than classmates, and faculty members looking out for me both in and out of the classroom.

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