The Stone Center has awarded two Sean Douglas Fellowships and six Undergraduate International Studies Fellowships (UISF) for 2019. The Sean Douglas Initiative offers two students a semester-long paid fellowships. They will receive the opportunity to work directly with our Director to develop meaningful leadership experiences on campus and in the surrounding communities. The 2019 Fellows are:
Ajani Anderson: Ajani Anderson is an Arts History major from Durham, NC and a graduate of the UNC School of the Arts. She plans to use this fellowship to gain practical experience in giving a voice to marginalized groups in the cultivation, planning, and execution of exhibitions. She hopes that this experience will only increase her passion and commitment to elevating the important connection between art and social justice.
De'Ivyion Drew: De'Ivyion Drew is from Raleigh, NC. As a Robertson Scholar, Drew attends both UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University as a Studio Art and African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Major with a minor in Psychology. She plans to continue her arts education through global engagement opportunities before attaining an MFA and becoming a professional artist and curator.
2019 Sean Douglas Fellows (L-R: De'Ivyion Drew, Ajani Anderson)
The Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship (UISF) supports the participation of students of color and other underrepresented groups in travel and study abroad programs. To date, UISF has provided over $160,000 to UNC-Chapel students studying abroad. This year, six students received funding:
Lauren Graham: Lauren Graham is a sophomore from Durham, NC, who is majoring in Political Science with a minor in Business Administration. This summer, she will be traveling to China to participate in the Chinese University of Hong Kong's International Summer School Institute where she plans to take classes in marketing and international business. During her time at UNC, Lauren has been a member of the UNC Gymnastics team, Honors Carolina, the Institute of Politics, and the Kappa Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
Jacqueline Nkrumah: Jacqueline Nkrumah is a rising junior Psychology major on the pre-med track from Raleigh, NC. Jacqueline will travel to London, UK this summer to complete a psychology course for her major as well as enroll in a course taught by faculty at King’s College London. Through her program, she will be able to learn more about abnormal psychology in the context of British culture. Furthermore, she will be able to broaden her knowledge base about the British healthcare system and hopefully use that knowledge in her path to medicine to help improve the US healthcare system.
Kerri Reid: Kerri Reid is a rising senior from Fayetteville, NC. She majors in Global Studies and Psychology. Kerri will travel to Salamanca, Spain to take an advanced Spanish language course as well as an art course in an effort to enhance her knowledge of the Spanish language and learn more about Spanish art. She aspires to become an occupational therapist for children and using her Spanish proficiency to help a wider demographic.
Asia Sellars: Asia Sellars is a junior from Burlington, NC. She is a Psychology major with a minor in Women and Gender Studies. Asia will travel to Stockholm, Sweden to study gender, equality, and sexuality in Scandinavia in order to learn how gender equality manifests in Swedish culture, politics, and socioeconomics.
Latesha Sharpe: Latesha Sharpe is a third-year BSN student from Rocky Mount, NC, and a member of the 7th cohort of Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation. As a Hillman Scholar, she will further examine her research interests in intergenerational cardiometabolic disease and disparities in African American communities. Latesha will travel to Tanzania this summer to explore the impacts culture, nutrition, and lifestyle have on cardiometabolic health in African communities and its applicability to African American populations in the United States to decrease cardiometabolic health disparities. She and an inter-professional team from UNC will provide health assessments, health education, and treatment to the citizens of Tanzania.
Sakari Singleton: Sakari Singleton is a junior Global Studies major with a minor in Hispanic Studies. She works with Outreach 360 on campus and with the local Refugee Support Center. Sakari plans to spend a semester in Sevilla, Spain in an effort to become fluent in Spanish as well as further her Global Studies major to prepare for a career in foreign service and international affairs.
2019 Undergraduate International Studies Fellows (L-R: Kerri Reid, Jacqueline Nkrumah, Asia Sellars, Lauren Graham; Not pictured: Latesha Sharpe, Sakari Singleton)