It is with great pleasure that I announce that Kacie Neville has been named the 2012-2013 Executive Director of the Eve Carson Scholarship! Kacie has worked with the scholarship’s applicant recruitment and selection process for the past two years and has many fantastic ideas for the coming year. We are currently in the process of selecting the Executive and Selection Committee members that will serve with her. If you have any interest in working with the scholarship, I strongly encourage you to apply. Next year is sure to be very exciting for the scholarship as we select our fifth class of scholars.
We also have plenty of exciting events still to come this year! First, one of the highlights of March will be our month long Every Moment Counts event. Every Moment Counts started as a way to remember the small acts of kindness Eve was known for and to make Carolina a better place by showing just how powerful these actions can be. Wherever you are, I encourage you to join us as we encourage all of Carolina to participate in one small act of kindness each day. We will post each day’s theme on our Facebook page and it will be shown on the front page of the Daily Tar Heel. Help spread a little joy this March by joining us and encouraging your friends to join as well by sharing our Facebook posts and commenting about how you make every moment count.
One moment that we hope will be particularly special is the Tar Heel’s first game in the NCAA Tournament! We will be hosting an event here in Chapel Hill to watch the game, and many young alumni groups have agreed to host viewing parties in conjunction with us. How cool would it be to have Carolina fans from across the nation all watching the game in honor of Eve and the scholarship?! Contact your local alumni club for more information or email us at evecarsonscholarship@gmail.com. If there isn’t an event in your area but you would like to host one, let us know!
As you can tell, the next couple months are going to be a very exciting time for the scholarship! Every Moment Counts and all of our events are designed to celebrate Carolina and its students. We hope to continue to broaden our ability to recognize the amazing things that UNC students do, and as such, we have made it our goal to award three scholarships each year, beginning in 2013. We cannot meet this goal, however, without support from our wonderful donors and friends. Please consider making a contribution to help us provide more students with the opportunity to pursue their passions.
Sincerely,
Matt Fox
