Graduate School Dean’s Award

• Award Winners

The Graduate School Dean’s Award is a new award created in 2025 to honor the remarkable scholarship and leadership contributions of Carolina graduate students and to demonstrate The Graduate School’s commitment to student success. The inaugural cohort of recipients have been recognized for their outstanding character, leadership, scholarship and service to the University.

Award Winners

This award will be presented during the Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration during Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week in the first week of April.

• 2025
  • Joel Begay, epidemiology
  • Rebecca Lesnefsky, culture, curriculum, and teacher education
  • Verdant Julius, maternal and child health