UNC-CH LAN Programs

America Reads at UNC-Chapel Hill

SCALE

CB# 3505, 101 E. Weaver Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
919.962.1543

SCALE’s America Reads Program increases community involvement and literacy awareness among campus tutors while at the same time increasing the literacy skills of the children that are being tutored.

APPLES: Assisting People in Planning Learning Experiences in Service

APPLES

Jenny Huq
Faculty Advisor

Janaka Lagoo, President
Gina McGowan, Vice President

APPLES is a student-led program engaging students, faculty, and community agencies in service-learning partnerships. Its goal is to foster socially aware and civically involved students through participation in an enriched curriculum and hands-on experiences that address the needs of North Carolina communities.

Campus Y - Project Literacy

CB# 5115, 102 Y Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5115
919.962.2333
campusy@unc.edu

Lucy Lewis
Assistant Director

Project Literacy takes a two-pronged approach to addressing literacy issues: volunteerism and advocacy. Project Literacy promotes education and empowerment by helping community members of all ages learn to read and write through programs like Jump Time and English as a Second Language. The Special Projects committee increases awareness of literacy issues on both a local and global level through partnerships with initiative programs. The programs offered by Project Literacy are listed below:

JumpTime
The JumpTime program is an afterschool program for at-risk kids at Scroggs Elementary School. Volunteers will work with one to two students, either helping with homework or reading with them.
Contact: Bethany Woomer.

Adult Literacy
Students help to enhance the literacy skills of University groundskeepers and housekeepers. Most of the tutoring is geared toward GED preparation.
Contact: Jessica Oliver.

Middle School ESL (English as a Second Language)
Through this program, UNC students teach English to non-native speakers in the community. The purpose of this program is to give learners the ability to speak English in order to overcome language barriers and allow for learners to better function in the community. Additionally, this program is designed to give UNC students teaching experience and an opportunity to contribute to and interact with the multi-cultural community beyond the University's campus.
Contact: Jessica Oliver.

Carolina Center for Public Service

Lynn Blanchard
Director

Amy Gorely
Assistant Director

Eileen Hannan
Program Officer

The Carolina Center for Public Service engages and supports the faculty, students, and staff of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in meeting the needs of North Carolina. The Center strengthens the University's public service commitment by promoting scholarship and service that are responsive to the concerns of the state and contribute to the common good.

Carolina Union Student Activities and Organizations

Several student-run organizations address the literacy needs of the University and community.

B.O.L.D.: Building Opportunities through Language Development

Wes Grigston
Political Chair

A mirror to the English-tutoring program in M.A.N.O.; B.O.L.D. pairs male tutors with men in the community learning English. In order to be participant-friendly, B.O.L.D. and M.A.N.O.

CHispA: Carolina Hispanic Association

Judy Rodriguez
Political Chair

Liz Linzan
Community Service Chair

Jessica Holt
CHispA Chicos Contact

CHispA is an organization that works on multiple projects within and relating to the Hispanic community at UNC including organizing support for the Dream Act, working with the Office for Minority Affairs, and a monthly project that varies. CHispA also sponsors the popular Big-Buddy style program CHispA Chicos.

C.L.A.P.: Carolina Language Partnership

Kathy Sikes
Faculty Advisor
919 962 1542

Pablo Durana
Student

Carolina Language Partnership is a student-run program offering free English tutoring to campus cafeteria workers, housekeepers and gardeners.

Launch the Venture

Jorge Fernandez
Volunteer Coordinator

This program is in the development stages, and aims to provide area Latino high school students a mentor from UNC to help them succeed in high school and their long-term academic goals. Volunteers would dedicate their four years at Carolina to tutoring a student through their high school subjects and then serving as a positive resource for the confusing process of college applications and deciding what to do after graduation.

Las Guapitas

Natalia Roldan
Academic Director

Las Guapitas was founded via a Robert E. Bryan Fellowship Grant in 2002 as a program designed to meet the needs of young Latina women in the Chapel Hill area. The focus of Las Guapitas is to promote self-esteem and higher education. Student volunteers meet with the “guapitas” once a week (usually Friday afternoons), and take part in a large variety of different activities.

M.A.N.O.: Mujeres Avanzando hacia Nuevas Oportunidades
Women Working Towards New Opportunities

Alyson Myers
Academic Director

M.A.N.O. provides opportunities for female volunteers to work one-on-one with Spanish-speaking women learning English in the community; opportunities to help with childcare are also available.

UNC's Latino Initiative

Erika Hunter
Volunteer Coordinator

Janet Lopez
Supervisor

This program involves mentoring and tutoring Latino high school students from Siler City with an aim to prepare them for application and acceptance to college. No Spanish speaking skills are necessary, and students meet in Chapel Hill (there is a relatively low time commitment).

Communiversity

Lotticia Mack
Director

Communiversity is a cornerstone project of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. It is a program of after school enrichment components managed and run by University student counselors servicing children ages 5 to 18.

North Carolina Teaching Fellows

Teaching Fellows

Howard Machtinger
Director

The Teaching Fellows Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill recruits creative and accomplished students to teaching. Supported by a full time scholarship provided by the North Carolina Legislature, the Teaching Fellows at UNC-Chapel Hill participate in four years of work with youth in schools.

Project Shine

Tamara Johnson

Project SHINE helps faculty members create links between classroom teaching and relevant field experience. It provides an opportunity to deepen students' theoretical understanding in a broad range of disciplines, including urban studies, anthropology, English, TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), sociology, public policy and history. Students gain knowledge of diverse cultures and life experiences, develop skills beyond the textbook, and find a powerful way to reinforce their academic studies.

Upward Bound

Marilyn Waddell
Director

The Upward Bound Program is an educational assistance program designed to generate in participants the skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school (postsecondary institutions).

UNC-Chapel Hill Literacy Action Network