Carolina People

Jenny Marvel sees parallels between her life and her work at the Ackland Art Museum.

What does Monica Hill like best about her job supporting scholastic journalism throughout North Carolina? Working with great people, of course. "I have the advantage of working with the best philanthropists in education because high school journalism teachers give so much to students," she said.

Maria Dykema Erb sees it as a gift to be able to work with so many students from such diverse backgrounds and help them find community as they transition into graduate school. "It's where I am supposed to be," she said.

When Paul Hoecke thinks about the contributions the UNC Print Shop and Copy Shop makes to Carolina, he thinks about the 8,500 orders the shop handled last year. When he thinks about how all those ordered were completed, he thinks about teamwork. "There’s really no “I” here," he said.

Mari Diaz is inspired by students who come into CAPS seeking psychological services: "They're bright, hardworking, service-oriented and often motivated to work on themselves."

What Shonda L. Goward likes most about her job as academic director of the Carolina Covenant is getting to know students who are not only academically curious, but kind and thoughtful people interested in making Carolina better for the students who come after them.