Undergraduate Alumni
Sasha Seymore ’15
Sasha Seymore graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015, with a double-major in Global Studies and Economics and a minor in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School. After graduating from UNC, Sasha received a George J. Mitchell scholarship to study Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, where he studied the legacy impact of post-conflict NGOs working in shared education and played for the Belfast Star Basketball Club. Sasha currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and works as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. Read more here.
Caroline Zullo ’15
A Global Studies and Political Science double major, Caroline Zullo was recently selected for the Carnegie Junior Fellows Program. She will serve as UNC’s first recipient of the one-year award and is one of only 14 students chosen from an applicant pool of almost 200. This award provides Caroline with the opportunity to work with the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC as a paid research assistant to the endowment’s senior associates. Read more here.
Adriana Golindano ’14
Adriana Golindano graduated in 2014 with a dual degree in Global Studies and History. She was recently selected as one of the 120 Student Ambassadors to represent the US at the Milan Expo 2015. Of her time at UNC, she says “I am so grateful to UNC and the Global Studies major for shaping me into the intellectual that I am and helping me feed my wanderlust.” Read more here.
Colleen Daly ’13
Colleen Daly holds a double major in Global Studies and Spanish, with a minor in Social and Economic Justice. She studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain to connect with the memory of her late grandfather, who had studied there in the Archives of the Indies as part of his research as a professor of Latin American History at Duke. Read more here.
LaChaun Banks ’10
In 2010, LaChaun Banks received a BA in International Studies, now the Curriculum in Global Studies, with a concentration in global economics, trade, and development. LaChaun says that being a Global Studies major helped to prepare her for her current role as the Associate Director for NCGrowth, a university center which provides assistance to businesses and governments on economic development and entrepreneurship projects. Read more here.
Ryan Caldwell ’09
Ryan Caldwell joined the UNC Chapel Hill community as an undergraduate in 2005, earning a double-major in International Studies and French. As a freshman at Chapel Hill, Caldwell decided she wanted to live outside of the United States and work in international affairs. Caldwell remarks that at the point she did not, however, have any idea how to go about that process, what jobs were available or what skills would be needed to be successful in this field. The Global Studies program at Carolina proved to be her North Star. Read more here.
Amber Featherstone ’06
Amber Featherstone graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, earning a degree in Global Studies with a minor in Spanish. Her international experience includes working for the UNHCR in Thailand and volunteering at an orphanage in South Africa. Amber is currently working at the Center for Global Health and the Center for Health Equity Research in the UNC School of Medicine. Read more here.
Catherine Wiggins ’05
After graduating in 2005 with a major in Global Studies, Catherine Wiggins spent 10 years living abroad in East and West Africa working with various NGOs on public health and education programs. Catherine is now the Executive Director for the non-profit organization ‘Impact Africa,’ which provides education and health services to vulnerable populations in Africa. Read more here.