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Phillips Passport Initiative Opens Applications (Again!)

February 1, 2024

The Phillips Passport Initiative provides funding for first year and new transfer undergraduate students to obtain their first U.S. passport. The mission of the initiative is to encourage students to participate in global experiences while at Carolina. Award recipients will … Read more

Spring 2024 Phillips Ambassadors Announced

January 10, 2024

After a competitive application process, six new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Spring 2024 study abroad programs in Asia. The students will attend a unique seminar course with returning ambassadors before they leave, and again upon return from studying abroad. They will also … Read more

UNC Phillips Summer in Taiwan Returns in 2024

December 12, 2022

The Phillips Ambassadors Program is thrilled to run its summer study abroad program, UNC Phillips Summer in Taiwan, again in Summer 2024. This hybrid faculty-led program, created in collaboration with UNC Study Abroad, is based at National Taiwan University (NTU) … Read more

Fall 2023 Ambassadors Announced

September 14, 2022

After a competitive application process, seven new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Fall 2023 study abroad programs in Asia. The students will attend a unique seminar course with returning ambassadors before they leave, and again upon return from studying abroad. They will … Read more

Summer 2023 Ambassadors Announced

September 13, 2022

After a competitive application process, seven new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Summer 2023 study abroad programs in Asia. The students will attend a unique seminar course with returning ambassadors before they leave, and again upon return from studying abroad. They will also … Read more

Spring 2023 Ambassadors Announced

September 12, 2022

After a competitive application process, ten new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Spring 2023 study abroad programs in Asia. The students will attend a unique seminar course with returning ambassadors before they leave, and again upon return from studying abroad. They will … Read more

Fall 2022 Ambassadors Announced

September 12, 2022

After a competitive application process, eleven new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Fall 2022 study abroad programs in Asia. The students will attend a unique seminar course with returning ambassadors before they leave, and again upon return from studying abroad. They will … Read more

2022 Graduate Ambassador: Risa Murase

June 20, 2022

The Phillips Ambassadors Program is thrilled to have Risa Murase serve as the 2022 Graduate Phillips Ambassador. Risa is an international Ph.D student at the Department of Sociology who hails from Tokyo, Japan. She comes to us with several years … Read more

Summer 2022 Phillips Ambassadors Announced

June 16, 2022

After a competitive application process, five new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Summer 2022 study abroad programs in Asia. The students will attend a unique seminar course with returning ambassadors before they leave, and again upon return from studying abroad. They will also … Read more

Spring 2022 Phillips Ambassadors

March 8, 2022

Six new Phillips Ambassadors were selected for Spring 2022 study abroad programs in Asia, headed to Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Korea.  From left to right: Katherine Angell of Winston-Salem is studying through the Yonsei University spring program. She is an English … Read more