Resident Scholar

Resident Scholars must be a member of the University community or a guest of a university department. They must also have earned an advanced degree or be in process of earning advanced degree at UNC Chapel Hill. Resident Scholars should be dedicated to working with diverse student populations and understand the value of learning outside of the classroom. Becoming a Resident Scholar is based on the availability of space within the residence halls.

Resident Scholars spend 20 hours per month interacting with their assigned community. Those interactions can include but are not limited to:

• Facilitating at least one active program per month for residents
• Attending and participating in programs sponsored by the Resident Advisors or Community Government for the residential community
• Holding office hours or consultation sessions with residents
• Meeting once a month with the Associate Director for Residential Learning who oversees the Resident Scholar program
• Communicating regularly with leaders of the residential community such as the Community Director, Resident Advisors, and Community Government members

Carolina Housing provides each Resident Scholar an on-campus apartment with internet and basic utilities (water, electric). Space availability determines specifics of whether the apartment has 1 or 2 bedrooms or if it includes a washer and dryer in the unit. Resident Scholars are responsible for working with their academic department to secure a campus parking permit.

We are fully staffed with Resident Scholars for the 2020-2021 academic year and are not currently accepting applications. We ask current Resident Scholars to indicate by the spring semester if they are interested in returning to the position for the following year. Vacancies are most likely to be posted in mid to late spring for the following academic year.

Warm greetings from Vietnam, my Name is Sunny Vo (Dzung Vo in Vietnamese). In this academic year, I feel grateful to be a visiting lecturer in Vietnam courses at UNC, through the Fulbright program of the U.S Embassy. When it comes to Vietnamese Culture, Language, Music, Food, Traditional Values, or Viet trendy things... Are you interested? I am here with you to explore this diverse, unique, and energetic Asian country- my hometown. Welcome, all of you to Vietnam's land.  

I am also happy to be a Vietnamese Ambassador, and I believe that each of us is an Ambassador for our country so I am really excited to meet, to talk, and to learn from all of you.  
Let’s together enjoy this wonderful academic year!. To be honest, I am really excited and I can't wait to be a part of the UNC campus. Hope to see you soon.  
 
Best regards, Sunny. 

My name is Vera Weinfield, I am an artist and an art educator. I studied painting for four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and since then I have lived and worked on art in many places including Texas, Mexico, Colombia, North Carolina and New York. For the past 5 years I have focused on community murals and narrative painting that deal with social justice issues connected to the communities I am living and working with. As an educator and community artist I am very excited to get to know the community at the Morrison and help facilitate art projects and foster a creative space.