2016 Application
The North Carolina Fellows Program
Carolina Leadership Development | Carolina Union
2501 FPG Student Union, CB# 5210
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-5210
P. 919.962.8306 | F. 919.962.3719
NCFellows2019@gmail.com │ http://carolinaunion.unc.edu/leadership
The North Carolina Fellows Program, established at Carolina in 1968, is a cohort-based leadership-learning program that attempts
to complicate the thinking of its members and challenge them to become their best selves and maximize their potential. This is done
by way of a curriculum that consists of two academic courses (a 3cr. seminar taken during the fall of their sophomore year; and a
capstone course taken during their senior spring semester); monthly in-service seminars/workshops; educational retreats; and
committees that address specific program needs. The program seeks to challenge conventional understanding of leadership and
power dynamics; to facilitate learning between and among program members; and to encourage positive social change by way of
those mechanisms.
The Application and Interview Calendar
 Application due date: January 29, 2016; 5:00pm.
 Day of Interviews: Saturday, February 27 or Sunday, Feb 28, 9am to 5pm.
 Compulsory First-Year Retreat: Late March or early April, 2016.
Application Instructions
Give sufficient thought to each question and be candid and concise in your responses. There are no correct or incorrect answers;
write what you think and believe, rather than what you think the reviewers may want you to write.
Specific directions:
 Once you have completed your responses, please save the document as a PDF file and email it to
NCFellows2019@gmail.com. Your PID Number must appear on each page.
 Your responses to the application prompts should be limited to one page front-and-back. Application readers will not be
given access to responses beyond your two pages of responses.
 The font size of your responses should be no smaller than 10pt.
 If you have any questions, please contact the NC Fellows Selection Committee at NCFellows2019@gmail.com.
 Approximately sixty applicants will be invited to participate in interviews, conducted by current program members and
alumni.
 Interviews will be conducted on either Saturday, February 27 or Sunday, February 28, 2016, from 9am to 5pm. Because of
the complexity of creating the interview schedule, candidates must be able to attend the entire day. We cannot make
exceptions for schedule conflicts. We will make accommodations for disabilities.
 Applications must be received by 5:00pm, Friday, January 29, 2016. We cannot accept late applications.
Thank you for your interest in the North Carolina Fellows Program!
We look forward to receiving and reading your application.
Personal Information
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Required Information:
PID Number: _______________________________
Email Address: _______________________________
Your full name: ______________________________
I prefer to be called: _______________________________
Your Hometown: _____________________________
Your High School: _______________________________
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Optional Information:
Preferred Gender Pronouns: _________________________
(e.g., she/her, they/them, he/him, none, etc.)
Race: _______________________________
Ethnicity: _______________________________
Are you a first-generation college student? Yes ___ No ___
What you like others to know about your identity (optional):
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PID Number: ____________________
Application Prompts
1. From what experience, in or out of the classroom, have you learned the most?
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2.
Describe one of your passions and how it manifests in your personal goals.
3.
What local, national, or global issue do you struggle with? If given the opportunity to address this issue, what would you do
about it?
4.
Discuss something (e.g., a book, film, painting, piece of music, a conversation, an event, etc.) that has influenced your thinking.
5.
Describe a leader who and/or a social movement that inspires you. What experiences or interactions have led you to this
insight?
PID Number: ____________________
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6. Reflecting on your life experiences, what would you consider to be your most significant failure? What have you learned from
this failure?
7.
If you were given the time and resources to pursue a curiosity, hobby, or other interest, what would you choose to pursue? Why?
8.
We all have multiple social identities (race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, etc.). When you reflect on your identities,
how have they affected you and your place in the world? How do you believe they have affected others’ perceptions of you?
9.
Describe one of your deeply held values, how it manifests in your life, and how it has evolved.
10. Given what you know about the NC Fellows Program at this time, why do you wish to be a part of it?
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