Crown Scholars

Crown Scholars

Jennifer Lopez

Business Honors Program
Actuarial Science and Finance

Hometown: Charlotte, NC Jennifer is an active member of the Business Honors Program and has participated in a number of programs on campus including the University Transition Opportunities Program and the Emerging Leaders Program. In the spring of 2016 Jennifer studied abroad in Milan, Italy at the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. In her free […]

Luke Lowry

University Honors Program
Major: Mechanical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering), Minor: Mathematics

Hometown: Hickory, NC Luke went on to graduate from UNC Chapel Hill with a Master’s degree in City & Regional Planning. He is currently working as a Regional Planner at Centralina Regional Council in Charlotte, NC

Afra Mahmood

University Honors Program
Public Health and Spanish

Hometown: Charlotte, NC Afra is an active member leader of several campus organizations, including the Allied Health Coalition (President), Ninerthon (Director of Family and Hospital Relations), and the University Honors Program. Afra also works as a Students Obtaining Success Peer Mentor and teaches a Foundations of Arabic class to children on the weekends. In her […]

Jeffrey Manchester

University Honors Program
Majors: Biology and Economics, Minor: Public Health

Hometown: Huntersville, NC Jeffrey is an investigator with Wells Fargo.

Kerrington Maner

University Honors Program
Biology and Spanish

Hometown: Charlotte, NC Kerrington has been exploring which career paths she’d like to pursue. In early 2021, she began bodybuilding and competed in (and won) her first bodybuilding competition that October.

Todd Mendenhall

University Honors Program
Mathematics and Physics

Todd is pursuing a MS and PhD in physics at East Carolina University.

Marc Moore

University Honors Program
Architecture (Urban Studies)

Hometown: Smithfield, NC Marc graduated May 2022 with his Masters of City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill. He completed a planning and development internship with Charlotte Center City Partners. Marc is now employed with Kimley-Horn as a planning analyst.

Emily Murphy

University Honors Program
Major: English, Minor: Secondary Education

Emily was an active in the University Honors Program and also as an Admissions guide, leading campus tours for visiting prospective students and their families. After graduation she headed to the classroom as an English teacher.

Chloe Nicola

University Honors Program
International Studies and Spanish

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM Chloe is a member of the University Honors Program, the Model UN, and is a volunteer Conversation Buddy with UNC Charlotte’s English Language Training Institute. Her career goal is to work in Latin America as a Foreign Service Officer of the US State Department. In her free time, Chloe enjoys trying new […]

Catherine Onia

University Honors Program
Biology

Hometown: Charlotte, NC Catherine was an active member and leader in several campus organizations, including the Pre-Dental Club, the Asian Student Association (Treasurer), and the Filipino-American Student Union (Founder and Vice President). Catherine was also been involved in undergraduate research, studying the “Worker-Queen Interactions of Honey Bees” in the Department of Biological Sciences. Catherine also […]