Graduation Year 2021

Melina Richardson

University Honors and Biology Honors Programs
Pre-Biology

Hometown: Pineville, NC Melina is a part of the University Honors Program, Biology Honors Program, and the UHP Student Ambassador team at UNCC. She wants to pursue a career in vaccine research and development. Someday, she hopes to use her work to save the lives of people around the world. Melina loves baking, growing a […]

Dante Gil Rivas

Arts + Architecture Honors Program
Major: Architecture, Minor: Urban Studies

Hometown: Charlotte, NCDante is currently a graduate student at Rice University pursuing a Master of Architecture. Once he completes his degree, he would like to work for an architecture firm that incorporates research and practice. His interest comes from working as a student research assistant at the School of Architecture’s Integrated Design Research Lab at […]

Neud’s Saint-Cyr

University Honors Program
Africana Studies (Health and Environment)

Hometown: Charlotte, NC Neud’s is a member of the University Honors Program, is a UCAE Peer Tutor, and does Crystallography research with Dr.Jones in the chemistry department here at UNC Charlotte. She has also participated in the Emerging Leaders and UTOP programs at UNC Charlotte. Her career goal is to go on to become a […]

Brianna Smith

University Honors Program
Public Health and Spanish

Brianna is a junior and has been a proud Martin Scholar for three years. She has been a member of the University Honors Program (UHP) since her freshman year and has been serving as the Honors College Events/Programming Intern since fall 2018. Brianna is also a UHP ambassador, a tutor with TKV (an on-campus organization […]

David Wicklin

University Honors Program
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Spanish

Hometown: Cary, NC David is currently pursuing a degree in Energy Systems Engineering with a minor in Spanish. He is interested in programming and statistics and hopes to use his degree to develop renewable energy in Latin America. He enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons, reading, and hanging out with friends in his free time.