Student Spotlights

Hometown: Charlotte, NC BFA in Theater with a Concentration in Performance and a Communications Minor 2024 How did you first get interested in theatre? All my life, I’ve been interested in acting. I remember being younger and performing improvisation scenes from my favorite Disney Channel movies before I even knew what improv was. I grew up […]

Hometown: Harrisburg, NC MA in Architecture and MA in Urban Design 2024 Mackenzie Lail completed received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UNC Charlotte in 2022. How did you first get interested in architecture? I’ve been drawing buildings ever since I could hold a pencil. When I was older, I became interested in the […]

Hometown: Lima, Perú Masters in Architecture 2024 How did you first get interested in architecture? My family always encouraged me to pursue a business career as I was growing up, because that’s the path they followed. However, I always knew that I wanted to pursue a career linked to the Arts. I discovered architecture once I got a […]

Hometown: High Point, NC B.F.A. in Art with a Concentration in 3D 2024 How did you first get interested in art? Art became an interest for me at a young age. It started with grief counseling, making things to help me express myself as a child because my mom passed away. My dad is also […]

BA in Dance Education

BA in Applied Dance and a BS in Exercise Science

Hometown: Passaic, NJ BA in Theater Performance How did you first get interested in theatre? I’ve loved being on stage since I was in elementary school. I helped with set design in middle and high school as well as singing the national anthem for football and basketball games. Once I graduated, I instructed dance at […]

Hometowns: Atlanta, GA and San Diego, CA BA in Theater Performance, BA in Spanish, and Certificates in Musical Theatre, Spanish-English Translation, and Business Spanish 2025 How did you first get interested in theatre? My introduction to performing actually happened by chance! I wasn’t the most outgoing when I was younger, but my grandma, who sang […]

Hometown: Gastonia, NC BA in Theater and BA in History 2024 How did you become interested in theater?  Honestly watching the TV show Friends as a kid and seeing Joey as an actor made me want to do it initially. What kind of career do you hope to have? I either want to be an actor or […]

Hometown: Charlotte, by way of Cairo, Egypt Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 2024 Give some general information about yourself: how did you become interested in architecture? I was initially uninterested due to a misconception about architecture being math dominated, but I was proven wrong when I joined the ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering) club and […]