Student Affairs
Welcome to Student Affairs!
We coordinate major schoolwide programs such as orientations, a student activities fair, a career and internship fair and professional development workshops. We work to recruit excellent students and offer career services for current students and recent alumni.
Getting involved is easy at the Gillings School. We have more than 20 active student organizations. These organizations focus on global issues, diversity initiatives, community advocacy and healthy lifestyles. Our student organizations sponsor educational, philanthropic and just-plain-fun events including:
- Gillings X, a series of TEDx-like talks by students about global health issues;
- The Gillings Games, a fall mini-Olympics that allow students to get acquainted while exercising together;
- Journal clubs, lectures and tailgating socials, among other events.
Dean and Directors
Charletta Sims Evans
Charletta Sims Evans
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
simsevan@email.unc.edu
Greg Bocchino
Greg Bocchino
Senior Executive Director of Academic Advising and Student Affairs
bocchino@email.unc.edu
Jonathan Earnest
Jonathan Earnest
Director of Admissions
earnestj@email.unc.edu
Admissions
Jonathan Earnest
Jonathan Earnest
Director of Admissions
earnestj@email.unc.edu
Kristen Drust Hurdle
Kristen Hurdle
Admissions Coordinator
919-843-2755
kdhurdle@email.unc.edu
Andrew Huggins
Andrew Huggins
Admissions Coordinator
919-843-2706
andrewhuggins@unc.edu
Jenna Keith
Jenna Keith
Admissions Coordinator
jmkeith@email.unc.edu
Course Management and Class Scheduling
Daniel Collins
Registrar
daniel.collins@unc.edu
Events Management
Tiffany Edouard
Student Affairs Events Manager
Tse7@email.unc.edu
Business Services
(Vacant)
Business Services Coordinator
Awards and Funding
Sarah Kitchens
Sarah Kitchens
Awards and Funding Coordinator
sarah_kitchens@unc.edu
Career Services
Lidia Colato
Lidia Colato
lidiatha@email.unc.edu
Career Services Coordinator
Derek Just
Derek Just
derekj@email.unc.edu
Alumni Career Services Coordinator
BSPH, PhD and other Master’s Students (Non-MPH)
Biostatistics
Melissa Hobgood
Melissa Hobgood
Academic Coordinator
mhobgood@bios.unc.edu
Epidemiology
Bretney Waller
919-966-2499
bnwaller@unc.edu
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore
Academic Coordinator
jenjoyce@email.unc.edu
Health Behavior
Maternal and Child Health
Sheneetra Wilson
Sheneetra Wilson
Academic Coordinator
wilson5@unc.edu
Health Policy and Management
Yolonda Childs
Academic Coordinator
childsyo@unc.edu
Kim Sieler
Kim Sieler
Academic Coordinator, Doctoral and Executive MHA Degree Program, Health Policy and Management
krsieler@email.unc.edu
Nutrition
U’Ronda Higgs
U’Ronda Higgs
Lead Academic Coordinator, BSPH, MS and PhD, Nutrition
uhiggs@email.unc.edu
919-962-7869
Residential MPH Students
Environmental Health Solutions
Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights
Health Policy
Population Health for Clinicians
Public Health Data Science
Adia Ware
Adia Ware
Lead Academic Coordinator
aware@unc.edu
Leadership in Practice
Joe Jacobs
Joe Jacobs
Academic Coordinator
mjj0216@email.unc.edu
Nutrition (non-RD)
Nutrition Registered Dietitian (RD)
U’Ronda Higgs
U’Ronda Higgs
Lead Academic Coordinator, BSPH, MS and PhD, Nutrition
uhiggs@email.unc.edu
919-962-7869
Public Health Leadership (returning MPH students)
Leadership in Practice (UNC-Asheville)
Sheneetra Wilson
Sheneetra Wilson
Academic Coordinator
wilson5@unc.edu
Online MPH Students
Health Policy
Leadership in Practice
Joe Jacobs
Joe Jacobs
Academic Coordinator
mjj0216@email.unc.edu
Nutrition (non-RD)
Nutrition Registered Dietitian (RD)
Interim Gillings Student Affairs
Lead Academic Coordinator
SPH-OSA@unc.edu
MPH Program in Asheville
Joe Jacobs
Joe Jacobs
Academic Coordinator
mjj0216@email.unc.edu
Shaneka Haynes
Place-Based Health – Asheville
Student Services Director
shanekah@unc.edu