{"id":7453,"date":"2014-03-03T11:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:36:11","slug":"morehead-cain-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=7453","title":{"rendered":"UNC Morehead-Cain Scholar selected for 2014-2015 Luce Scholars fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/03\/hage_joel_010-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7455\" src=\"https:\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/03\/hage_joel_010-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"hage_joel_010-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The newest Luce Scholars fellowship recipient from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is Jo\u00ebl Joseph Hage of Greensboro, a senior Morehead-Cain Scholar who is fluent in five languages. His major is in global studies with a minor in Arabic, both in the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Hage is one of 18 American students selected from 155 nominees to receive a 2014-2015 fellowship from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York City and the 36th UNC student to earn the prestigious award. Carolina continues to lead the nation in Luce Scholars, with six now selected in the last five academic years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJo\u00ebl Hage joins a very impressive group of UNC students who have received Luce Scholarships,\u201d said Linda Dykstra, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of psychology and former director of UNC\u2019s Office of Distinguished Scholarships. \u201cWith the expertise he has gained both as a UNC student and a world citizen, he is certain to complement the overall vision of the Luce Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Luce Scholars Program began in 1974 and funds a year of living and learning in Asia for recent college graduates up to the age of 30 who have limited prior experience of the continent. The foundation\u2019s goal is to connect future American leaders with Asian colleagues in their fields. Selection criteria include outstanding achievement, leadership ability and clearly defined personal and professional interests coupled with potential for success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJo\u00ebl\u2019s approach to international development has emerged from his intense focus on marginalized communities,\u201d said Raymond B. Farrow III, director of development and strategic initiatives for Carolina Performing Arts, chair of the UNC Luce Scholars Program selection committee and a former Luce Scholar. \u201cHis experiences with a variety of places where human constructs limit opportunity for economic growth, restrict mobility and deny freedom have led him to focus on urban planning as the key to his future career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hage, 23, is the son of Joseph and Jamilee Hage, Lebanese immigrants who moved to the United States in the 1980s, eventually settling in Greensboro. He graduated from Northwest Guilford High School in 2009. There he worked in the family restaurant, Mediterraneo, and was also a Tae Kwon Do instructor, earning a second-degree black belt.<\/p>\n<p>He received a Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend UNC-Chapel Hill. At Carolina, Hage has been named to the dean\u2019s list, is a member of Honors Carolina and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in spring 2013. He is a Buckley Public Service Scholar with more than 300 hours of public service and is active in several campus organizations and programs such as Campus Y and TEDxUNC. He was one of 13 UNC students chosen to design and teach a course \u2013 his was \u201cBeyond War and Luxury: the Unheard Tale of Lebanon\u201d \u2013 through Carolina Students Taking Academic Responsibility through Teaching (C-START).<\/p>\n<p>Hage is exploring Lebanese politics and religion in his honors thesis. He speaks Lebanese Arabic, Italian, Spanish and French and is currently working on proficiency in Portuguese and Modern Standard Arabic. He has studied, worked and traveled widely in South Africa, Lebanon, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Costa Rica and Guatemala. He will have the opportunity to immerse himself in Asia for the first time as a Luce Scholar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Luce Scholars Program will enable me to experience a crucial time in global history as Asian governments \u2013 China in particular \u2013 attempt to address a range of societal issues through the rapid creation and expansion of urban environments,\u201d Hage said. \u201cSeeing such transformations up close will add a valuable dimension to my understanding of urbanization and its effects on marginalized communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The value of the Luce award varies by assignment. The scholars will learn their assignments in June, spend part of the summer in the region for intensive language study, and then start their 10-month internships in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest Luce Scholar from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is Jo\u00ebl Joseph Hage of Greensboro, a senior Morehead-Cain Scholar who is fluent in five languages. 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