Graduate Fellowship Program

The Parr Center Graduate Fellowship Program offers an interdisciplinary cohort of Carolina graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with peers, researchers, and faculty across academic departments; engage with visiting speakers; and participate in the Center’s outreach programming.

Benefits of becoming a Parr Center Graduate Fellow:

• membership in an interdisciplinary community that focuses on a broad range of ethical issues and scholarship
• support from peers and faculty on developing scholarship in group workshop settings
• priority invitation for meals and meetings with the Center’s invited guest speakers
• opportunities to present at conferences and events organized or sponsored by the Center
• multiple opportunities to get involved with the Center’s award winning National High School Ethics Bowl
• opportunities to assist with local and regional ethics outreach initiatives with K-12 students, retirees, and other community members

Requirements (as of the 2024-25 academic year)

• Attend at least two Grad Fellow events from the list below*
• Attend at least three Parr Center public events from the list below* 
• Moderate and/or judge at least two rounds at both the January 25, 2025 North Carolina High School Ethics Bowl and the April 11-13, 2025 National High School Ethics Bowl* 
•  Write at least one High School Ethics Bowl case 

* In the case of unmovable schedule conflicts with these events, it is possible to substitute other activities with the consent of the Parr Center.

2024-25 Graduate Fellows Programming 

Fall 2024 

• October 15, 5:30pm: Grad Fellows Case Writing Happy Hour 

Spring 2025 

• Works in Progress event – date TBA 

• Parr Center pedagogy workshop – TBD 

Parr Center public events 2024-25

• September 24, 12:30 pm: Ethics Around the Table with Doug MacKay
• October 8, 5 pm: Parr Center Presents Christopher Kutz
• November 12, 5pm: Parr Center Presents Angela Sun
• February 4, 12:30 pm: Ethics Around the Table with Rebecca Walker
• February 18, 5 pm: Parr Center Presents Linda Radzik
• March, date TBD: Parr Center Presents Todd May
• Spring, date TBD: Greek Tragedy in the Community performance
• April 2, 5pm: Parr | Bioethics Joint Lecture: Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby
• April 24, 5pm: Parr Center celebration — more information coming soon