Reed Gabriel Ignizio Award

Reed Gabriel Ignizio, brother of Graham Ignizio who received his Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009, had been accepted to enter UNC-CH in Fall 2009 as a Carolina Covenant Scholar. Reed drowned while swimming with a group of friends in a lake near his home in June, and the family of Graham and Reed, and Graham’s friends in Romance Languages, established this annual award to honor Reed.

The Reed Gabriel Ignizio Award recognizes an outstanding Carolina Covenant Scholar who has demonstrated excellence in upper-level courses (beyond 204) in a Romance Language. The recipient does NOT need to be pursuing a major or a minor in that language. 

The $1000 award may be used:

1. to reduce loans for language-related summer study at UNC-Chapel Hill, summer study on a UNC-CH program, or a summer internship for which registration at UNC-Chapel Hill is required

   OR

2. toward expenses for language-related independent travel abroad to complete a specific project, for an internship for which registration at UNC-CH is not required, or for summer study at a college or university other than UNC-Chapel Hill

Eligible applicants should submit:

1. a transcript printed from ConnectCarolina with pertinent courses highlighted
2. a 1-page statement explaining how the funding will be used.