2025-26

Xavier Adams

Orange County Schools

Orange High School

Fellowship: NC Heritage Kenan Fellowship, Supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Dudley Flood Center)


Atiba D. Bethea Sr.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Mallard Creek High School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowship, Supported by NCDEQ (Siemens Energy)


Mark Case

Guilford County Schools

Southern Guilford High School

Fellowship: NCDPI Computer Science/Computational Thinking (Honda Aircraft Company)


Nelly Coba Basile

Durham Public Schools

Sherwood Githens Middle School

Fellowship: NC Resiliency Fellowship with Duke University Marine Lab


Laurel Currie

Pitt County Schools

Pitt County Schools Early College High School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowship Supported by NCDEQ (The Volt Center at Craven Community College)

 


Maggie DeCorah

Henderson County Schools

Atkinson Elementary School

Fellowship: NC Farm Bureau Federation and Henderson County Farm Bureau: North Carolina Apples


Tiffany Dennis

Polk County Schools

PEAK After School

Fellowship: NC Center for Afterschool Programs (Biltmore Farms)


Kelly Dillman

Onslow County Schools

Fellowship: NCDPI Computer Science/Computational Thinking (National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City)

 


Michael Giddens

Sampson County Schools

Hobbton Middle School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowships Supported by NCDEQ (Blue Ridge Power)


Sarah Griffin-Greene

Public Schools of Robeson County

Rowland-Norment Elementary School

Fellowship: North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives: EmPowering Education with Lumbee River EMC


Tammy Hedgepeth

Edgecombe County Public Schools

Princeville Elementary School

Fellowship: NCDPI Computer Science/ Computational Thinking with Hitachi Astemo


Abigail Hester

Wake County Public School System

Mills Park Middle School

Fellowship: NC State Genetics and Genomics Academy


Paige Jackson

Alexander County Schools

Alexander Central High School

Fellowship: NCDPI Computer Science/Computational Thinking (Baxter Healthcare)


Jeny Keeter

Rutherford County Schools

Pinnacle Elementary School

Fellowship: Western NC Supported by Meta


Connie Locklear

Public Schools of Robeson County

Indian Education

Fellowship: NC Heritage Kenan Fellowship Supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources


Alexis Moore

Durham Public Schools

Ignite Online Academy

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowship, Supported by NCDEQ with the N.C. Business Committee for Education


Rebekah Morse

Polk County Schools

Polk Central Elementary School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowships Supported by NCDEQ (Western – Blue Ridge Power)


Matthew Murchison-Blake

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools

Carrboro High School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowships Supported by NCDEQ (UNC Institute for the Environment)


Tanya Novakowski

Duplin County Schools

Rose Hill-Magnolia Elementary School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowship, Supported by NCDEQ with NC State Williamsdale Farm Extension and Research Center


Sybil Robinson

Alamance-Burlington Schools

Hugh M. Cummings High School

Fellowship: An Exploration of Cellular Biology with Dr. Amy Maddox at UNC Chapel Hill


Gretchen Ross

Asheville City Schools

Asheville Middle School

Fellowship: Western NC Fellowship Supported by Dogwood Health Trust


Grant Shoaf

Johnston County Public Schools

Johnston County Early College Academy

Fellowship: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy with Dr. Alexander Nevzorov at NC State


Elsa Simmons

Craven County Schools

Tucker Creek Middle School

Fellowship: Expanding the STEM Pipeline; The Sky’s the Limit


Jasmine Smith

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Olympic High School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowship (Siemens Energy)


Myriama Smith Traore

Durham Public Schools

C. E. Jordan High School

Fellowship: NC Heritage Kenan Fellowship, Supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund with WE ARE


Matthew Turpin

Carteret County Schools

Morehead Middle School

Fellowship: NC Resiliency Fellowship (Duke University Marine Lab)


Bill Vincent

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools

East Chapel Hill High School

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowships, Supported by NCDEQ (EARTh Center at Central Carolina Community College)


Segonia Wade

Craven County Schools

JT Barber Elementary Schools

Fellowship: Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center, Supported by the BelleJAR Foundation


Jodie Washington

Halifax County Schools

Center for Energy Education

Northwest Collegiate and Technical Academy

Fellowship: Clean Energy Fellowship, Supported by NCDEQ (The Center for Energy Education)


Trista Williams

Cherokee Central Schools

Cherokee Elementary School

Fellowship: NCDPI Computer Science/Computational Thinking with Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort