UNC Advising offices will close at 2pm on July 3 and drop-in advising hours will be cancelled. Offices will reopen at 8am on July 5 for virtual services only. In-person locations will reopen at 8am on July 8.

John Pickett

Assistant Director, Thrive Hubs

LocationHickerson House, Room 206

Contactpickettj@unc.edu

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Get to know
John

What I enjoy most about working with students:

I enjoy getting to know students’ individual values, strengths, and areas of interest and then helping to empower them to make decisions that will allow them to successfully pursue endeavors that merge all three of these areas.

My hometown:

Snow Camp, NC

First job out of college:

Teaching 1st grade

Lowest grade I got as an undergrad:

C

If I didn’t work for Advising I would:

I would want to be a talk show host!

Bucket list item

Traveling to all 50 states and all 7 continents