William Tye Fickling, Jr.

Will earned a BA in media and journalism from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, with a focus on advertising and public relations, and minored in entrepreneurship from the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship. At Carolina, he was a founding advisory board member of the Shuford Young Alumni Council, the co-president and director of sponsorships for UNC Ducks Unlimited, a keynote speaker and fundraising volunteer for Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina, an operator with Go Heels Productions televising UNC athletics on the ACC Network, and the philanthropy chairman of the Beta Upsilon Chi fraternity. He also co-founded his first startup, developing technology to speed up concession lines in stadium venues. Academically, Will was a member of Honors Carolina, was awarded an Academic Medal of Honor, Excellence in Entrepreneurship by Kenan-Flagler Business School and Professor Jim Kitchen, and served as a teaching assistant for two years for Professor Kitchen’s entrepreneurship class.