Ms. Deborah, beloved Carolina Dining Services employee, retires after 45 years

Posted May 23, 2021
Don’t you hope that people use words like “smile,” “kind” and “love” to describe you? That’s what happened when Carolina Dining Services used its Instagram account to announce the retirement of cashier Deborah Paige after 45 years of brightening the days of thousands of students as they entered campus dining halls. Paige began work in 1976 in Lenoir Hall. (UNC.edu)

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