Michael Cary, Elizabeth C. Clipp Term Chair in Nursing, has received his Data Analytics Boot Camp badge from UNC-Chapel Hill. 

Digital badges are an online validation of an individual’s achievement and skillset. They are generally used to illustrate completion of a noncredit offering, such as a boot camp or certificate, but they can also be used in other ways, such as highlighting specific skills or competencies gained by the learner. Making these skills more visible and explaining how they are demonstrated can unlock new career opportunities for learners and present a more diverse set of qualified candidates to employers. Millions of badges have been issued across a wide range of companies, schools, associations, and government agencies.