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Helping student-veterans

Published on May 31, 2016

“When someone found out I went to Carolina, it opened the door for me...

By carstories

Sam Welborn ’71 knows what it’s like to come to Chapel Hill after serving in a war zone. That’s why he and his wife Sandy Welborn made a gift that enabled UNC to hire a Student Veterans Assistance Coordinator. Their gift came just as the number of student-veterans at UNC has grown to its largest size ever since World War II.

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