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The freedom to figure it out

Published on September 26, 2017

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship gives students the opportunity to explore how their talents and interests can make the world a better place.

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship gives students the opportunity to explore how their talents and interests can make the world a better place.

By carstories

Ali Alford ’17—a business major and biology minor from Jacksonville, North Carolina—was a Morehead-Cain Scholar who made the Carolina experience her own. On campus, she co-chaired Build the Hill, a Campus Y committee that offers small or zero-percent interest loans to underserved or underprivileged communities.

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