DFLL Student Grace Benton selected as Clinton Scholar
Student Achievement
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November 13, 2009
We are delighted with the news that Grace Benton, International Studies major and Honors Program student, has been selected as UAB's first Clinton Scholar for a semester's study at the American University in Dubai. Only 10 US students are selected nationally to be named Clinton scholars. Grace will be taking an Arabic language course, a Middle East Political Science course, and a course in Islamic Studies. We wish her the best!
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