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N.C. A&T’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist | Afro

N.C. AT’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 27, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Student Government Association President Allison Gilmore has been selected as a 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant finalist. Gilmore, of St. Louis, is a senior studying journalism and mass communication whose grant []

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