UNC Senior Studying How Comedy, Politics Mix Named Marshall Scholar

Mon Jan 11, 2021
Growing up, Patrick Clinch vacillated between wanting to become secretary of state or a famous comedian. After developing an interest in political science in high school and at North Carolina, he landed somewhere in the middle of those two. Now a senior studying history and political science at UNC, Clinch has been named Carolina’s 21st Marshall Scholar. (Carolina Alumni Review)

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