Takhona Hlatshwako named UNC's 52nd Rhodes Scholar

Posted Oct 19, 2021
Takhona Hlatshwako, a senior at UNC from the Kingdom of Eswatini in Southern Africa, has been named a Rhodes Scholar to pursue a fully-funded postgraduate degree at the University of Oxford in England beginning next fall. Hlatshwako is the 52nd Rhodes Scholar from the University of North Carolina and the 33rd Morehead-Cain to receive the award. (UNC.edu)

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