UNC junior named Carolina’s sixth Beinecke Scholar

Posted Apr 12, 2018
Jordan Jenkins, a third-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was recently selected for the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship. Jenkins, who is pursuing majors in history and political science, hopes to earn a doctorate of philosophy in United States history, focusing on race and class in the American South. (UNC.edu)

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