UNC alumna Olivia Holder named 2018 Yenching Scholar

Posted Jul 27, 2018
UNC alumna Olivia Holder will join the fourth cohort at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing, China, as a Yenching scholar. A Yenching Academy scholarship offers a fully funded interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies. Holder will enter the program in fall 2018 with a concentration in history and archeology. She is UNC’s first Yenching scholar. (UNC.edu)

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