UNC Art Student, Morehead-Cain Scholar Dies While Hiking

Posted Jul 13, 2020
The UNC community lost one of its students after she died while hiking. According to the Morehead-Cain Foundation, Sally Sasz of the UNC Class of 2021 passed while hiking in Utah. The 21-year-old was an art history and English major and the recipient of the Morehead-Cain scholarship. Sasz served as an Arts Ambassador for the UNC Arts Everywhere initiative. (Chapelboro.com)

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