Lucas: First In His Family

Posted May 11, 2014
Leslie McDonald, who earned a communications degree on Sunday morning, is the first member of his family to receive a college degree. He arrived in Chapel Hill with very concrete basketball dreams and very little idea of what a diploma might actually mean to him and his family. Over the last five years, though, he's gained a new appreciation for what being part of the Carolina family will mean to him later in life. (GoHeels.com)

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