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South Sudanese Transfer Scholar Amou Ajang Featured in VICE

We are pleased to share an article featured in VICE about 2012 Undergraduate Transfer Scholar Amou Ajang. The Columbia University student, set to graduate in 2015, emigrated from South Sudan in 1995. Though she studie...

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Nigerian-Born JKCF College Scholar Cynthia Odu Defies Odds

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Former JKCF Graduate Scholar Publishes First Book

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College Scholar Helps School in Sri Lanka

One characteristic we frequently see in our Scholars is a constant awareness of, and desire to help, those less privileged. There is no better example than Sharmen Hettipola, whose fundraising efforts for a school in ...

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Scholar Q&A: Joaquin Baldwin, "Frozen"

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Scholar Spotlight: Young Scholar Guido Dominguez Connects with…

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Scholar Spotlight: NYU Symphony Performs JKCF Scholar’s Composition

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