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ELOMNS ALU
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone
The first African-American woman to compete in professional drag racing A National Teacher of the Year A Pulitzer Prize winner The staff assistant to the U.S. Speaker of the House An Emmy Award-winning writer for Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” An FBI agent The star of a traveling Broadway show A winner of a Fulbright grant The head coach of an ACC men’s basketball program The chair of obstetrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine A Peace Corps volunteer in Africa One of the “10 most Powerful People in College Sports” The Oscar-winning producer of “The Silence of the Lambs”
All these alums have one thing in common: applying to Elon was their first step.
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