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Designing My Major at a Liberal Arts College

Can't find the major you want? Learn how a student designed a Disability Studies major, blending academics, activism and career prep through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS) at 51¹ÙÍø.

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Navigating Disability in the College Process

Three 51¹ÙÍø students reflect on the extra challenges that a disability presents when choosing a college. They share their 51¹ÙÍø experience and offer advice to prospective students with disabilities about going through the admission process.

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Patent Pending: Student Entrepreneur Blends Smarts and Mussels

Lorena James '21 has studied Mandarin since she was 10 and says she’s always been an entrepreneur at heart. Belk Scholar, Chidsey Leadership Fellow and founder of her own environmentally conscious company 4evercurly, she heads to China next fall as a recipient of the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship.