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Thu May 26 11:48:53 EDT 2011

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From: Harris, Vincent <vh219210 at ohio.edu>
Date: Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Subject: Fellowship Pays 24 Talented Students $100,000 Not to Attend
College, FW: Academe Today:
To: Atinuke Odunaiya <atinuke.odunaiya at gmail.com>

Please forward this to SPA…Thanks so Much!!

Vincent Harris

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*Subject:* FW: Academe Today: Fellowship Pays 24 Talented Students $100,000
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>From the diversity box.

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