This upcoming fall, 70 new Morehead-Cain scholars will be welcomed to UNC from across North Carolina, the United States and abroad — and six of the students accepted are coming from close to home.

The Morehead-Cain Foundation – founded in 1945 as the first merit scholarship program in the United States and founded at the country’s first public university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – has announced it’s 2024 class of students, including three from Durham County, two from Orange County high schools and one from Chatham County.

From Durham County — Benjamin Samuel Klein of Durham Academy in Durham, Christopher Gantt Holliday of Charles E. Jordan Senior High School in Durham and Asher Howard Wexler of Research Triangle High School in Research Triangle Park.

From Orange County — Jonathan Paul Osborne of Carrboro High School in Carrboro and Vivian Ying Deng of East Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill.

From Chatham County — Lindley Bradyn Andrew, of Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City.

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship covers all expenses for four years of undergraduate study at UNC–Chapel Hill, while also featuring summer programs, outdoor leadership courses, and opportunities for travel. In the past ten years, five student body presidents, five student attorneys general and five honor court chairs have all been Morehead-Cain scholars.

According to the announcement from UNC, the class of 2024 totals 37 scholars from in-state and 33 who attended school outside of North Carolina. Of those students…

  • 26 scholars attended school in  15 different states and Washington, D.C.
  • 3 scholars attended school in  Canada
  • 2 scholars  attended school in the United Kingdom
  • 1 scholar attended school in Germany
  • 1 scholar attended school in Singapore

Click here for the full announcement and list of new Morehead-Cain scholars

Featured image via UNC.

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