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Bennett College's final tally: $8.2 million, well past its goal
- John Newsom
- Feb 4, 2019
- Feb 4, 2019
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Bennett College President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins waves a towel with Bennett College alumni after announcing the college had raised more than $8 million through an aggressive fundraising and social media campaign after learning in December 2018 that Bennett College had been removed from membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges during an announcement ceremony in Greensboro, NC on February 4, 2019. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record)
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Bennett College President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins waves a towel with Bennett College alumni after announcing the college had raised more than $8 million through an aggressive fundraising and social media campaign after learning in December 2018 that Bennett College had been removed from membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges during an announcement ceremony in Greensboro, NC on February 4, 2019. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record)
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