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A 2021 Rhodes Scholar for Penn

Mackenzie Fierceton, who completed her undergraduate degree in May and is now completing a master’s degree in social work at Penn, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.
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Penn’s 2021 Rhodes Scholar is Mackenzie Fierceton from St. Louis, who earned her bachelor’s degree in political science in May and is currently completing her clinical master’s in social work degree.

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