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Graduate Alum Now Interim Director of Uni High

08/19/19

Photo by Robin Scholz

According to the News-Gazette's "Uni High Stays In-House for Interim Director" story, Elizabeth Majerus, English teacher at Urbana's University Laboratory High School and recipient of a 2001 Illinois English PhD, has just been named Uni High's Interim Director. Congratulations, Dr. Majerus!

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