UNH Today

Blazing a Trail

Abrita Kuthumi ’21, a political science/international affairs major from Barrington, New Hampshire, is a winner of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, one of just 41 students to earn the award in the nation, according to an announcement Monday, Dec. 13 by the British government.

Kuthumi has the added distinction of being the first Marshall Scholar in UNH’s history.

CNN: A Maine city that's 90% White now has a Somali mayor

Deqa Dhalac '13G, a graduate of the Master in Community Development program at the Carsey School and an immigrant from Somali, has recently become likely the first Somali-American mayor in the United States, according to a news report by CNN. In 2018, Dhalac joined the South Portland, Maine, City Council. Then, in November 2022, she was unanimously voted as the city's new mayor by her colleagues on the Council