Penn Arts and Sciences Senior to Launch Girls’ School, Community Clinic in Ghana with President's Engagement Prize

Shadrack Frimpong, C’15, plans to launch a community clinic and girls’ school in Ghana with funds he will receive as one of the inaugural winners of the University of Pennsylvania President’s Engagement Prize. The President’s Engagement Prizes, the largest of their kind in higher education, provide winners with as much as $100,000 to support project implementation and $50,000 for living expenses. Frimpong is a biology major with extensive global health coursework.

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