{"id":35827,"date":"2019-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/dance-alums-headed-to-grad-school\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:59:54","slug":"dance-alums-headed-to-grad-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2019-04-01\/dance-alums-headed-grad-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Alums Headed to Grad School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The Department of Dance is proud to announce that three recent dance alumni will attend excellent graduate programs in Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Lillian Willis has been offered a position with Transitions Dance Company at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, which includes acceptance into the Master of Arts in Dance Performance. 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