William K. “Keith†Funkhouser III of Chapel Hill has been named a Phillips Ambassador and will receive a scholarship for UNC undergraduates designed to broaden awareness of Asia.
Funkhouser will study at the National University of Singapore with the Honors-University Scholars Exchange program this spring. A double major in biology and biostatistics at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, he graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.
Phillips ambassadors are chosen twice each year and are selected based on their academic achievement and commitment to activities, service and leadership roles in the classroom and community.