Hillary Jones Henry was banking on the American government keeping its promise.
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UW-Madison Fulbright grant recipient Hillary Jones Henry leads a language group in Swahili in Van Vise Hall on Friday. Jones Henry, a 30-year-old teacher from Kenya, was one of the Fulbright scholarship recipients who is worried that President Donald Trump's effort to cut government spending will threaten the Fulbright stipends Jones Henry counts on to pay rent.
UW-Madison Fulbright scholarship grant recipient Hillary Jones Henry leads a language group in speaking Swahili in Van Hise Hall on Friday. Jones Henry did receive a quarter-payment of his stipend randomly, nearly a week after he was supposed to get it, but it was not enough to pay his rent. He eventually received the remaining balance in mid-March.
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But it's unclear exactly how many students could be impacted because the State Department hasn't given a lot of details about its plans.
