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- ↑ "Walters sworn in, gets to work". The Robesonian . July 23, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ↑ "UNCP unveils David F. Weinstein Health Sciences Building," UNCP TODAY, Spring 2018, p. 10.
