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Month: April 2019

April 22, 2019 Ability / Acceptance / Healing

Facing MS

Emily Lackey and Andrew Dimmer interviewed Dory Jolin for a writing assignment. Dory’s story speaks of resilience and healing in

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Kai Wilson, close-up
April 17, 2019 Race

Living in Color

Kai Wilson is a senior majoring in Accounting at Oakland University. She expressed that being a minority isn’t necessarily something

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Close-up of Welly smiling, black hair down, wearing necklace with a cross.
April 13, 2019 Acceptance / Family / Identity / Immigration

American and Micronesian

Rachel Reppert interviewed Vanessa Welly, child welfare major at Oakland University about her family and culture. Family and Culture Are

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April 9, 2019 Acceptance / Family / Race

Resilience after Loss

Katie Willman and Majd Swidan interviewed David Decker about the loss of his mother and the resilience that has led

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Dr. Linda Bzhetaj sits at her desk in front of a laptop, smiles into camera.
April 3, 2019 Gender / Identity / Immigration / Intersectionality

Bikes and Graduate School

Taylor McDaniel interviewed Dr. Linda Bzhetaj, Special Instructor of Sociology at Oakland, about gender, immigration, and graduate school. What was

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April 2, 2019 Family / Gender / Identity

Blood Tied

Daniel Moen was born in Muntinlupa, Manila, Philippines in 1988 and grew up in Washington Township, a small town outside

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April 1, 2019 Veterans

Connection after Air Force

Writing students Tyler Digiacomo, Dan Gadzinski, Elena Hensel, Nathan Oprinca, and Jenny Evan interviewed Air Force veteran Eric Wuestenberg. As

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