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Month: January 2020

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January 30, 2020 Acceptance / Healing / Identity

Hair Story

By Sheryl Ruszkiewicz* I was first diagnosed with Alopecia areata at the beginning of fifth grade, right before picture day.

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January 28, 2020 Immigration

One Hundred Percent Egyptian

By Stephen Johnson Mina Girgis, a recent Bachelor of Science in Biology graduate, shared the story of his Egyptian heritage

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January 23, 2020 Acceptance / Family / Religion / Rural

Louisiana Accent Away From Home

By Paige Webb Allison Webb is a fourth-grade elementary school teacher. She has been teaching for a total of 18

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January 21, 2020 Immigration

Archery in Mexico, Ballroom in the U.S.

By Ara Cabrera Hernandez Joshue Adrian Fuentes Martinez is a full-time student at Oakland University where he is currently working

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January 16, 2020 Acceptance / Age / Family

Balancing Parenting and Education

By Kenzie Joachimi Freshman Keanne Savage is a young mother majoring in speech pathology at Oakland. She hopes to work

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January 14, 2020 Identity / Immigration

International Student at Oakland

From the U.S. to Europe and back – Corinne Zahra’s Journey By Lauren Reid Corinne Zahra was an international student

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January 9, 2020 Identity

From an All-Boys Private School to Oakland

By Bridget Janis Ethan Dimock is a 2018 Brother Rice graduate that now attends Oakland University. After having to transfer

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January 7, 2020 Acceptance / Religion

From Michigan to Alabama and Back

By Michael Gifford Gillian Gifford is currently finishing her senior year of undergraduate studies at Oakland University. She will be

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January 2, 2020 Gender

The Art of Mechanical Engineering

By Robert Kilgore Run, run, run… Run. This is the life of Mackenzie Hill. She is a super senior who

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