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Category: Age

March 8, 2023 Age / Family / Identity

Again, But Better: A Look at a Nontraditional Student

By: Isabel Marrical Editor: Katie Williams and Oliver Hackett Natalie Ryan-Gluth is someone who has herself together, though it has

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Family of three white people, young daughter on the mom's lap, smile with river in the background
March 23, 2021 Age / Community stories / Gender

Former Correctional Officer Turned Mother

By Alaina Grady Eighteen-year-old Sarah Harper left her small town after graduating in 2009 and moved eight hours away looking

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February 23, 2021 Age / Family

Away From Family

By Olivia Juliano Amna Jabbar, current Oakland University student studying Environmental Health and Safety, has lived away from her family

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Four teenagers holding a white and blue banner sign that reads "Belize Christian Academy" and has cross and symbol on it. Center is a young woman of Asian heritage.
October 29, 2020 Age / Community stories

Taiwan, Belize, Mexico, and Back

By Chunchi Tseng This is Vivian Hsu’s story. I was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, but I don’t have

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Dried blue flowers, partly grounded into a powder in a mortar.
February 6, 2020 Age / Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Intersectionality / Race / Religion / Sexuality

Friendly. Biracial. Introverted. Lost.

Time for another class exercise with six-word stories to reflect on diversity and identity. Understanding. Curious. Passionate. Believer. Loving. Brazilian.

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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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December 26, 2019 Age / Gender

Gender in the Workplace

By Natalie Pusta Naomi Forgaciu is a project manager at WABCO. She spends most of her time leading various projects

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