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
Category: 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
Learning the “Immigrant Way”
By Isabella Lucci A first generation American, Sonia Lucci has made quite the career and family for herself. She graduated
Overcoming Mental Illness
Overcoming Mental Illness By Lexi Bays Mackenzie Joachimi is a Sophomore at Oakland University majoring in Communication. She is originally
From Italy to Michigan
By Leah Cobb Lidia Elezaj is an 18-year-old student at Oakland University. Originally from Italy, her family of seven packed
Teachers in Training on Diversity
A Fall 2019 cohort of students in Elementary Education, with an Early Childhood Concentration, completed their last course, EC 3330.
American Syrian Refugee
By Allan Bush Noora Al-Sharabi is an American-born resident of Michigan. Her parents being from Syria wanted to have their
Memory of an Immigrant Past
By Nicole Morsfield I’ve lived in the U.S. my whole life, and the only family members of mine who immigrated
Exchange Programs Across the World
Jada Martin interviewed visiting professor of journalism Katherine Roff. Coincidentally, both Jada’s story and Kate’s story have both been previously
German Farmers
By Jeremy Curtis The vast majority of my family originated from Germany. Needless to say, this ancestry is a source
