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February 14, 2023 Acceptance / Community stories / Gender / Identity

Acceptance and Denial: Being Transgender in America

By: Nathan Katzenberger Editor: Katie Williams About 18 to 22 weeks into pregnancy, the medical professionals caring for a couple

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December 15, 2020 Family / Identity / Race

Defining Multiracial Identity

By Angel Brandon Maria Horn is a sophomore and Psychology major at Oakland University. The Ohio native has a unique

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December 8, 2020 Family / Healing / Pandemic

A Year Alone

By Sidney Richardson The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to nearly every aspect of life in 2020.

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March 31, 2020 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Religion

Chaldean American and Suspected

By Emily Gilmer I sat down with fellow classmate and dear friend of mine Allan Bush, whose mother’s side of

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February 13, 2020 Family / Immigration

How Lucky We Are

By Philip Alghazawi I’ve had the pleasure of talking to Cheryl Muzia, who gives an insight to how immigration has

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February 9, 2020 Community stories

We Are All the Same

Students in the Fall 2019 “Social Media and Public Relations” course created a social media campaign to raise awareness about

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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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Colored post-its on top of a diagram, post-its list aspects of identity (for example, male, Lutheran, creative, social justice advocate).
February 4, 2020 Identity

Identity on a Wheel

Students in the Diversity and Media Storytelling course in the journalism program at Oakland University recently shared aspects of their

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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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