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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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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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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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March 30, 2019 Family / Immigration / Race

A First-Generation Story

Autumn Boucher interviewed Bianca Bryant about her family, being a first-generation student, loss, and new life. I grew up in

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March 29, 2019 Family / Identity

Can’t Change Your Past

Lydia Zyjewski interviewed Ivy Hackney about her family. You can’t change your past; it helps create who you are. My

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Painting on canvas of three players at a card table; a few cards fallen off the table; a King card painted painted with a red Michigan map instead of hearts.
March 28, 2019 Family

Cards in the Family

Trevor van Loosbroek interviewed Kyle Dennis about his family. My sister Rachel, my sister Sarah, my mom Stacey, my dad

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March 25, 2019 Ability / Acceptance / Family / Gender / Identity / Immigration / Race

99 Students

Undergraduate nursing students reflect on diversity in six words. Brown skin boy. White family. Loved. Girls compete. Women uplift one

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March 19, 2019 Family / Identity / Race / Urban

Be Anything

Matthew Zeig interviewed senior recruitment advisor Brittany Thomas about diversity and her life journey. She shared her experience learning that

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