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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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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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July 1, 2021 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

The Ring with the Untold Story

By Christina Quirk In a small room filled to the brim with fragrant flowers, photo boards and heavy hearts, she

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June 8, 2021 Race

Listen and Stop: Racism in the U.S.

By Tony Dombrowski The conversations about race and racism in America have gotten a lot of attention over the last

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June 2, 2021 Community stories / Immigration / Race / Veterans

Becoming an American

By Samantha Sayles Samantha shares her mother’s story immigrating as a young mom from the Philippines after marrying a U.S.

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May 24, 2021 Listening

Listening in Order to Move Forward

By Lexie Albright To explore the act of listening, teacher candidates in Dr. Dawn Woods’ Winter 2021 sections of Teaching Mathematics at

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May 18, 2021 Identity / Sexuality

Out and Proud

By Katie Rockett Daskyra Hood started her journey at Oakland University in 2012, leaving Saginaw for good and finally living

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May 18, 2021 Listening

Suspending Thinking

By Megan Verellen To explore the act of listening, teacher candidates in Dr. Dawn Woods’ Winter 2021 sections of Teaching

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May 18, 2021 Listening

Seeing and Connecting

By Sarah Spuz To explore the act of listening, teacher candidates in Dr. Dawn Woods’ Winter 2021 sections of Teaching

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May 18, 2021 Listening

Listening to Understand

By Rachel Madonna To explore the act of listening, teacher candidates in Dr. Dawn Woods’ Winter 2021 sections of Teaching

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May 18, 2021 Listening

15 Different Sounds

By Alexandra Koulouberis To explore the act of listening, teacher candidates in Dr. Dawn Woods’ Winter 2021 sections of Teaching

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May 18, 2021 Listening

Listen for the Gold

By Samantha Dwyer To explore the act of listening, teacher candidates in Dr. Dawn Woods’ Winter 2021 sections of Teaching

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