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When NASA astronauts first walked on the moon in 1969, eight-year-old Pamela Melroy was watching. Very few people who saw the Eagle land have forgotten the sight, but for Pam, the experience was more than awe-inspiring-it changed the course of her life. |
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Our Student Profiles
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Now in production of its third season, Design Squad invited Lindsey Nguyen '10, a Smith engineering major from Brockton, Massachusetts, to participate in the show following her audition last year. MORE » |
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Janet Takaringwa will earn her MBA from Simmons College in August after two years of study and 28 years of unimaginable struggle and sacrifice. Takaringwa grew up in one of the poorest areas of Zimbabwe. Her father worked in a factory and her mother sold homegrown fruit and vegetables. Takaringwa was the oldest child, and she found herself the head of the family when her parents died of AIDS when she was 15. |
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Eight Mills students win national reporting awards. Information plus links to their award-winning radio reports. MORE » |
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If you think you know what young women are interested in these days, think again. Facebook, of
course. A career, sure. But sewing?
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When my mom took me shopping for my first bra, I was terrified that a classmate might see me. I kept my head low as she guided me through the dense jungle of satin straps and cups, and I nearly died of humiliation when she asked where the training bras were located. Nearly 20 years later, in July 2006, Mom and I are again standing in front of a cashier island in the middle of the sea of lingerie at the San Jose Nordstrom. We’re waiting for Rachael, the prosthesis specialist, to escort us to the dressing rooms for Mom’s first post-mastectomy fitting. MORE » |
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Sanja Jagesic knows about the frailty of justice in a harsh world. Born in wartorn Bosnia, she became
a refugee at age 7, fleeing to Germany and eventually the United States through a relief program.
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"What does it really mean to be multicultural? As an I-LEAD fellow, I have learned that this
does not mean your race, nationality, or religion. Being multicultural is a skill which enables a person to communicate well
and cross over the cultural barriers that divide people." |
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Karen Potter '08, a three-sport athlete at Mary Baldwin College, will be one of just two students
highlighted in an hour-long episode of NCAA On Campus airing April 18, 2007.
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Completing a different kind of test is student Natasha Sivananjaiah on the PBS series "Design Squad" :
"I have always had a strong background in math and science and it wasn't until recently that I
decided to get a liberal arts education," she said. "Even though I have made up my mind to go to law school, the
analytical skills you learn from engineering will help you in any field." |
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"Just being in the education program has contributed to my concept of education and public
schools and the need for arts-based education. Having those resources allowed me to emphasize the need for them to think
outside the box, and to see theatre as something they can do—they don't have to be a movie star or on TV to be able to do it.
They can make art themselves." |
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While much of the attention paid to pandemic illness today focuses on the potential for a deadly
avian flu outbreak, Hollins seniors and Batten Scholars Nessa Ryan and Kate Stanley are supporting the physicians and
educators who know that a real pandemic continues to rage, particularly in the developing world. |
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My sophomore year, I was the resident assistant for Tinker, one of the first-year dorms. I have
also served as secretary of the Black Student Alliance; parliamentarian in the student senate; executive director of the
College Republicans; photo editor of the Spinster [yearbook]; an admissions ambassador; and historian of the French
Club. Next spring I plan to go to London, where I will also have an internship. MORE » |
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I’M FROM THE SUNNY suburbs of Southern California and never really expected to leave. So naturally, I
stayed in California for my first year of college. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite what I expected, and I was a little
disappointed. |
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After graduation, this ethnic studies major plans to live in an inner city neighborhood and work with marginalized citizens to bring about social change. MORE » |
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Alexa A. Harris, ’2007, is a Comparative Women’s Studies major with a concentration in “Documenting
Women and Digital Media” from Franklin, Virginia.
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Though I’d never planned on going to a women’s college, I knew the statistics about how graduates
of women’s colleges excel in underrepresented fields. With all the coed schools nearby, I knew there’d be balance. I also
liked Northampton; it reminded me of Berkeley. MORE » |
