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What You Can Take Away From Obama’s Farewell Address
Barack Obama’s Farewell Address was an emotional and inspiring final message to America delivered on Jan. 10, 2017. Obama has enabled huge changes for America in the last eight years, which can qualify him as one of the most inspiring figures today. This is why we...
Our Time at Healing Adventures Camp
Grief is something that impacts everyone at some point in their lives. It’s a topic that is especially hard for children and teens to grasp. Research says that 4% of children experience grief. Childhood bereavement is associated with psychiatric problems in the first...
Our Digital Humanity Film Series Part 5: “Videodrome”
Along with several colleagues, I helped put on the “Our Digital Humanity: The Film Series” last month. Based on the university theme, we chose films that connected and supplied new ideas for viewers. While the other films typically took a more direct look at...
Our Digital Humanity Film Series Part 4: “Cyber Seniors”
This semester, several Film Studies students and myself hosted a film series titled “Our Digital Humanity: The Film Series.” The series was related to the university theme exploring digital tools and their impact on our society. With many of our films exploring the...
Friendship Place: Where Everyone Has a Companion
I want to share a few quick facts with you: 51% of America’s public school students are ranked at or below poverty level. 50% of high-income students will receive a college degree. 10% of low-income students will receive a college degree. Poverty is ranked as one of...
Our Digital Humanity Film Series Part 3: “Her”
Over the course of the Fall 2016 semester, me and four other film studies students at WSU collaborated and curated films that best represent our university theme, “Our Digital Humanity.” We all worked together to organize a student film festival in order to present...
Our Digital Humanity Film Series Part 2: “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World”
This year, I had the opportunity to be a member of a group of Winona State students tasked with creating a film series based off of the University’s theme for the year, “Our Digital Humanity.” With this series, we hoped as a group that we could underscore the...
My Advocacy Project: Student Parents at WSU
Advocacy can be tricky; sometimes we just have to dive in, take chances and learn from our mistakes. Diving in, I decided to target a population that is very near and dear to my heart: student parents at WSU. The Student Parent Program offers pregnant and parenting...
What Homelessness Taught Me
To whomever may be reading this, I challenge you to take a moment and imagine yourself without a home, bed, job, family, healthcare, place to shower or groceries in a nice, cold refrigerator. This might be hard for you to wrap your head around, but hundreds of...
Our Digital Humanity Film Series Part 1: “Modern Times”
I was lucky enough to be one of the film studies students who curated Our Digital Humanity: The Film Series, a series that supports Winona State University’s theme, “Our Digital Humanity.” The event was spread out into five days that included five feature films and a...
