by Kayla Swem | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog
When I heard the news of the recent passing of my high school art teacher, Emily Tims, like many I was taken aback and sorrowful. Having graduated in 2008 and moved away from my hometown almost 10 years ago, I had no idea she wasn’t well. Taken too soon by a...
by Kelsea Rounds | May 2, 2018 | Career
Twelve years ago, I (Jen) started my “dream job” teaching biology at a small liberal arts college. I wanted to be a professor ever since I took my first undergraduate genetics class with the professor who became my undergraduate mentor. She was...
by Kelsea Rounds | Apr 18, 2018 | Relationships
Amber Stranahan has always considered her 9-year-old son, Sully, “an extremely talented young man.” But it wasn’t until she received support from Michigan Alliance for Families (MAF) that she felt truly empowered to ensure that Sully gets the...
by Kelsea Rounds | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog
Heartbreaking accounts of sexual harassment and sexual assault have been flooding social media news feeds for the past few weeks. Some of these accounts share details, but many more are simple declarations of a shared experience using the hashtag #MeToo. The sheer...
by Kelsea Rounds | Feb 14, 2018 | Career
Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan, has a long history of challenging the status quo. From its inception in 1844, Olivet College admitted women and persons of color on a coequal basis with men—19 years prior to the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation,...
