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Making a<br />
Difference<br />
Kathy Orscheln<br />
—Director of Admissions<br />
How to make a difference:<br />
u Make a direct contribution to the EMU Alumni<br />
Association Scholarship Fund or attend an event that<br />
supports it. For more information about the scholarship<br />
fund, visit emich.edu/alumni/awards/scholar.html.<br />
u Get an EMU license plate from the State of Michigan.<br />
The fee is $35 in addition to your annual vehicle registra-<br />
tion fee. Of the $35, $25 supports alumni scholarships and<br />
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<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=7"> My Inspiration Phil Simmons assistantprofesso</a>
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<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=9"> Faculty Bookshelf Wi“tWheredcdeingtmCroavsihe</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=10"> ConCvaemrpussation Around Aconversationwit</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=11"> English: In the short term, we really want to cha</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=12"> tenCtahmpinusgs Around TenPlacesYouShou</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=13"> Center in the east to Mark Jefferson and the libr</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=14"> 14 Eastern |FAll2009</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=15"> “MyFavoriteIsAlways theNextOne” </a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=16"> 1950s and ’60s that feature images of African-Ame</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=17"> gaining tenure a decade later and finally retirin</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=18"> Start-Up: by Teri Banas Do You Have Wh</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=19"> Art by Stacy Innerst </a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=20"> people employed today work for small businesses.”</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=21"> Illustration by Jack Desrocher by Kurt Anthony K</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=22"> Phonic Soup is a language-based, multi-sensor</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=23"> by Sheryl James FindingthePerfectFit “Maria” is </a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=24"> the little girl will only have to think about eve</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=25"> through all these doctors, and none ever gave us </a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=26"> InnocenceAbroad An Alumna Finds Herself in a Lost</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=27"> J acqueline Ruba</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=28"> “We took a tour of the area with a little vil</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=29"> The Last Class You can go home again. That was ev</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=30"> aClluassmNontesi 1960s Louis Williams (BA63</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=31"> DepotTown,aFavoriteStop EMU alumnus named Secret</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=32"> aClluassmNontesi Michelle Aldridge Yurc</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=33"> Chapter listings </a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=34"> aClluassmNontesi Where areThey Now? </a>
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<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=36"> aClluassmNontesi Alaina Campbell (BS89) w Lo</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=37"> In Memoriam Doris E. Earl (34) RochesterHills,</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=38"> alumGalnleriy Photo TOP LEFT: HistoricPrese</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=39"> TOP: RobertBrunnell,laurenAllmayer(BA09),lin</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=40"> Thank You! American Electric Power Foundation The</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=41"> alumni My Perspective MissingEastern?Ther</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=42"> alumni My Turn TakeFivewithEricB</a>
<a title="EMU Alumni 22229 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381f2122?page=43"> Ain't no mountain high enough to keep </a>
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