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<br /> Inside<br /> Talent pool | Wired words | Shaken to the core<br /> Spring / Summer 2011<br /> Respecting<br /> Respecting<br /> ragtime<br /> ragtime<br /> Donor Honor Roll<br /> MAGAZINE STAFF<br /> Executive Editor | Lillian Lorenzi<br /> Editor | Kevin Knapp<br /> Art Director | Debra Lashbrook<br /> Photographer | Rick Smith<br /> Editorial Assistant | Sheila Carpenter<br /> Production Coordinator | Bonnie Dragan<br /> Class Notes Coordinator | Gail Meyers<br /> Staff Writers | Michele Jasukaitus<br /> Fritz Reznor<br /> Susan Thwing<br /> Proofreader | Laurie DiMauro<br /> DONOR HONOR ROLL<br /> Contributing Writer | Flori Meeks, CAS ‘83<br /> Oakland University Magazine is published<br /> twice per year. It is distributed free of charge<br /> to alumni, staff and friends. See current and<br /> past issues on oakland.edu/oumag.<br /> Reproduction without permission is<br /> prohibited. 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