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Photo by Jana life, BS ’18

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Photo by Jeff Glidden, BS ’87

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Pacifique Niyonzima lost most of his family during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Now he is earning a graduate degree in higher education administration at ѿappso he can give back to his native country.

By Pacifique Niyonzima as told to Jan Senn / ѿappMagazine

The "Sandy's Scrapbook" Exhibition is on display at ѿappUniversity's May 4 Visitors Center.

Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at ѿappUniversity. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuer’s life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at Kent State.
 

Photo by Melissa Olson

As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS ’43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort—and charted the course for today’s women mapmakers.

By Jan Senn / ѿappMagazine