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April 26, 2019
During his four years at Case Western Reserve University,
senior Raul Arturo Hernandez-Gonzalez has been highly involved, leaving his
mark in a variety of ways as a student leader.
A major part of his undergraduate experience has been the Math Club, which he led as president for two years, working ...

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April 12, 2019
When Debby Jacobson had the opportunity to travel to the
Netherlands as a faculty leader for a study abroad course in 2005, she urged
her oldest son, Bernie—then a first-year student at Case Western Reserve
University—to participate. She wasn’t sure when an opportunity like that would
come up again....

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April 05, 2019
Zechariah “Zack” Jenkins distinctly remembers the moment he
knew he wanted to pursue a new career. Sitting in a bunker with mortars coming
at it while deployed in the Middle East, he realized it just wasn’t what he
wanted to do for the rest of his life.
Though he had just signed on for more time in...

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March 22, 2019
The five-member Case Western Reserve University League of Legends team is rarely in one place at the same time; each plays the strategy game from their own corners of campus. But together, they work to take control of the opposing team’s base on the gaming map.
The team’s strong season continues t...

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March 15, 2019
During her four years on the Case Western Reserve University
women’s basketball team, senior guard/forward Hillary Hellmann has left a mark
on the team, and in the record books. In 99 games during her collegiate
career—90 as a starter—Hellmann collected 1,593 points, second in team history,
and a re...

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March 08, 2019
Each year for the past seven, sophomore nutrition major
Nedal Eid has grown out his hair in anticipation of the one day he’ll have it
all cut off.
That day is today (March 8). Eid will participate in the
Shave It Off fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that
supports childhood ...

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March 01, 2019
In her art history and museum studies master’s program at
Case Western Reserve University, Tori Laser is accustomed to being able to
see—but not touch—history. Now, with support from a Rowfant Club of Cleveland
fellowship, Laser is able to hold centuries-old books at Kelvin Smith Library
in her hand...

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February 22, 2019
Update: Meyer was named one of six finalists for her project, earning $2,000 in prize money.
Allison Meyer took the stage at an open mic night a year and a half after her mother passed away, finally feeling ready to talk about it after months of struggling to do so. She walked off stage feeling a r...

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February 15, 2019
As soon as Joy Bostic heard Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy award-winning album DAMN., she knew she had to develop a class around it. It became the basis for her well-received “Religion and Popular Culture” course.
“He was speaking to so many feelings I was having, and I really understood he’s speaking to ...

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February 08, 2019
Susan McClary’s passion for music began in the cradle. Her father, believing knowing classical music to be the key to upward mobility, played it for his daughter day and night.
As she got older, McClary further explored music by learning to play the piano and violin, cementing her future career ear...