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- MSU undergraduate Goe Sheng Xiong discusses growing up as a child of Hmong immigrants. She describes how family dynamics among Hmong refugees effect education outcomes, and discusses reaching out to other second generation Hmong students through the MSU Hmong American Student Association.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In an wide-ranging interview, Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, remembers his family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and how he became interested in labor issues and socialist causes. Repas recalls his first union jobs, studying economics in college and earning a degree from the University of Wisconsin. Repas says that he only later become interested in workers' education and goes on to recount his work in a variety of union related positions before coming to MSU in 1957. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University sophomore Wendy Pearson talks about her childhood in Detroit, her "barely integrated" grade school, her parents, attending Cass Tech High School, majoring in journalism, acclimating to college and roommates, and the importance of education in her family. Pearson also talks about aspiring to own a magazine, her reluctance to marry and have children, and the possibility of someday writing novels.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The President speaks about education, dedication and overcoming adversity. Obama jokes with the crowd about their principal and recounts the challenges students face in their school years. The ceremony is held at the Cook Convention Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- MSU undergraduate Goe Sheng Xiong discusses growing up as a child of Hmong immigrants. She describes how family dynamics among Hmong refugees effect education outcomes, and discusses reaching out to other second generation Hmong students through the MSU Hmong American Student Association.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In an wide-ranging interview, Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, remembers his family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and how he became interested in labor issues and socialist causes. Repas recalls his first union jobs, studying economics in college and earning a degree from the University of Wisconsin. Repas says that he only later become interested in workers' education and goes on to recount his work in a variety of union related positions before coming to MSU in 1957. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University sophomore Wendy Pearson talks about her childhood in Detroit, her "barely integrated" grade school, her parents, attending Cass Tech High School, majoring in journalism, acclimating to college and roommates, and the importance of education in her family. Pearson also talks about aspiring to own a magazine, her reluctance to marry and have children, and the possibility of someday writing novels.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The President speaks about education, dedication and overcoming adversity. Obama jokes with the crowd about their principal and recounts the challenges students face in their school years. The ceremony is held at the Cook Convention Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection