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- President Obama delivers the 2012 commencement address at Barnard College in New York City. Obama praises the college and highlights a number of notable alumna. He tells the graduates, "Don’t just get involved..., fight for a seat at the head of the table." He tells the graduates to patiently and persistently pursue their goals, describes women's rights as human rights, and remembers the women who influenced his life.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "March of sports," host Len Colby discusses news from Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League while also giving a round up on a variety of local high school and college sports. Colby talks about the Detroit Times accusing two hockey players in the NHL of betting on games in which they played, personnel changes around the MLB, the results from basketball games at the high school and college level around the region, and explains why booing is inappropriate behavior at a sporting event.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers the commencement address for the 2013 class of The Ohio State University. Obama calls on the graduates, who grew up in years blotted by economic tumult, terrorism and war, to commit to citizenship and public service. Quoting President George W. Bush's address to OSU seniors in 2002, Obama says, "American needs more than taxpayers, spectators, and occasional voters. America needs full-time citizens." He challenges the graduates to "participate, and to persevere" and dares then "to do better."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Alexis Ghorai describes his youth in Lansing, Michigan, finding high school less than challenging, but being motivated and succeeding at the University of Michigan. He also talks about his relationship with his parents, his decision to join the Navy when his parents divorced, and the conflict he feels between his liberal leanings and doing his duty as ordered. He speculates about having a family while in the Navy and then concludes by talking about his life at college, concentrating on his studies, his social life and the stresses between being a kid and being a responsible student.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers the commencement address to the 2013 graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Obama challenges the graduates to pursue advanced degrees and start businesses but asks that they find the time to defend the powerless, create jobs, and transform communities.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Obama offers advice to students, refers to the current political climate, and calls on students to be involved citizens. Obama shares his perceptions of the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump and warns that "in politics and in life ignorance is not a virtue." Held at High Point Solutions Stadium, at the Busch Campus in Piscataway, NJ.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-05-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University senior Christopher Carlisle talks about growing up in one of the last, "good neighborhoods" in Detroit, his perception of the surrounding poverty, attending a Catholic high school, being a good athlete and an under achieving student. Carlisle also reflects upon successful and famous persons in history who have blazed their own trails and says that he hopes to be an artist himself, and to be a creative individual throughout his life.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lansing Community College student Michael Venyah talks about his African born father and his mother who is from Alabama, and their respective professions and his high school experience which included dealing with racism and charges of plagiarism. Venyah says that he does not aspire to a middle-class lifestyle and that money doesn't mean that much to him. He compares college in the U.S. and England, describes his approach to life, his ability to be objective, his love of performing music, and not being driven to conform to any traditional definitions of success as he pursues a degree in English and writing. Venyah also reads two of his poems. Part of the series "Generation X: The Hopes and Dreams of College Students," produced and recorded by Robert F. Crawford.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-03-29T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Notes:
- The electronic version of this item was provided by the Wayne State University Library System and is freely accessible through the Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections.
- Date Issued:
- [1800 TO 1899]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Notes:
- Added title-page, dated 1856.
- Date Issued:
- 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Description:
- "Eleanor's three birthdays" by Harriet B. McKeever was published in 1867. It contains illustrations by Schell.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on the catalog records of the print works also by the Wayne State University Library System
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Description:
- 1862 edition of "Eva and her playfellows: a book of entertainment" written by Caroline (C.M.) Smith.
- Notes:
- The electronic version of this item was provided by the Wayne State University Library System and is freely accessible through the Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections.
- Date Issued:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Notes:
- Work appears in sales catalog published by the Union on May 1, 1828, cf. National union catalog pre-1956 imprints, v. 543, p. 488. Frontispiece is signed "Gilbert", most likely being George Gilbert or a later individual R. S. Gilbert, cf. Hamilton, Sinclair, Early American book illustrators and wood engravers 1670-1870, v. 1, p. 133.
- Date Issued:
- [1827 TO 1828]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Notes:
- Added title-page: Patty Gray's journey to the Cotton Islands. A series of books for children.
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Description:
- A young boy and his aunt are captured by pirates.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Description:
- Printed in the early 20th century, this edition of "Chester Rand: or, The new path to fortune" was written by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Notes:
- The electronic version of this item was provided by the Wayne State University Library System and is freely accessible through the Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections.
- Date Issued:
- [1900 TO 1909]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Description:
- President Obama delivers the commencement address to the 2013 graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Obama challenges the graduates to pursue advanced degrees and start businesses but asks that they find the time to defend the powerless, create jobs, and transform communities.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University senior Christopher Carlisle talks about growing up in one of the last, "good neighborhoods" in Detroit, his perception of the surrounding poverty, attending a Catholic high school, being a good athlete and an under achieving student. Carlisle also reflects upon successful and famous persons in history who have blazed their own trails and says that he hopes to be an artist himself, and to be a creative individual throughout his life.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection