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Leann Hengel (45) shares a conversation with her friend, Ruth Greenwood (84), about childhood, marriage, family, and faith.

Jane Ann Pippenger (81) talks to her granddaughter, Dagne Pippenger (16) about her time as a volunteer for a school in Michigan as a young woman.

16 year old Tristen McMillan has a lovely not very short interview with his mother, Brandi. They have this interview in the car after getting home at the end of November 2023. Brandi shares tales of her sibling and her...

Colleagues Michael "Mike" Walling (54), YoungJun Li (45) and May Hua [no age given] discuss their cultural heritage and their work with the Chinese Association of Greater Kalamazoo (CAGK).

Friends Shymeria Stone (24) and Noah Hack (22) talk about their forever friendship, some fond memories they have with one another, and some wisdom they have learned over the years.

Friends and coworkers Lynn Houghton (65) and Sharon Carlson (60) discuss their shared passion for Kalamazoo history, the built environment, and cultural preservation.

Superintendent of Lake Geneva Schools Peter Wilson (45) interviews his parents, Stephen Wilson (76) and Marcia Wilson (75), about their childhood experiences and their families. Marcia and Stephen also talk about their role models, family stories, and mutual support in...

Nadia Sinaph, a freshman at Canton High School, interviews close family friend and scholar Shaykh Burhan Fili about his life experiences. Shaykh Burhan escaped from a communist Albania in the 1970s and made it to the United States later on....

In this interview recorded on November 23, 2022, Camerion Patterson (15) listens to his mother, Nekedria Mosley (35) talk about her work force experience at Southland Casino and Racing in Arkansas. During the first 10 minutes of the interview she...

One Small Step partners Michael Lewis (55) and Daniel Patton (42) have a conversation about National Parks, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, libraries, and the role of government.

Diane House spent over 50 years helping athletes with special needs in Special Olympics achieve their highest potential in multiple sporting events. She coordinated and inspired volunteers, coaches, parents and athletes in individual and team sports.

This is a conversation about an enduring love, an unspeakable loss and a grandfather's legacy. My husband and I sat with his father Tom, as he remembers the love of his life, Bunny Sheffler. Today marks the second year anniversary...

For Father's Day 2022, my husband Don and I decided to sit down with his father Tom. In 2019, he wrote down some stories, which he gifted us on Christmas. The pandemic has wreaked such havoc in our lives. It...

Ellie interviews Grammy about Thanksgiving.

Interviewing my sister on Halloween.

In this interview, I learned more about my dads life. Such as things that I never new before about him, and where he has been in his life! I find it so cool and how I have never been so...

In this interview, conducted on May 15th, 2022 in Birmingham, Michigan, Coco Lowman (13) interviews Pat Lowman (45) about his childhood memory’s living in Metro Detroit, traveling all around the world, and creating his own stainless steel business that he...

Interview with my teta. She is a very amazing woman and has the best answers to questions.

In this interview, conducted on May 6th 2022 in West Bloomfield Michigan, Ayah Aburashed (13) interviews Zarifa Alsadi or Tayta Zuzu (90) about her life growing up. She shares about her siblings, where she grew up, the transition to America,...

Interviewing UDM women’s lacrosse coach about his lacrosse career for my interview assignment in Study of Fiction class.

Leo interviews Suren

Melina Slone reflects on her experience in Environment 361 and the various concepts and strategies she has learned about. These ideas will be used moving forward in her career and are explained to the Great Lakes community.

In this interview, Anjali reflects on her time in the Psychology for Environmental Stewardship course at University of Michigan.

I reviewed my classmate.

Tiernan discusses her main take-aways from ENV 361, namely the importance of intrinsic motivation, future-based prospection, and using interventions that are reliable and durable. She explains their significance in terms of the climate crisis, community resilence, and energy descent to...