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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Don Middlebrook</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two legends, one powerful message.

MSU's Ron Mason, the winningest hockey coach in NCAA history (924 career wins), visited Trop Rocker, Don Middlebrook's 90-year-old mother, who is battling a 'demon' of her own.

The coach couldn't help but be inspir]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: MaryJo Brode</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2011, three years after I graduated from Michigan State, I had an urge to embark on an adventure, to go places and do things I have always wanted to do. I have always wanted to volunteer in Africa and teach children, this is exactly what I did. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Kelly Allen</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have a billboard sign northbound on US Route 127 that says, "Leaders. Lifesavers. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: R. Barri Flowers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My name is R. Barri Flowers. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Connie Rubin</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As I start typing my saga, a smile comes to my face and heart as I remember my time at MSU and its impact on my life.

I started my Spartan Saga in 1985. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Jeff MacKenzie</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A 1982 graduate with a bachelor's degree in fisheries biology, I am currently teaching biology in Toledo, Ohio. I also do educational programs for the Toledo Zoo as well as serve as the adviser for our school's wildlife club. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Melissa Witcher</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was born in Brasil but raised in the United States. Growing up, the most Brasilian thing about me was my love of warm weather. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Louise Robar DiCiesare</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am a third generation Spartan. My parents and my grandfather also went there. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: Donna Peel</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am Donna (Alberts) Peel and I studied economics. After 11 years of practicing antitrust law, I was surprised to find myself at home with two crazy Spartan fan boys. ]]></description>
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<title>Spartan Sagas: JoAnna Yaksich</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although I had a few college options upon graduating from high school, there was never a question where I would attend. ]]></description>
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<title>Helping one child at a time.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Manpreet Singh has dedicated her career in psychiatric medicine to trying to understand why children develop mood disorders, with the ultimate goal of preventing their onset. A principle she learned early in life&#8212;known as &#8220;seva,&#8221; or service&#8212;has shaped the kind of physician and teacher she has become.
	
&#8220;Something that was very important to me&#8212;that Michigan State very much cultivated in the way that it educated me to be a very compassionate and service-oriented physician&#8212;is that I could instill hope in my patients,&#8221; says Singh, who earned her medical doctorate from the MSU College of Human Medicine in 2002.
 
An assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and child development and codirector of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Singh also is a new mother, which she says has given her professional mission additional meaning.
 
&#8220;If I can make a positive contribution to a single child at any given level, whether it&#8217;s my own child or that of any of the patients that I see, then I’m happy.&#8221;]]></description>
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<title>A matter of perspective.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Studying modern European history in a place that&#8217;s steeped in history&#8212;the oldest university in the English-speaking world&#8212;is providing MSU junior Charlie Kraiger with valuable perspective.
 
As a visiting student at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Kraiger is making the most of new and different experiences&#8212;from working one-on-one with a professor as part of a tutorial system to rubbing shoulders daily with residents and tourists, as well as students and faculty, on a campus that’s part of a bustling international community.
 
&#8220;Wow! This is an amazing city with an amazing history, and people come from all over the world in order to be able to experience something that you’re lucky enough to experience almost every day,&#8221; Kraiger says he finds himself thinking.
 
The international studies major is mindful of his good fortune and believes it&#8217;s important to help others. Nearly two years ago, he and a friend launched a chapter of ONE&#8212;an advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty in Africa&#8212;on the MSU campus to educate fellow students about poverty issues and encourage them to take action.]]></description>
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<title>Shaking the hand that feeds you.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Michele Payn-Knoper is a champion for agriculture. The certified speaking professional travels throughout the United States and internationally, helping farmers communicate more effectively about the agrifood industry, while helping consumers understand what&#8217;s happening with food production. 
 
The Spartan alumna knows firsthand the rewards and risks of farm life. In addition to now living on a farm in Indiana, she grew up on a family farm in Michigan that was eventually lost.
 
Since earning degrees in animal science and agriculture and natural resources communications from MSU, Payn-Knoper has dedicated her life to creating a better understanding between food producers and consumers. With 98.5 percent of the U.S. population living in nonfarm settings, her expertise and advocacy are needed more than ever. 
 
&#8220;My passion is agriculture,&#8221; says Payn-Knoper. &#8220;My passion is being able to help people understand where their food comes from and the wonderful people on the other side of the food plate that are called farmers.&#8221;]]></description>
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<title>Success on her own terms.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As president and CEO of a technology consulting firm, Tamera Hill knows the value of a dollar—and of staying true to herself.
 
Before studying marketing at MSU&#8217;s Eli Broad College of Business, Hill got her feet wet&#8212;and hands dirty&#8212;pumping gas at her parents&#8217; full-service gas station.
 
&#8220;I always said I would make my own money learning what I learned from my mom and dad and never have to depend on anyone else for that,&#8221; says Hill. 
 
And she did just that. Hill went on to start two technology companies and says she owes her success to the work ethic and determination her parents instilled in her.
 
In addition to her parents, she credits her experience at MSU with preparing her for the real world&#8212;one in which she has learned the importance of balancing career success with personal integrity and priorities.
 
&#8220;I have to be happy and true to myself,&#8221; Hill says. &#8220;Every company I&#8217;ve been with, that has been extremely important.&#8221;]]></description>
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<title>A prescription for hope.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:31 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a nursing career spanning more than 25 years, Dean Carpenter has never been more fulfilled than he is when caring for those seeking medical treatment at a shelter of last resort in Detroit. What keeps him motivated? The same thing that he offers his patients: hope.
 
Detroit&#8217;s Tumaini Center&#8212;its name taken from the Swahili word meaning to believe and hope&#8212;is a crisis support shelter for the chronically homeless that turns no one away. Carpenter, who earned his master&#8217;s degree in nursing at MSU, provides primary health care there part time while also working at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor.  
 
Many who seek medical care at the shelter are homeless and struggle with chronic illness and addiction. But Carpenter focuses on the success stories and finds satisfaction in doing small things that make a big difference in people&#8217;s lives. 
 
&#8220;I can&#8217;t solve the health care problems in Detroit by myself,&#8221; says Carpenter, &#8220;but I can do the best that I can with the person who’s sitting in front of me at that moment.&#8221;]]></description>
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