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<title>Helping one child at a time.</title>
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<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]]></description>
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<title>A matter of perspective.</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:06 -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]]></description>
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<title>Shaking the hand that feeds you.</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:06 -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>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:06 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As president and CEO of a technology consulting firm, Tamera Hill knows the value of a dollar]]></description>
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<title>A prescription for hope.</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:06 -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]]></description>
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