2022 Feature and Interpretive Writing Class: Veterans Stories
The spring 2022 Feature and Interpretive Writing class completed a project with the Veterans Breakfast Club this semester, recording interviews with veterans and then writing profiles about them. The students’ videos can be found on the VBC website, and the profiles...V.A. Nurse Maria Bardakos shares her experience from serving in the Coast Guard
By Brandon Kurzawski Maria Bardakos knows her life’s work connects directly to her service in the U.S. Coast Guard. It taught her, she said, to work hard and always to be organized, and Bardakos helped create a special force at her base that still remains. Her...Veteran Robert Mastraieni
By Samantha Hindman Robert Mastraieni made his slow trek to his first assigned base. His orders were scanned, and he was allowed to step within the cold metal gates. He looked around and realized that what was meeting his gaze – a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier, the...Veteran Carlos Jativa
By Natalea Hillen It all started one day when a 12-year-old boy, Carlos Jativa, saw a commercial on TV that changed his life. “I saw a commercial of a dude scaling a rock, and once he got to the top of the rock he fought a dragon. Once he defeated the dragon, he...The Year that Changed Chris Moore’s Life
By: Noah Marshalek Chris Moore decided he was not in the right state of mind for college after completing only two semesters in a little over two years. Moore, who is 73 now, knew he was going to be drafted because of his poor grades, so he enlisted instead. This...
Some 30% of people w/#DownSyndrome in their 50s have #Alzheimers, says @NDSS. Hear a sister's remembrance of her brother, who had DS and developed dementia. On A Valid Podcast from All-Abilities Media's collaborations w/ @pointparkcmi, @PublicSourcePA https://t.co/8x8UrAHGAG
🎉🏆 Congrats to our partners at All-Abilities Media and @UnabridgedPress on their Golden Quill Award nomination!
Their work on A Valid Podcast is a finalist for an Excellence in Audio Journalism award from the @PghPressClub 🎙
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🌟 We’re honored to have hosted @PRFromTheHeart’s special "in-studio" edition of The Neighborly Reviews Bookcast at the CMI! 📚🎙
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Helping #LittleOnes to create a more inclusive future, with equal possibilities for all. 👦👦🏿👧👧🏿
David Newell & @JohnMasiulionis review @ChericeRoth's Real Doctor series for #children on Ep. #14 of The #NeighborlyReviews Bookcast from @PointParkCMI: https://t.co/OK8vlcOQ8o. 📚