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18 / Eastern on Autism EMU is an educational leader in one of the fastest-growing healthcare specialties in the country.


22 / What Happens Next? What does the future hold for the newest batch of EMU alumni? We asked. The responses are thoughtful and illuminating.


26 / An Interstate Rite of Passage EMU senior Kody Klein attempts to hitchhike from Sarasota, Fla., to Ypsilanti in an attempt to learn about himself—and the world around him.


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DEPARTMENTS 4 / Editor’s Note


5 / From the President


6-17 / Around Campus ■


The enduring footprint left by former regents Roy Wilbanks and Tom Sidlik


■ EMU’s Mock Trial team wins regional competition ■


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DEPARTMENTS CONTINUED ■


31-43 / Alumni News ■


Class Notes


■ A New Wrinkle to Teaching ■ Photo Gallery


■ 52nd Annual Alumni Award Winners ■





Meet Ann Thompson, new executive director for alumni relations


From Rynearson Stadium to Hollywood: The Michael Bailey Smith Story


40 Cover Illustration by Tim Grajek


A conversation with professor Kristine Ajrouch about the experiences of Muslim Americans


■ Ten quirky EMU student organizations


Doctoral student researches troubled mother-child relationships


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