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16 / Virtual Leader Elizabeth Baron (BA87) championed immersive virtual reality at Ford Motor Company at a time when many in senior leadership thought it was a joke. She kept the dream alive until the technology and hardware caught up with her vision.
20 / Could These Helmets Save Lives? EMU student Zach Push has produced a revolutionary helmet prototype that can do more than save lives. It can locate them.
24 / From ‘Family Life’ to television’s ‘Modern Family’ Sally Young (BS72) majored in something once called Family Life at EMU—setting the stage for her serendipitous future as a producer on the hit television show ‘Modern Family.’
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DEPARTMENTS 4 / Editor’s Note 5 / From the President
6-15 / Around Campus ■
Renowned media historian and EMU professor Mary Ann Watson helps Syracuse University and Oprah Winfrey honor Dick Clark
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Professor Sherry Jerome Wilkinson talks ballet, art and the human experience in “A Conversation With…”
Chef Ryan Leinonen (BA01) savors the success of his culinary career
■ Remembering Coleman Jewett (BS61, MA72) Cover photo courtesy of Ford Motor Company 24
Have you ever wondered how Eastern’s buildings, classrooms and residence halls got their names?
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Eagle cross country runners Willy Fink and Victoria Voronko capture individual MAC championships
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