We get intellectual nourishment in many spaces, but in the group we get personal and intellectual nourishment. Which is a very, very rare combination. – Sharon Harley, Associate Pr[...]
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My name is Shekeitha L. Jeffries, I am a first-generation African American student, born in Paterson, New Jersey and I am the oldest of five children. I attended Fairleigh Dickinso[...]
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