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Review Of Seeking An Aurora By Elizabeth Pulford, Katie E. Gosman

Library Intern Book Reviews

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Stem Cell Donation Hopes To Bring Life To Australian Teen, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

The two have never met. One is a dean of a School of Business Administration at a private university in Ohio; the other is a 15 year-old Australian girl in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant in order to survive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Haymond is a perfect match for the Australian. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, Haymond will be at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. donating blood stem cells so the teenager will have a better opportunity to survive the illness—and live a healthy life.

The Impact Of Kinship Care On Children, Brittany Kopas, Bethany Hull, Maggie Weyandt, Jessica Rabenstein

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

Our presentation examines the dynamics of kinship care in three regions of the world. The following countries were chosen due to the extensive contrasting research available regarding kinship care values, practices and experiences. In light of these factors, personal interest was also utilized to identify three unique countries: Australia, Kenya and the United States. The literature reflected that the value placed on the family unit remains firm despite region specific differences. We uncovered the prevalence of kinship care in these three specific countries to highlight underlying causes and lasting effects on the family unit. The Australian kinship care system has …