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The first edition of Global Voices<\/em>, a multilingual affiliate of The Weather Vane<\/em> newspaper, is hot off the presses and ready to pick up at campus newsstands.<\/p>\n\n\n

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IEP students Laeticia Mpessa (center) and Prisca Tamga (second from right), who are from Cameroon, contributed articles to Global Voices. (Photo courtesy of IEP)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Zivar Safari (left), an IEP student from Afghanistan, wrote a story for Global Voices. (Photo courtesy of IEP)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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IEP student Anastasia Oriabynska (right) is from Ukraine and contributed a story to the Global Voices issue. (Photo courtesy of IEP)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The publication launched on April 18 and features the contributions of 28 students in EMU\u2019s Intensive English Program (IEP<\/a>) written in their own native languages. Articles in the 12-page issue are written in Belarusian, Dari, Farsi, French, Kurdish, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian. They feature stories by students from Afghanistan, Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kazakhstan, Puerto Rico, Russia, Ukraine and Venezuela. Near the back of the issue, a series of summaries written in English translates their journeys to the U.S. and their experiences learning English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two IEP students and three IEP teachers provided edits for the paper, while six Weather Vane<\/em> staffers designed the pages for publication. A thousand copies of the paper were printed and distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Hannah Landis<\/strong> and junior Zack Furr<\/strong>, co-founders of Global Voices <\/em>and co-editors-in-chief of The Weather Vane <\/em>during the fall 2023 semester, tossed around the idea last summer for translated versions of the student newspaper. They realized they didn\u2019t have the resources for that idea, but discovered a different invaluable resource: the students enrolled in IEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to recognize them as students at EMU,\u201d Landis said. \u201cWe feel like they\u2019re not necessarily the first people you think of when you think of the average EMU student, but they\u2019re just as much a part of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furr agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe primary goal of this is giving a voice to those whose voices have been underrepresented in the 100-plus years that EMU has existed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The student writers and editors were compensated for their work \u2014 an Inclusive Excellence Grant from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion funded their paychecks as well as all printing costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t have done this without the IEP,\u201d Landis said. \u201cHaving them here on campus and getting to work with them was such a privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey did a ton of the heavy lifting,\u201d Furr added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landis will be graduating at Commencement this weekend with degrees in Spanish language & Hispanic studies and writing studies. Furr, whose majors are in digital media and communications and photography, said he plans to take on the task next spring with a second edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hope to keep it going and get people passionate about it to continue working on it even after we\u2019re gone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Voices was funded by the Inclusive Excellence Grants, Office of DEI, EMU. Thanks to the Office of DEI, Melissa May and the IEP faculty and staff, Jerry Holsopple, Adam Hoover, Thomas Erickson, Kirsten Beachy, The Weather Vane, and all the writers and editors from IEP. The Global Voices production staff included Doran Kennedy, Caleb Stoltzfus, Will Blosser and Erika Lopez.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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IEP students pose during LovEMU Giving Day in April 2023. Flashing a thumbs up, Djo Onadikondo (front row, fourth from left) and Leon Lufungula (behind him), who are from the Democratic Republic of Congo, were writers for Global Voices. (Photo courtesy of IEP)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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