Browse Items (11 total)

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Yazmin Cruz, May 7, 2021

Yazmin Cruz, a college freshman at UW-Milwaukee, graduated from Ronald Reagan High School in July 2020. In this oral history interview, she discusses…

Tags: Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduate, Graduation, Oral History, Ronald Reagan High School, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A Vote For Change, Stephanie Cruz, 2020

In October 2020, Yazmin Cruz voted in her first presidential election. Although the election was on November 3, 2020, she decided to cast her vote on…

Tags: Activism, Photograph, Presidential Election, Race & Ethnicity, Vote

The End?, Stephanie Cruz, 2020

Yazmin Cruz stands in her front garden, facing away from the camera, as her sister takes a photograph of her graduation cap. Although the camera is…

Tags: Education--K12, Graduate, Graduation, Photograph, Ronald Reagan High School, Student, Virtual Commencement

A New Chapter, Kathy Cruz, 2020

Yazmin Cruz, a college freshman at UW-Milwaukee, stands in front of UWM's fountain on the first day of classes. It is a crisp and sunny fall day, and…

Tags: Education--Universities, Photograph, Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Portrait of a College Freshman, Phareda Be, 2020

Phareda Be describes this photograph as the first picture taken of her after becoming a college freshman. She had just finished a professional…

Tags: Education--Universities, Parks & Playgrounds, Photograph, Portrait, Student

A Pandemic Job, Phareda Be, 2020

Phareda Be poses in front of a mirror while wearing her Bath & Body Works uniform. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Be's father lost his job,…

Tags: Employment, Home & Family Life, Photograph, Uniform

An End of an Era, Phareda Be, 2020

The photograph depicts UW-Milwaukee freshman Phareda Be at her high school graduation in 2020. Because of the small size of her graduating class, Be…

Tags: Celebration, Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduation, Photograph, Student

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Dr. DaJuan Ferrell, April 22, 2021

In March 2020 when university instruction moved primarily online, DaJuan Ferrell was tasked with learning how to teach his undergraduate students in a…

Tags: Alumni, Education--Universities, Graduate, Graduation, Oral History

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Phareda Be, April 29, 2021

In this oral history interview with Phareda Be, she describes her experiences of graduating high school in 2020 at the height of the global…

Tags: Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduation, Oral History, Race & Ethnicity, Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Xenophobia

Brennan Christianson, A New Dawn, A New Day, A New Job, January 29, 2021, February 16, 2021, May 1, 2021

This series of Facebook posts is of 2020 graduate Brennan Christianson as he accepts a new position, changes his employment status, and documents his…

Tags: Alumni, Door County Maritime Museum, Employment, Facebook, Graduate, Photograph, Screenshot, Social Media, Student