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Davidson College -- Alumnae and alumni

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Subject Source: Fast

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Luis Toledo '20, 2019 May 01

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Identifier: OHI-0297
Scope and Contents

This oral history interview is part of the Queer, Black, Intersectional Davidson Project. The interview was conducted by Lily Burdick '19 in 2018.

Dates: 2019 May 01

Interview with Marie Lupe Guerrero ’12, 2019 December 17

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Identifier: OHI-0253
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Marie Lupe Guerrero, Davidson College class of 2012. Guerrero identifies as a first generation college student and Mexican-American. She is from Chicago, IL and discusses the sociocultural differences between Chicago and the rural area around Davidson College. While at Davidson, Guerrero was a Charles Scholar and participated in Davidson Outdoors, OLAS, and worked as a volunteer with the free clinic at the Ada Jenkins Center.

Dates: 2019 December 17

Interview with Mbye Njie '04, 2020 October 01

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Identifier: OHI-0311
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mbye Njie, Davidson College class of 2004. This oral history was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. In his interview, Njie discusses his overall experience at Davidson College, his entrepreneurial work to combat police violence after graduation, when he and Jason Ford were falsely accused of a crime by a fellow student and college administration towards the end of his undergraduate years, racially-motivated inequities in the...
Dates: 2020 October 01

Interview with Meg Boykin Kimmel '77, 2020 October 01

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Identifier: OHI-0276
Scope and Contents Meg Kimmel came to Davidson with her husband who landed his first job as a psychology professor. During the interview Meg discusses what it was like being a part of the first coed graduating class of Davidson. Her unique experience includes interactions with both students and faculty as a wife of a professor and what it was like being both pregnant and a mom while going to school at Davidson. Meg’s experiences add a distinctive glimpse into the life of one of the original female students at...
Dates: 2020 October 01

Interview with Meleena Philips '20, 2020 November 23

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Identifier: OHI-0310
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Meleena Phillips, Davidson College class of 2020. This interview was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. In the interview, Phillips discusses the support she found in the student group Freeword, the need for better mental health support on campus, feelings of social isolation, student flagpole protests, the differences in culture between New York and North Carolina, the mentorship of Dr. Multhaup, and her work on her book...
Dates: 2020 November 23

Interview with Melissa Guzman '11, 2020 March 14

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Identifier: OHI-0269
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview and transcript with Melissa Guzman, physics major and member of the Davidson College class of 2011. Guzman discusses her experiences as a biracial Colombian-American woman, freshman orientation programs like STRIDE and Davidson Odyssey, exploring personal identity through academics (including anthropology courses with Dr. Matt Samson), and her work as a founding member of FreeWord (a student group for poetry and performance).

Dates: 2020 March 14

Interview with Melodie Mendez '13, 2019 November 24

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Identifier: OHI-0264
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and transcript with Melodie Mendez '13 conducted on November 24, 2019. During the interview Mendez discusses why she chose to attend Davidson College and the many organizations she participated in during her four years—including, Students Together Reaching for Individual Development and Education (STRIDE), Organization of Latin American (OLAS), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (DST), Bonner Scholars, and more. Mendez also recalls her time studying abroad in Ecuador,...
Dates: 2019 November 24

Interview with Michele Manceaux '20, 2020 September 24

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Identifier: OHI-0312
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Michele Manceaux, Davidson College class of 2020. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. During the interview, Manceaux discusses her experiences on the soccer team, the nuances of Black diasporic experiences at Davidson, differences in finding community in Dallas, TX and at Davidson College, the impact of academic experiences on understanding racial identity, white allyship, her work advocating for...
Dates: 2020 September 24

Interview with Minne Iwamoto '91 and Bob Hornsby '91, 2021 March 23

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Identifier: OHI-0281
Scope and Contents Minne Iwamoto graduated from Davidson College in 1991. She was an Economics major and has a career in public health. Bob Hornsby graduated from Davidson College in 1991. He was an Economics major and has a career in development economics. The interview was conducted by Elena Propst. Interviewer was in Davidson, NC, and Alums were in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Minne Iwamoto and Bob Hornsby discussed their experiences at Davidson College, dating life, hookup culture, contraception, and...
Dates: 2021 March 23

Interview with Natasha Rivera '12, 2019 October 22

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Identifier: OHI-0263
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview and transcript with Natasha Rivera '12 conducted on October 22, 2019. During the interview Rivera discusses why she chose to attend Davidson College, how she found a sense of community at Davidson, and her experience being a charter member of the Upsilon Mu Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (DST).

Dates: 2019 October 22