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Stephanie\u27s Story
No full textStephanie Carpenter, chair of the Department of History & Political Science, was born and lived her entire childhood and undergraduate years on a small-scale dairy farm in Charlotte, a rural community in northern Vermont. Some of her earliest memories include television images of the Vietnam War, cooking with her grandmother and the death of her great-grandmother.
As a dairy farmer’s daughter who wore homemade, hand-me-down, church-rummage-sale clothes and smelled of cow manure, Stephanie quickly understood her place in New England society. As her elementary teachers worked to correct her grammar and speech patterns, she discovered again and again that farmers were among the lowest social classes in her community. That stigma followed her across the country as she pursued formal and graduate studies.
Stephanie was raised in the Catholic church, but while she attended services and catechism, faith and worship were not part of her family life. She participated in all the traditions and milestones of a Catholic youth, but never fully understood the reason or need to do so. By the time she was an adult Stephanie knew from her own studies that the Catholic church did not represent true biblical teaching. However, she had not yet found the message of Adventism—that journey took another 20 years.
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I pray that, like Stephanie, at Andrews University we can all bring our whole selves to work. I pray that at Andrews University our diversity and each person’s uniqueness is an opportunity for celebration. Borrowing from the Ubuntu philosophy, “I am because you are! And because you are, I am!”
Stephanie Carpenter, you remind us that we are not defined and limited by our past, but we are liberated and transformed by the power of the cross. You and your story represent the spirit of Andrews University.
Christon Arthurhttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/stories-2016-fall/1001/thumbnail.jp
Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Judith Kerman
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman talks about her experience as a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic, her work translating poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, learning Spanish, translating poems from Spanish, and her book "Retrofitting Blade Runner". Kerman is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Jack Ridl
No full textPoet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Josie Kearns
No full textPoet and author Josie Kearns, professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Michigan, talks about teaching and writing, natural scenery in Michigan, her editorship of the book "New Poems From the Third Coast", her book "New Numbers", and other works in process. Kearns is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson from the Michigan State University Libraries for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Mary Carpenter Interviewed by Charlotte Aexel
No full textCharlotte Aexel interviews Mary Carpenter, author of Flannery O’Connor: A Girl Who Knew Her Own Mind, on discovering O’Connor and the impact of Milledgeville on her life.
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Kara Gust interviews author and bioregionalist Stephanie Mills
No full textAuthor and ecologist Stephanie Mills talks about how she started writing and publishing, writing on nature and the environment, the challenges of being a writer, the influence of Michigan on her work, bio-regionalism, and a new book she is working on. Mills is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Making a market for Miscanthus: Can new contract designs solve the biofuel investment hold-up problem?
No full textWe present designs for optimal contracts to solve the investment hold-up problem for perennial crops for the biofuel industry. A fixed-price contract is ex-ante efficient but renegotiation-proof for a limited range of discount parameters. A perfectly- indexed contract is both renegotiation-proof and ex-post efficient. Provided long-run land prices are stationary, the expected cost for both contracts converges to the long-run expected price of land for a risk-neutral farmer.Biofuels, Miscanthus, contract theory, industrial organization, renegotiation-proof contract, Marketing,
Maine Attorney General Michael Carpenter and District Attorney Stephanie Anders
No full textMaine Attorney General Michael Carpenter and District Attorney Stephanie Anderson of Cumberland County have drafted legislation that if enacted will make the penalty for possession of crack cocaine the same as that for heroin possession. Possession of less than seven grams of any type of cocaine is currently a misdemeanor. Sales of crack cocaine in Maine were sporadic until this year, but recent arrests in Portland, Brunswick and Lewiston suggest that Maine is now becoming a target area for drug dealers from out of state. Details
Author and bioregionalist Stephanie Mills reads her selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor and ecologist Stephanie Mills reads from her first book "Whatever happened to ecology?" and from "Tough little beauties," then answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library
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