The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, and still i rise. I rise because i love my country, and i rise today because we are celebrating and commemorating, to a certain extent, juneteenth, when general granger arrived in galveston when he announced to the slaves, if you will, they have been freed. Pursuant to the emancipation proclamation. I am pleased that general granger did this. Im pleased because liberation is a wonderful thing. Nobody should be enslaved. But i am also concerned that that liberation has not completely obliterated the bigotry that ensued after the liberation. In this country, we still suffer from bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, hobia, all of the unliness that can cause people to receive less than the American Dream that others receive. And here in this country today, we in the house of representatives have a unique opportunity to do something about bigotry in our country. We have an opportunit
Wambugu Finds Graduate School Options Plentiful
6 hours ago • April 23, 2021
By Larry Isch
Posted in About
When it came time earlier this spring for University of the Ozarks senior Vivien Wambugu to choose a graduate school in which to continue her education in the fall, she had an enviable problem.
The health science major from Tulsa, Okla., was accepted into four of the top global health graduate programs in the country George Washington University, Vanderbilt University, Duke University and University of North Carolina. She eventually selected Duke’s Master of Science in Global Health Program.
“I was pretty torn between Vanderbilt and Duke because they both offer such great programs and opportunities,” Wambugu said. “My roommate, Crystal Oudomvilay, and I took a week-long trip to visit both schools, as well as the graduate school she got into. On a rainy day, Crystal and I walked to Duke West Campus, where we got to see Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Hospital