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Accountant + Novelist = What?!

Did you know Chatham accountant, Rebecca Luman is also the author of seven novels?! We sat down to discuss her writing process, her very different jobs, and how she manages to accomplish so much.

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Behind the GIFs with Sarah Huth, MFAID '19

Our new ChathamU GIFs are a big hit! But what goes into creating these marvelous moving images? We chat with designer Sarah Huth MAID ’19 about creation, collaboration, and cartoon Carson the Cougar.

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Alumna profile: Vanessa McCarthy-Johnson ’18, MBA ’19

In 2019, it’s surprising to hear anyone say the words “I love politics.” But Vice President of Wilkinsburg Borough Council Vanessa McCarthy-Johnson ’18, MBA ’19, credits her passion for government as the catalyst that led to her seeking not one, but two degrees from Chatham—that, and her four daughters.

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Speaking Up: A Q and A with Dr. Jessie Ramey

This spring, Chatham Director of the Women’s Institute Jessie Ramey had a piece published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Entitled “A Note from Your Colleagues With Hearing Loss: Just Use a Microphone Already,” the article was a call to action concerning how we can make spaces more welcoming and even functional. We followed up with her for a Q and A.

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Alumni profile: Nicholas Uram, PsyD ’16, MAP ’10

Coming of age in the early 2000’s, as war raged in Afghanistan and Iraq, Nicholas Uram, PsyD ’16, MAP ’10, thought he might follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and enlist in the military. But after his friends began returning home from combat with mental health issues, Uram’s sense of duty led him on a different mission.

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