Culture
Breaking Barriers
Why not me? That’s the question Deqa Dhalac ‘13G posed to herself when she first began mulling over the decision to run for political office in 2018. Dhalac, a Somali American who has lived in the U.S. since the 1990s and in Maine since 2005, became increasingly active in condemning anti-immigrant... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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12/14/21Opening Doors
The first cohort of students is enrolled in the UNH-4U program, designed to open doors to a mostly traditional college experience that was previously... -
12/10/21CNN: A Maine city that's 90% White now has a Somali mayor
Deqa Dhalac '13G, a graduate of the Master in Community Development program at the Carsey School and an immigrant from Somali, has recently become... -
12/02/21The Hill: More Americans living alone as milestones slip later in life
In the previous decade, the number of Americans who live alone has jumped 4 million to 37 million one-person U.S. households in 2021 - representing...
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