The Sway | June 2024

The Sway | June 2024

Bison Trailblazers | Roxborough Mih Seh

by Anna De Cheke Qualls | As a triple Howard alum, Dr. Monique Caruth’s journey to starting Caruth Staffing Agency in 2016 was a marathon effort. Her epiphany came from playing and watching sports both here in the United States and her home country of Tobago. “It made me more aware and fascinated by the human body and its capabilities - how it recovers, heals and how to improve performance, leading me to study exercise science and kinesiology,” says Caruth, who hails from the village of Roxborough on the Eastern end of Tobago.

 

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Word to the Wise | Dr. Bryan Ramson

By Imani Cabassa George | Dr. Bryan Ramson is a physicist at Fermilab and a Howard alum. At Fermilab, he studies neutrinos in the long baseline neutrino particle physics experiments, DUNE and NOvA. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Ramson came to Howard after attending a predominantly white high school.

His experiences at HU were transformative. Ramson realized this was in an environment where he could set aside racial considerations and expectations in his interactions with professors and colleagues. For the first time, he was able to focus fully on his scholarly endeavors.

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Bison Trailblazers | Howard Students Leave Their Mark at Mt. Chacaltaya

by Anna De Cheke Qualls |

Howard has a footprint even on top of the Bolivia's 17785-foot Mount Chacaltaya. It is home to the world’s highest Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) station, where senior research scientist Dr. David Whiteman took a group of Howard undergrads recently. 

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My Story | My Maternal Health Story

by Imani Cabassa-George | Black Maternal Health Week is recognized each year from April 11-17 to bring attention and action to improving Black maternal health. During this year's campaign, I’ve been reflecting on my own personal Black maternal health story that led me to pursue my PhD at Howard. I found out in February of 2020 that I was pregnant. Exactly three weeks later, the world was completely shut down because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Navigating pregnancy already brings its challenges, but navigating it during a global pandemic - when you are forced to maintain social distance protocols from everyone who is usually a part of your community - definitely brought on a toll that I didn’t expect.

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