Photo by Adrian DiUbaldo • adiubald@mscd.edu
Grandma thinks about what she is going to experience on
the train down to her home town. (photo was awarded fi rst place for Feature Photography in the region9 Society of Professional Journalists mark of excellence awards.)

Photo by Leah Bluntschli • bluntsch@mscd.edu
Djalòki Ntjitjagagi Jean Luc Dessables, representing the Native Americanpeople, offers a peace pipe as a healing gesture to the African and European peoples at the end of the performance of “Three Innocents and a Spirit” Feb. 12 at Atonement Lutheran church. The historical drama, presented by the N aSonje Foundation (“n a sonje” means “we will remember” in Creole), portrays the traumatic interactions between European, African, and Amerindian people that occured over the last 500 years, and that still affect society today.

Photo by Dawn Madura • dmadura@mscd.edu
Michael Maisar, age unknown, stands near a window in the Dorcas Children’s Home schoolhouse. Most of the orphans do not know their exact age because they came to the orphanage too young to remember how old they were. After he fi nishes school, Maisar would like to go to university and become a lawyer.

Photo by Matthew Jonas • jonasm@mscd.edu
Stephen Hay’s son, Stevie Hay, stands by St. Cajetan’s after his father’s memorial service on Oct. 28. Known for his leadership in many student organizations, Hay was a student member of the board of trustees. Hay died on Oct. 22. (photo awarded fi rst place for General News Photography in the region 9 Society of Professional Journalists mark of excellence.)

Photo by Jenn LeBlanc • jkerriga@mscd.edu
Gabrielle Gelema LeBlanc runs through Belleview Park in August. LeBlanc is 4 years old and was celebrating her cousin’s
birthday.