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Lizette Epps Author Our Voices

O'Pake director honored for debut book chronicling Latine stories

Lizette Epps, MBA, CUDE, CNP, AWA, Executive Director of Community and Economic Development at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's O’Pake Institute for Economic Development & Entrepreneurship, recently celebrated a significant career milestone: the publicat...

  • 2026
Female student in China

Finding serenity across the globe

A study abroad trip to Yinchuan, China, revealed a more serene way of life that led psychology major Arielle Phillips '18 to change the way she approached her life and work. “Everything in China seems a bit slower and calmer. I got ...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2019