She always knew that she would tell her mother’s story. Maudlyne Ihejirika ’87 MSJ moved to the United States with her mother and siblings as refugees from the Nigerian civil war because her father was studying at Northwestern. Ihejirika earned her Master’s in Journalism from Medill and has been a reporter for the Chicago Sun Times for 25 years. She recently published her first book, Escape from Nigeria: A Memoir of Faith, Love and War, about her mother’s childhood in Nigeria and later her miraculous escape to the United States.
Episode 156: Rock and Roll Royalty, with Paul Korzilius ’76, Roland Mesa ’82, and Walt Versen ’77
Navigating the College Admissions World, with Julie Kelsheimer ’11, ’13 MMus
Recovering the Philosophy of the Self, with Adina Bezerita '17
’Cats in Sports Media, with Lisa Byington ’98, ’99 MS and Cassidy Hubbarth ’07
Telling Unheard Stories of Women’s Suffrage, with Ronny Frishman ’72
A Northwestern Life, with MaryAnn Ihejirika Marsh ’85
Love and Northwestern
Memoir, Family, and Truth, with Leta McCollough Seletzky ’98
How to Reinvent Yourself in Media, with Joey Skladany ’09
Lunch Tray Management, with Kathryn Hahn ’95 and Ethan Sandler ’95
Sports and Society, with Julie Kliegman ’13
Writing Your Reality (TV), with Toni Gallagher ’87
Chicago through Poetry, with Angela Jackson ’77
Episode 143: Navigating the News, with Bill Lord ’73
Telling History's Most Neglected Stories, with Marie Arana ’71
Making Marketing Authentic, with Kristian Alomá ’02
A Fireside Chat with University Trustee Ginni Rometty ’79, ’15 H and Northwestern President Michael Schill
Writing your own path, with Ayun Halliday ’87
Becoming a Poet, with Mary Jo Bang ’71, ’75 MA
APIDA Heritage Month Special Episode with Phil Yu '00
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