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.
The ABCD’s of Virtual Interviewing with Corinne Vargas ’14 MS
Eating Well in the Pandemic with Carla Hightower ’85, ’87 MD, ’91 GME, ’02 MBA
Unexpected Career Disruption? Here’s How to Respond with Chareen Goodman ’00 MS
How to Talk to Kids with Empathy with Anthony Ward Jr. ’06
The Importance of LGBTQ+ Representation in Music with Spectrum Ensemble, Jaime Esposito ’14 and Stephen Hall ’13
Pivoting in a Pandemic with Caleigh Hernandez ’15
Perspectives on Human Connection during COVID-19 with Vlada Bortnik ‘01
Guided Breathing Exercises and Getting Calm with Coco Cabrel ’87, ’89 MD
The Hustle of Entrepreneurial Endeavors with Neal Taparia ’06
Northwestern Alumni Medal Story with the global operations executive, Bridgette Proctor Heller ’83, ’85 MBA
Northwestern Alumni Medal Story with the Fortune 100 investment management CEO, Yie-Hsin Hung ’84
Northwestern Alumni Medal Story with the US Navy Vice Admiral, Lisa M. Franchetti ’85
The Universality of Music with Bienen School of Music alumna, Amanda Majeski
The Rise of Digital Strategies in Healthcare with Gurpreet Singh ’93, ’94 MS, ’03 MBA
Intentional Diversity and Inclusion Practices Part 2 with Melissa Donaldson ’17 MS
Finding Purpose through the Highs and Lows with Jordan Gross ’16, ’17 MBA
Confidently Advocating for Yourself with Chelsea Hayes ’12 MS
The Best of: Our Favorite Advice from 2019
Tenacity in International Entrepreneurship with Roy Lu ’13
Education Equity for All with Sally Nuamah ’13 MA, ’16 Ph.D.
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Insightful Leader
Breakthroughs
One Book, One Northwestern: The Podcast
NorthwesternU