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Introduction

• The Trailblazer Issue

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Cover Story

• Blazing New Trails: Nine Traits of a Trailblazer

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Features

• New Offerings: Enhanced Opportunities for NCU Students
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  Ready to Blaze New Trails

  NCU’s 2015 Graduates

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Profiles

• NCU’s Dr. Barry Spiker: Trailblazer in Epigenetics Guides Students
  Dr. Barry Spiker PhD, NCU Core Faculty, Dissertation Chair, The Graduate School
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  Channeling Her Grief: How a Widow is Advancing the Study of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  Tracy Diefenbach PhD, Marriage and Family Therapy, candidate
• Groundbreaking: How One PhD Defended His Dissertation Despite an Earthquake
  Hari Dhungana PhD, education

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School Briefs

• School of Psychology
• School of Marriage and Family Sciences
• School of Education
• School of Business and Technology Management

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Newsworthy

• NCU Administration
• Alumni