Stephan JoQuan Wilson embraces his mother Sharonda Wilson during his graduation ceremony, May 4, 2019 at Central Michigan University. Sharonda was supposed to be graduating from Ferris State University the same time as Stephan and wasn’t going to attend his graduation, but the CMU President brought her out, surprising Stephan, and conferred her degree.

Ilham Mohamed stands outside the Yggdrasil building in Brabrand, Denmark. Ilham is a coordinator for the Gellerup Bydelsmødre (neighborhood mothers), which is a branch of the national organization which helps immigrant women integrate into their society. “The work of the district mothers is very important for the area and it helps the women who live in isolation, who do not know much about the society in which they live, who have challenges with the Danish language and who have distrust of the municipal system,” said Mohamed.

Toledo, Ohio freshman Cassie Scouten is passed along by members of the Bobcat and Bearded Dragon teams during a team building exercise at Central Michigan University's Leadership Safari on Aug. 21, 2017 in the Indoor Athletic Complex.

Patrick Parker, 8, plays with his Nerf guns while on a morning break from his homeschooling, Friday, April 12, 2019.

Athletes, volunteers, chaperones and the Mott Campus Clowns from Mott Community College join hands and run to the center of the football field at Kelly/Shorts Stadium after the Closing Ceremony of the 2018 Special Olympics of Michigan on Friday, May 31, 2018 in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Central Michigan University student Yasmeen Duncan wipes away a tear as she speaks during a protest organized by the CMU NAACP chapter, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 outside of Sweeney Hall in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Duncan and her roommate Rebecca Rose, right, found a racist message written on a whiteboard on their dorm door. “We will not be scared away... there is so much obliviousness and ignorance here on this campus and it needs to go away, it needs to stop now," Duncan said.

Souhair Osman (top), Faduma Abukar (middle) and Idil Abdirahman are all trained Bydelsmødre in Silkeborg, Denmark. “I feel happy to help others,” Osman said, “Helping gives life meaning and that's what Bydelsmødre do.”

Daniel Prewett, a member of the Black Creek Conservation Club, shoots pumpkins with his gun, "Thumper," during the club's Fall Harvest Festival at the club's gun range in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. In August 2017, former members of the club filed a lawsuit against eight members, including Prewett, claiming that they were members of the Michigan Militia and had taken over the club.