Akaninyene Ruffin
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Class of 2017: Akaninyene Ruffin becomes an activist—and the Outstanding Senior
When Akaninyene Ruffin was announced as Vanderbilt’s Outstanding Senior for 2016-17 during Homecoming last fall, it marked a long journey from freshman year, when she struggled to make friends and suspected her African American heritage rendered her invisible to some of her peers. Read MoreMay 8, 2017