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History
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UM-Flint’s Genesee Historical Collections Center now home to 19th century documents
Thanks to a treasure trove of newly acquired materials by the University of Michigan-Flint, taking a trip back in time has never been easier. And it doesn’t require the assistance…
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UM-Flint history student preserves Flint’s past with Sloan Museum
There was no cooler place for Rachelle Gonzalez to have worked this summer than in the archives department of the Sloan Museum of Discovery. In order to preserve the thousands…
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Preservationists breathing life back into Flint cemeteries
Chances are you’ve heard of gravediggers, grave circumstances and even grave robbers. But have you ever heard of grave cleaners? Well, that’s exactly what Thomas Henthorn, a University of Michigan-Flint…
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How Stacey Guigear brings her UM-Flint experience to the classroom
Stacey Guigear, a 2014 University of Michigan-Flint history graduate and social studies teacher at Swartz Creek Middle School, is getting ready to teach her seventh graders about Buddhism. Her students…
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Henthorn Honored as Michigan Humanities Champion
Thomas Henthorn, Dorothea E Wyatt Professor of United States History and Associate Professor of History, has a history of being an engaged faculty member, both in and out of the…
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UM-Flint’s culture of support: History distributes more than $70,000 in additional scholarships
Jilian Lueker, a senior UM-Flint student with a major in Psychology and minor in History, was at work when she learned that an additional $1500 scholarship would help fund her…
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Recognizing Juneteenth: 5 UM-Flint Courses to Take This Fall
Here are five courses offered this fall from the College of Arts & Sciences at UM-Flint to help you learn more about the past, present, and future of the United…
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History department and local makerspace “forge” innovative partnership
Starting in January, University of Michigan-Flint students will be able to check out 48-hour passes from the Frances Willson Thompson Library to a local makerspace Factory Two.
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“The Sixth Extinction” is UM-Flint’s 2018-19 Common Read book
UM-Flint’s Common Read selection for the 2018-19 academic year is the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert.
