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UM-Flint lauded for nation's highest student voting rate in 2022 midterms
When Alimatou Sarr, a 2024 University of Michigan-Flint graduate with a bachelor's degree in political science, joined the university's chapter of Turn Up Turnout in early 2022, the student organization was just getting started. "Voter registration and resources weren't a regular feature at campus events, and so our initial focus was to build relationships between[…]
UM-Flint upgrades classroom tech with $2.8M in CARES Act funding
Students were welcomed back to the academic year at the University of Michigan-Flint with more than a full suite of events and a fresh set of syllabi from supportive professors. Classrooms utilized by each of the university's five schools and colleges received significant technology upgrades thanks to funding the university received as part of the[…]
Riverbank Arts to host "Phranc in Flint: Butch Essentials" pop-up exhibition during Flint Art Walk
What would a retrospective of your life's work look like? For Jewish folk singer, queer activist and multimedia artist Phranc, it's comprised of vibrant paper sculptures of clothing, accessories and other artifacts that follow her development as a young girl in the 1960s to coming out as a lesbian and beginning to engage in the[…]
UM-Flint's Cunningham awarded $1.7M to study gap between theory and practice in K-5 math teaching
This four-year study will explore the impact of enhancing preservice training with learning progression theory in PK-6 math classrooms.
MARIMBAS, HUGS AND HARMONY (Summer Vocal Academy photo gallery)
32 K-12 students joined us at the UM-Flint Summer Vocal Academy of Music in July 2024. Here are some photo highlights of their experience.
UM-Flint's Riverbank Arts creates a healing space for city's queer community
The closing night event of "Queer Resilience" was "Healing Frequencies" featuring a performance by Detroit-based harpist Ahya Simone.
UM-Flint's Gano-Phillips receives US Fulbright Scholar Award for 2025
Psychology professor Susan Gano-Phillips will spend 10 months in Namibia during 2025, teaching and consulting on education and leadership.
UM-Flint's Henthorn honored by Michigan Historic Preservation Network with 2024 Citizen Award
Professor Henthorn invited three of his interns to join him in accepting the award at the annual conference.
GRAVE CIRCUMSTANCES (Cemetery preservation video)
What comes to mind when someone says "summer?" Sun? Sand? Waves along a beach? What about cemeteries, gravestones and a sense of community? Well, for a group of UM-Flint students, led by Thomas Henthorn, the university's Dorothea E. Wyatt Professor of United States History, the latter is exactly what it's all about. The group will spend[…]
UM-Flint graduate student Wakefield named 2024-25 Region 5 Teacher of the Year
"I don't think teaching is only about the curriculum or test scores — it's also about helping students see what I see in them: unlimited potential," said Sasha Wakefield, who teaches math and statistics at Clio High School. Wakefield is pursuing her education specialist degree at the University of Michigan-Flint and was recently named 2024-25[…]