Tag Archives: Genesee County

UM-Flint professor, students working with 'Beyond Rhetoric' project to fight racism in Genesee County

Lisa Lapeyrouse, associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, is working to address racism in Genesee County.

After Genesee County became one the first communities in the country to adopt a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in June 2020, public health researchers, including University of Michigan-Flint associate professor Lisa Lapeyrouse and several UM-Flint students, set out to ensure that the resolution was viewed through a public health lens and translated[…]

UM-Flint's Genesee Historical Collections Center now home to 19th century documents

UM-Flint history student Michael Laskowski worked in the Genesee Historical Collections Center archives at UM-Flint this summer. (Photo Credit: Madeline Campbell)

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 of either a modified DeLorean or a Wayback Machine. Courtesy of documents that were originally housed in the basement of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in[…]

Preservationists breathing life back into Flint cemeteries

The UM-Flint Cemetery Preservation team (pictured left to right: Lisa Horn of Novi, Wendy Kimberly of Fort Gratiot, Izzy Guertin of Fenton and Mary Ann Kost of Linden) pose in front of a Gantry crane at Old Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Flint

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 associate professor of history, and a team of students and community volunteers are doing as the group works to breathe life back into Flint-area cemeteries. […]

UM-Flint Takes Home 2015 Commit to Fit Trophy

Chancellor Susan E. Borrego congratulates UM-Flint's Commit to Fit College Challenge team.

The Commit to Fit College Challenge focuses on promoting physical activity in local colleges by giving students the chance to take part in a little "healthy competition" throughout the month of February. Taking home the Commit to Fit College Challenge trophy for 2015 are the students from the University of Michigan-Flint.

UM-Flint Partners with Grand Blanc High School to Launch the Grand Blanc Early College

UM-Flint Chancellor Susan E. Borrego announces new Grand Blanc Early College partnership.

The Grand Blanc Community Schools in partnership with the University of Michigan-Flint will launch the Grand Blanc Early College in fall 2015. Designed to prepare motivated students for the rigors of higher education, the Grand Blanc Early College will allow students to earn college credit as they attend high school.

UM-Flint Joins with Lapeer CMH to Improve Health of Persons with Severe Mental Illness

According to a report published in 2006 by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, persons with serious mental illness live, on average, 25 years less than the general population.

According to a report published in 2006 by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, persons with serious mental illness live, on average, 25 years less than the general population.