UM-Flint history professor honored with U-M Regents' Award for Public Service

September 28, 2023 2:27 pm Madeline Campbell

Thomas Henthorn, the Dorothea E. Wyatt Professor of United States History at the University of Michigan-Flint.

One might think that studying history is only about learning about the past, but for Thomas Henthorn, the Dorothea E. Wyatt Professor of United States History at the University of Michigan-Flint, it's also a gateway to the present and future. Case in point, Henthorn empowers his students to influence Flint's contemporary community meaningfully by engaging[…]

UM-Flint history program's cemetery preservation project receives $15K gift

April 3, 2023 10:18 am Madeline Campbell

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.

Some University of Michigan-Flint history majors are ready to dig in and get their hands dirty to preserve local cemeteries and additional funding from the A.G. Bishop Charitable Trust is ensuring the ongoing project will continue. Each summer for the past seven years Thomas Henthorn, associate professor of history, and a team of interns have[…]