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“Good things are happening here in large part because of this next generation of emerging leaders,” said Flint & Genesee Group CEO Tim Herman. “We have a lot to be proud of here.”

We'd like to recognize all the CASE Alumni featured on Flint & Genesee’s 40 Under 40 list this year!
Dan Command, Lucine Jarrah, Taylor 'TC' McClain, Dr. Dick Sadler

Flint & Genesee’s 40 Under 40 Introducing the Class of 2024 To celebrate the community's many rising stars, the Flint & Genesee Group is shining a well-deserved spotlight on the 40 Under 40 class of 2024, an exceptional group of young

Want to travel abroad in 2025? Join the Wyatt Exploration Program in the UCEN Michigan Rooms this afternoon to learn about Cuba and how you can be eligible to visit in March 2025!

Habla español? Certified to teach? Check out this employment opportunity at Clio High School! UM-Flint Education Department

Clio High School is seeking a Spanish teacher and is offering a signing bonus and more as outlined below. Apply on our website: www.clioschools.org or follow this link:
https://www.applitrack.com/gcaps/onlineapp/jobpostings/view.asp?internaltransferform.Url=&choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=44843&category=Instructional+%2D+High+School

Attention all political wonks! It's time for a lil' coffee and conversation. Join us this afternoon for a riveting discussion about the state of US politics!

What is Emotional Intelligence? We're in conversation with Dr. Eckleberry-Hunt tonight! Join us online at go.umflint.edu/emotionalintelligence

We loved getting to know English professor and LUNA faculty advisor Stephanie and learning how she brings her love for language, Latino culture, and traveling to UM-Flint's students. Plus, we're pretty scared of her co****le skills!

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Meet Stephanie Vidaillet Gelderloos - Blog | UM-Flint College of Arts, Sciences & Education Stephanie Vidaillet Gelderloos has shared her love for language, writing, and composition with English students at UM-Flint since 2013.

⏰ Great tips on how to make the 🍅 Pomodoro Technique work for you!

Do you use this technique to improve your efficiency? If so, share your experiences with us.

You Can (and Should) Modify the Pomodoro Technique to Fit Your Work Habits The Pomodoro technique is widely regarded as one of the best productivity methods, but beloved as it is, it doesn't work for everyone. If you've struggled to use the Pomodoro technique in the past, don't lose hope. You can—and should!—modify it to fit your needs. We'll show you how.

❓How gorgeous is Peruvian artist Claudia Martínez Garay's work?

Sadly, we can't see her exhibition in the UK in person, but a few pieces are featured in this article. Check it out and learn more about her!

From the Andes to Amsterdam: the artist reimagining indigenous cultures Chicken feet sculptures, seven-metre murals and a radical reworking of a forgotten hymn: the Peruvian artist’s new show finds inventive ways into her Quechuan heritage

🤩 Another excellent exhibition from our pals at Riverbank Arts during the Flint Art Walk on 9/13!

🎨 This pop-up event will feature a selection of Phranc's installation, "The Butch Closet," which is on display at the LSA Institute for the Humanities through 10/25.

🎀 Phranc will also offer a hands-on paper bow tie workshop.

Riverbank Arts to host “Phranc in Flint: Butch Essentials” pop-up exhibition during Flint Art Walk Join us on Friday September 13th for "Phranc in Flint: Butch Essentials," a pop-up exhibition and paper bow-tie-making workshop.

📣 Calling all alums!

🎉 Registration for the Blue Carpet Affair at the Flint Farmers' Market on 9/13 or the Alumni Tailgate Tenacity Brewing on 9/14 has been extended through EOD TODAY!

🎫 Events are FREE; registration = free 🥂tickets for you and your guests.

Wolverine Homecoming Join us in celebrating on campus for our Wolverine Homecoming 2024for a week of celebration during homecoming. The fun will be held the week of Sept. 9 and will include campus walks, REC competitions, Maize and Blue spirit events, an alumni reception, the student dance and of course a watch party fo...

🥸 Remember when the internet was weird AND fun? We do, and we sure miss it!

🤩 That's why big-picture thinkers like Audrey Tang inspire us to think about how we can all collaborate on a more inclusive, joyful, and playful online community.

❓How do you want to change the world today?

The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet? As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundaries. What can the rest of the world learn from her vision of a happy and inclusive web?

🗓 Labor Day is an excellent time to remind ourselves that we need more *PLAY* each day!

😃 Play helps us creatively, emotionally, and psychologically, and it is, in our opinion, an unrecognized human right.

How can you incorporate more play into your day-to-day?

The achievement society is burning us out, we need more play | Psyche Ideas This is about more than a self-help switch – it will take structural changes to reject capitalism’s productivity obsession

❓"Does each language really embody a different worldview, or even dictate specific patterns of thought to its speakers?"

🗣 We love learning words or phrases that aren't easy to translate between languages because they can give us insight into how that particular culture sees the world.

Does language mirror the mind? An intellectual history | Aeon Essays Linguistic relativity holds that your worldview is structured by the language you speak. Is it true? History shines a light

📸We're continuing the tradition of First Day of School pictures!

📍Stop by French Hall any time before 6pm today to snap a pic for your family and friends.

📷 We're continuing the tradition of First Day of School pictures!!

📍Stop by French Hall today to snap a pic for friends and family.

🎉 Let's celebrate Audrey Banks, one of our Arts Administration graduate students who is pushing the boundaries of what Flint's inclusive community art events can look like.

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The art and resilience of living in chaos with Audrey "Roxy" Banks “I hope I can continue to create spaces and places for our community, our school, our youth, and Flint.” Visual artist Audrey "Roxy" Banks spoke with Xzavier Simon about living in chaos, overcoming being a statistic, and finding peace through the pai

💼 Are you still sticking with the single-page-only résumé?

💥Time for a refresh! Check out how résumés have changed over the past five years.

How résumés have shifted over the past 5 years The employment landscape has changed, and so has the way job seekers write résumés.

🎶 This is beautiful! Ever curious how artisans handcraft musical instruments?

📽 Watch Takao Iwai craft a cello.

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Forging a cello from pieces of wood demands its own form of virtuosity | Aeon Videos A close look at the exquisite work of a master luthier as he transforms pieces of wood into a world-class cello in six months

🎉 The new school year starts next week, and we cannot wait! How about you?!?

💌 Check out our August 2024 newsletter, chock full of all we've been up to over the summer.

August 2024 College News: New School Year, Who Dis? The College of Arts, Sciences & Education has been up to a lot this summer! Read all about it and find out what to expect this Fall.

🧘‍♀️Interesting essay on the benefits of developing a contemplative practice -- perspective shifting, enhanced listening, selective attention, and focus.

What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports? | Psyche Ideas As with football or violin practice, young people could gain versatile life skills through routine contemplative training

💥Check out this innovative course from the University of Michigan Law School, exploring legal rhetorical practices through the lens of poetry.

Future lawyers learn key lessons from studying poetry in parks in this course Parks around campus at this university become a place for law students to produce prose and draw parallels between nature and the law.

💥 Meet the newest addition to CASE, Kimberly Marsh, who joined the team in June as our Career Service Manager!

📖 Learn more about her background, interests, and goals for working with students.

Meet Kimberly Marsh - Blog | UM-Flint College of Arts, Sciences & Education Kimberly Marsh joined the College of Arts, Sciences & Education in June 2024. Learn more about her background, interests, and goals for her work at UM-Flint.Read more ›

🎉 We're thrilled to share that the UM-Flint Education Department's Elizabeth Cunningham recently received a nearly $1.7m grant from the US Department of Education!

💸 This is the largest award UM-Flint has received as the lead research institution.

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.

🎙Our 38th Annual Summer Vocal Academy of Music ended with a phenomenal performance by talented students from elementary, middle, and high schools around the area.

📷 Check out this photo gallery to see these kids at work--and play!

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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.

🎨We caught up with arts administration graduate student Audrey Banks to learn about how Riverbank Arts developed its "Q***r Resilience: Art as Liberation" program.

📅 The gallery exhibit runs through 7/31 - check it out!

🗣 Shout out to UM-Flint Center for Gender and Sexuality Crim Fitness Foundation Ahya Simone Flint Pride Pride at UM-Flint UM-Flint Art & Art History

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UM-Flint’s Riverbank Arts creates a healing space for city’s q***r community The closing night event of "Q***r Resilience" was "Healing Frequencies" featuring a performance by Detroit-based harpist Ahya Simone.

🎉 Let's celebrate Maize & Blue Scholar and psychology alum Taylor Culinski, who recently spoke with ABC12 News about her experiences at UM-Flint (right after the inspirational Alexis Neal!).

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🤖 AI will likely replace many current jobs, so how can we best prepare ourselves for the careers of the future?

👥 As this essay explores, studying the humanities enables the kind of big-picture thinking that many employers might start looking for once AI begins handling more easily automated tasks.

How will the rise of AI in the workplace impact liberal arts education? Experts predict that skills like critical thinking and creativity will be more coveted as artificial intelligence replaces some technical jobs. 

🎉 Let's celebrate Nelson Mandela by taking some time to build bridges today!

In light of the recent move away from DEI initiatives around the country, this article on how some Black families are choosing microschools or homeschooling over public schools is food for thought.

Black Families Turn to Microschools and Homeschool for ‘Safety’ in Education - EdSurge News Feeling disillusioned, a Black mother withdrew her son from public school. She ended up putting him back. The lesson? His mother says private, public ...

How can you best prepare for tomorrow's job market in the face of automation and the rapid growth of machine learning and AI? 🤖

This blog shares recent hiring trends focused on the social and human skills that new tech can't replicate.

Rise of Social Skills in a Tech-Driven Job Market Rise of Social Skills in a Tech-Driven Job Market - elblog.pl