Education

Marquan Jackson.

Ypsi schools’ Resiliency Center provides PPE, holiday help to over 300 individuals in first month

Located in the former Willow Run High School, the center aims to support the Willow Run area of Ypsilanti Township in the same way Parkridge Community Center supports Ypsilanti's Southside neighborhood.

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A student at the Parkridge Community Center Learning Lab.
Ypsilanti Community Schools launch learning labs to support student success during pandemic

Learning labs provide either a safe physical or virtual space for small groups of students to receive professional support as they do their school work.

Cozine Welch.
EMU pilot program aims to remove barriers to college education for the formerly incarcerated

The new program provides participants with a success coach, community work study opportunities, help navigating the financial aid process, and resources to help each cohort obtain a four-year degree from EMU.

A photo of the March 28, 1968, sanitation workers' strike in Memphis. From the NEH on the Road exhibition For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights.
Ypsilanti District Library to host virtual version of traveling national exhibit on civil rights

The exhibit is adapted from an exhibition organized by the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in partnership with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Wolverine Voices: Adjusting to stress and isolation, U-M students make the most of their school year

College life during a pandemic is not what anyone expected, and U-M students have had to greatly adjust their expectations.

A woman works on a laptop in her car at Ypsilanti Community Middle School, where a new public Wi-Fi hotspot will be located.
New initiatives address Washtenaw County digital divide with public Wi-Fi hotspots, online resources

One new initiative will create over 50 public Wi-Fi hotspots in Southeast Michigan, including 30 in Washtenaw County. Another aims to alleviate digital access issues for older adults in the county.

U-M students connect with each other over a Facetime call.
Wolverine Voices: Despite pandemic, U-M students find ways to connect on and off campus

Instead of cheering on the Wolverines at the Big House, attending weekly tailgates, and freely socializing with peers on campus, U-M students have had to adapt to a completely new social normal this fall. 

Kallista Walker and Aquilla Robinson.
Grassroots video series enlists Ypsi-area leaders of color to read children’s books

In less than two months, Ypsilanti resident Kallista Walker has created over three dozen read-along videos featuring small business owners, pastors, firefighters, public safety officers, and government officials.

An art project that participants made in the Ann Arbor Art Center's summer art camp.
Ann Arbor Art Center launches virtual art camps to entertain kids during fall and winter breaks

A2AC staff decided to launch the camps after receiving positive feedback from parents who enrolled their youngsters in the organization's virtual summer art camps earlier in the year.

Students line up at a U-M dining hall.
Wolverine Voices: U-M students on the challenges of dining during COVID-19

In a new series spotlighting U-M student writers reporting on campus issues, we take a look at how the dining hall experience has changed on campus and the ways students hope to improve it.

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