Education

WCC students on campus.

WCC, UMCU offer financing for students seeking non-credit job training

Washtenaw Community College recently announced a new partnership with the University of Michigan Credit Union to provide affordable financing options for students seeking non-credit WCC classes to gain an industry certification.

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Kayla Davis being honored by Gail Wolkoff at the Educate Youth graduation celebration.
Voices of Youth: Ypsi clubhouse offers a safe place for youth to learn and grow after school

Educate Youth's after-school programming serves Ypsilanti youth in several ways, focusing on showing youth how education can positively impact their futures.

Melissa Schmidt, Will Heininger, and Andy Nalepa at Skyline High School.
Program supporting student athletes’ mental health aims to expand beyond Skyline High School

In May 2017, Kristen and Jeffrey Roberts were shaken when their son Miles died by suicide at age 15. Now they're working to support the mental health of student athletes like Miles at Ann Arbor's Skyline High School.

Manzanitas Spanish Immersion Playschool in Ann Arbor.
Local coalition releases action plan to improve child care in Washtenaw, Livingston counties

The Livingston and Washtenaw Counties Child Care Coalition, a collaboration of local child care providers, families, policymakers, and economic development professionals, recently released an action plan to improve child care in the region. 

A rendering of the future University of Michigan Center for Innovation.
“Our commitment to Detroit is increasing”: U-M constructs new downtown Detroit center

To deepen connections between Ann Arbor and Detroit, the University of Michigan is constructing the University of Michigan Center for Innovation in downtown Detroit. 

Participants in a past #MI-Internship Prep cohort.
Free summer program offers job skills training for Southeast Michigan youth

Young adult job-seekers are being invited to expand their employment potential through #MI-Internship Prep, a free summer internship preparation course.

The Ypsilanti Community Middle School girls' Ten80 team, Golden Grizzly.
Ypsi middle school students win big at national Black engineers’ convention

YCMS' boys' and girls' teams both brought home wins, and the girls' team, Golden Grizzly, has been invited to advance to the next level in the Ten80 racing competition.

Trees cut for AAPS' new Pathways to Success academic campus expansion.
AAPS to salvage cut trees for use in new construction

Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) and Ann Arbor-based Urban Ashes are collaborating to repurpose trees cut for AAPS' new Pathways to Success academic campus expansion.

EMU historic preservation student Akaiia Ridley at "Hamburgers for Breakfast," the current student-created exhibit at McKenny Gallery.
Student-created exhibit on access to sports set to open at EMU next month

A new exhibit created by students in Eastern Michigan University's Historic Preservation Program will focus on who has access to university sports opportunities and who doesn't.

Stamps School students helping YIES students work on artwork for their capstone projects.
Ypsi fifth graders work with U-M students to develop art projects on mental health, gender, and more

Each year, fifth grade students at Ypsilanti International Elementary School present a capstone project encapsulating the "central ideas" they've been exploring all year. This year, they've had help from U-M art students.

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