Category: Achievements

02/7/16

Alumni Making Her Mark

Gale Glover, is a native of Flint, Michigan and author of “Reach Higher Ed.” She received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Africana Studies from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2011 and most recently earned her Master’s in Public Administration in December of 2014. Gale is currently enrolled in the Education Specialist post-master’s program and plans to eventually earn a Doctorate in Education. Gale GloverGale has also been working within the University of Michigan system since 2008 and previously worked with mentally and physically disabled adults for over 20 years. Gale has mentored to young girls as well as volunteered for many organizations.

Gale Glover is very passionate about education and promotes education no matter where she goes and Reach Higher Ed is just another shining example. Who is Ed? Ed stands for education. Reach Higher Ed encourages young children to reach for their goals and open their minds to higher education. Reach Higher Ed! Reach Higher Ed! Reach Higher Ed! Parents can share the story-line with their small children and the glossary and 10 tips for a successful college experience with their high school children.

This book is for the whole family and makes a great gift, beautifully illustrated by Rebecca Zeiss, art faculty member at UM-Flint, areas of expertise in Photography, Printmaking and Painting.

Links for Gale:

facebook

createspace.com

lulu.com

amazon.com

01/29/16

Fellow at Oxford

Dr. Johnson_Center for Animal Ethics

One of our faculty, Dr. Linda Johnson, PhD., has received a new appointment as a Fellow at the Oxford Centre of Animal Ethics, Oxford, England.  She teaches several of our ARH112 courses and is a Visiting Professor of Art History here at UM-Flint. She describes her research:  “My current scholarship explores the many intersections between Euro-American art, animals, and religious discourse within the development of the new scientific inquiry in the early modern period (1600-1815).  My recent publication, “Joseph Wright of Derby: Animal Experimentation in Eighteenth Century Art” forthcoming April 2016, University of Illinois Press, was a result of working at the centre. The aim of the centre is to create a world-wide association of academics from all disciplines who want to pioneer ethical perspectives on animals. They  intend to create a new intellectual force – a select Fellowship – composed of accomplished academics able to make the ethical case for animals.

The Centre

  • is the first in the world dedicated to pioneering ethical perspectives on animals through academic research, teaching, and publication
  • is an independent “think tank” for the advancement of progressive thought about animals
  • aims to put animals on the intellectual agenda
  • consists of an international fellowship of academics drawn from both the humanities and the sciences dedicated to pioneering ethical perspectives
  • contributes to thoughtful public debate about animals

See more at:  http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/home/

01/29/16

Artist in Residence

 

Joe ReinselCongratulations to Assistant Professor of Media Art, Joe Reinsel, who has landed a very prestigious Artist-in-Residence with Neighborhood Lights, an immersive community arts program of Light City Baltimore!  He is an innovative expert in Interactive Arts and Design, Media Theory, and Time-Based Arts, who has presented his work in 12 countries on 4 continents!   For his proposal, he has been awarded impressive funding to work directly with the neighborhood of Little Italy to create an illuminated public project during the inaugural Light City Baltimore festival March 28 – April 3, 2016, the first large-scale international light festival in the United States!

http://lightcity.org/art-and-performance/neighborhood-lights/

See more at:  http://lightcity.org/

02/26/15

Alumni Spotlight: ADDY AWARD WINNERS!!

Two Art and Art History Alumni took home an ADDYs award from The American Advertising Federation of Greater Flint, Award ceremony on February 20, 2015. Which was held at the new location of the Flint Farmers’ Market.

• Emily Sollinger: Gold award (magazine design for Mix It Up)

• Heather Workman: Silver award (poster design)

(Feature Below is a portion of the poster by Heather Workman)

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” The poster was created for a photo-illustration class.  I used photography, and a drawing tablet to ‘digitally paint’ my image in photoshop. The project was to make a self portrait and I wanted to present myself as a creator. ” – Heather Workman