Flint Is Family in Three Acts is a multipart exhibition by renowned artist LaToya Ruby Frazier. For five years, Frazier researched and collaborated with two poets, activists, mothers and residents of Flint, Michigan—Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan—as t...

Planning Practicum is a Capstone course in Urban and Regional Planning. Students work in teams on community-based planning projects with a community, public sector client. The course takes on six projects a year.

Provided direct consultations to fish farmers who are losing fish in the North Central Region of the U.S. in an effort to improve the health of their fish through alternative disease prevention methods. Have provided information on improving fish hea...

Presented and helped organize a College and Career Day that included a visit to the MSU Black Student Union and concluded at the One Love Global nonprofit organization in Lansing.

Presented community-engaged learning professional development workshops with local community partner organizations.

The Index reports on the number of students engaged in curricular service-learning, civic engagement, and volunteer activities.

Data is being analyzed to set a baseline of community impact by projects funded by community capital raises. This work recognizes that while the need for data is pressing, the demand has come more from the traditional investment and venture capital s...

The Michigan Farm to Institution Network organized a series of Cultivate Michigan Marketplace events in 2022-2023. These regional networking events are for institutional food service buyers, farmers, and food suppliers (food hubs, distributors, etc.)...

Contributed to a special issue of the journal The Muslim World on Islam, development, and humanitarianism. This will have a wide readership within academic and the policy/NGO community. Co-editors were Abbas Barzegar, national director of research an...

There is no one-stop-shop for accessibility information for Downtown Detroit. And information on the websites of individual stadiums, theaters, and museums can be challenging to find, or nonexistent. When these venues do provide accessibility informa...

MSU Vet Med has created a partnership with the DIA to nurture young women interested in science to consider veterinary medicine. Working with 250 young women with an interest and science. Deploy a faculty a month to teach a science lesson and discuss...

The Flint Leverage Points Project is a collaboration between researchers and community partners to find ways to change the food system in Flint so that it is more equitable, healthy, and sustainable. The Community Foundation of Greater Flint is partn...

Global Voices Spotlight Series provides a space for intergenerational conversation between young people and professionals devoted to meaningful global engagement and problem-solving via research and outreach activities related to youth. Alongside rec...

Serve as board member for this community-embedded organization. Activities include intensive strategic planning via regular and ad hoc meetings. Also advise the Teaching Kitchen program staff on developing a culinary medicine program in the region.

Seventh- and eighth-graders completed projects and presented posters to STEM judges who volunteered to come for the day. Served as judges for two events, then spoke to small groups about STEM education and careers.

Students performed in a concert to benefit the First Presbyterian Food Bank as part of my chamber music course. Partnered with St. Paul's Episcopal Church, which provides a venue.

Participated in Health and Human Services-funded project with ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services), Dearborn. Evaluated a community outreach information campaign on the uptake of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Researched whe...

This project is a collaborative documentation and presentation effort between three Tribal museums and the MSU Museum. The focus is on the traditional artistic practice of porcupine quillwork on boxes, baskets, and other forms. The first two years ha...

Planned five participatory evening events promoting art and music making.

Collaboration across levels of government is perceived to provide economic and community-wide benefits. Inherent capacity issues, particularly in rural communities, are thought to be a hindrance to development application review, approval, and permit...

Professional exchanges, workshops, fieldwork, exhibitions, publications, and consultations between partner museums, universities, and cultural agencies around the development of policies and practices related to the UNESCO Safeguarding of Intangible ...

This program is being implemented by Rex Lamore's team in the Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED). Helped connect CCED with the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, which had $80,000 in grant money for community and economic development...

Participated in the DEI executive roundtable, an initiative designed by the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within local organizations.

Scenario workshop with community stakeholders

In a keynote lecture, Craig Kiner, project director at Zaha Hadid Architects, explored the inspiration behind the MSU Broad Art Museum’s architecture and discussed the process of designing and building the museum. The keynote and subsequent convers...