Annual awards program that honors Michigan traditional artists, culture bearers, and organizations that carry on with authenticity and a commitment to education their community artistic and cultural traditions. Usually three-six juried awards are pre...

A grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to support master/apprenticeships in the traditional arts for the state of Michigan. A juried selection from nominations from across the state. Funds are provided for the master/apprentice...

A pilot program connecting professional and public writing students with Michigan municipalities to increase community grant-application capacity.

Directed a program that placed students in Detroit and Lansing as community engagement scholars and trained them in best practices as a cohort.

The Michigan State University Organic Farmer Training Program (OFTP) brings together farmworkers, aspiring farmers, homesteaders, educational garden leaders and new farmers to share their farm goals and chart a course toward that vision. In 2022 the ...

This event included an after-hours opportunity to view the exhibition Zaha Hadid Design: Untold; a lecture by historian Edward Curtis IV, author of the new book Muslims of the Heartland; and a book signing.

In 2021, the National Farm to School Network and MSU Center for Regional Food Systems surveyed early care and education (ECE) providers across the country to better understand current initiatives, motivations, and challenges in applying farm to ECE a...

Co-founder of the New Music Forum, a nascent mutual aid society devoted to experimentalism in the performing arts. The forum hosts a monthly concert series in partnership with the Turner-Dodge House in Lansing attended by diverse community members.

Students in IAH 209 designed cards as gifts, which were given to ICU workers at Spectrum Butterworth hospital. The cards were designed and then hand printed by students using a traditional block-printing technique. These cards were given in packs to ...

This multisector, multiyear project, part of an ongoing effort to build a locally African American-owned economy, is working on establishing a co-op grocery store on the north side of Flint.

Acting as a neutral party, the National Charrette Institute (NCI) conducted 30 interviews with Water Resources Commissioner customers about water shut-off program experiences. NCI assisted with the development of an interview instrument, conducted su...

Carole Gibbons and her team interviewed youth service workers and youth with experiences with community violence in Lansing. To build relationships and further collaboration, constructed a project logic model to disseminate results to those we interv...

Analysis of access to transportation and its impact on low-income communities in Detroit with a focus on access to food, employment, and health services.

From decked-out garages to infamous restaurant fountain wars, the vernacular architecture of Dearborn tells us a special story of how Arab Americans have made this city a home. A tour of these special spaces was organized by the Arab American Nationa...

Developed an innovative strategy to increase bookings and revenues for the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Delta Township. The target area was Tri-County. Six senior teams developed six distinct strategic initiatives ‒ including DEI opportunities.

Helped raise awareness of On My Own of Michigan programs. On My Own supports young adults with developmental disabilities so that they can live and work independently and productively in their community.

Serve as at-large board member of the City of East Lansing Downtown Development Authority and Brownfields Redevelopment Authority.

Project involved creating designs for a TOD on a former factory site, reclaiming the post-industrial landscape, and providing visions for a higher intensity mixed-use development linked and embedded with existing and future public transportation oppo...

Gave a public talk to bring greater awareness to the needs of older LGBTQIA+ adults in the area of health, well-being, and body image.

Met with 35 students to provide lessons on veterinary nursing and medicine career paths and options. Students were provided a tour of the College of Veterinary Medicine clinic and clinical laboratories.

Architecture Tour of the MSU Broad Art Museum led by Assistant Curator Rachel Winter, including a walkthrough of the exhibition Zaha Hadid Design: Untold, which explores the life and creative practice of the building's architect, Zaha Hadid, and the ...