Kids and Education

Longform Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Vice President for Community Investment Christopher Lemon, CFO Jamie Hunter, President and CEO Shannon Polk, and Impact Investing Manager Frances Todoro-Hargreaves. Community Development

Community foundation's impact investing takes chances on unconventional Washtenaw County projects

Sarah RiggWednesday, June 11, 2025
Feature Story Author Jahshua Treadwell stands at the site of a future community center in Superior Township. Community Development

Community members weigh in on new community center coming to Superior Township

Jahshua TreadwellMonday, June 9, 2025
Innovation News EMU logo Healthy Communities

Ypsi students prepare for health careers by becoming peer educators through new EMU/Toyota program

Sarah RiggThursday, May 29, 2025
Longform Ryan Friedholm working in Computer Integrated Manufacturing class at Saline High School. Kids and Education

Saline manufacturing students create adaptive tools to help people with disabilities

Vaishnavi AttiliThursday, May 22, 2025
Longform Barbara Walters, Adam Weisman, Kasey Whitford, and Dan Johnson at Eastern Michigan University. Community Development

EMU theater students partner with Ann Arbor police to improve crisis intervention trainings

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, May 21, 2025
Longform University of Michigan associate professor Thomas McKenney and students tour the Mark W. Barker, the first commercial vessel to be built on the Great Lakes in more than 40 years, in River Rouge. Economic Development

U-M leads in national effort to revitalize U.S. shipbuilding

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, May 20, 2025
Longform Sienna Troy, Eli Harris, Nick Corvera-Garay, Jaylah Cotton, Josephine Smith, and Tuula Martinez at a Growing Hope Teen Leadership Program meeting. Healthy Communities

Teens fight food insecurity in Ypsi through Growing Hope leadership program

Tova WeissWednesday, May 14, 2025
Innovation News Students work in a lab at WCC. Kids and Education

WCC to launch programs preparing students for growing semiconductor and battery industries

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, May 7, 2025
Innovation News Economists Donald Grimes (center) and Dr. Gabriel Ehrlich (right) present the 40th annual Washtenaw County Economic Outlook report. Economic Development

Annual report finds "headwinds" for Washtenaw County's economic outlook

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, May 6, 2025
Longform At an April 21 meeting at Eastern Michigan University, attendees wrote concerns about the future of school funding on sticky notes, grouping similar concerns together. Kids and Education

Washtenaw County families, educators grapple with "uncertainty" of Dept. of Education funding cuts

Sarah RiggTuesday, May 6, 2025
Innovation News A trial run for the Traveling Sound Museum event at Ypsilanti Community Middle School last year. Kids and Education

"Traveling Sound Museum" brings the science of music to Ypsi in two free events

Sarah RiggWednesday, April 30, 2025
Innovation News Wilson Marine Brighton aprentice Brad Tyler. Community Development

Apprenticeship fair offers paid, on-the-job training opportunities in Washtenaw County

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, April 15, 2025
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