undergraduate
PROGRAMS
We kicked off the 2019-20 academic year with “Understand Our World,” a campus-wide campaign to engage undergraduate students and heighten the visibility of the institute and the humanities at Michigan. A series of visually striking banners, posters, social media posts, and a new video (watch at http://myumi.ch/er0Ex) and brochure highlighted all that the Institute for the Humanities has to offer undergraduate students. Thanks to the generous support of the Edna Balz Lacy, the Leonard and Eileen Newman, and the Winifred Polk funds, we continue to find innovative ways to connect with undergraduate students, building awareness of the creative and critical thinking that comes from work in the humanities. HUMANITIES WEEK The Humanities Undergraduate Engagement Group initiated an ambitious project this year in organizing the institute’s first Humanities Week, aimed at engaging undergraduate students with the institute and humanities-related topics. Although the program was cut short due to COVID-19, it brought in hundreds of new students and set the foundation for future planning. • Daily Grab’n Go Breakfast • Humanities Course Fair for Non-Humanities Students • Career Panel: Life & Career with a Humanities Degree • Living Library: Unjudge Someone
CLASS GALLERY VISITS Class visits to the gallery brought in dozens of classes, totaling over 700 undergraduate and area high school students, to engage with the art and subject matter, with a formal presentation by Arts Curator Amanda Krugliak and discussion tailored to their curriculum. LOOK 101: SEEING ART IN AN INSTAGRAM WORLD A series of discussions hosted by Arts Curator Amanda Krugliak, offering a fresh take on the basics of looking at and evaluating art in the gallery.
“Understand Our World” street pole banner in front of the Institute for the Humanities.
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