Category: UFM-Dearborn

GenEd: The Roads Not Taken

For the most part, educational common sense in our Dearborn community dictates the following: if you want to be successful in this world, become a doctor. Doctors make money, retain job security, and hold a title of prestige within the community. If you can’t become a doctor, then a lawyer or pharmacist will suffice. We’ll ...

​State Board Appoints Michael Rice As Next State Superintendent

May 7, 2019 LANSING – The State Board of Education today selected Dr. Michael Rice to be Michigan’s next State Superintendent. Following a full day interviewing three finalists, the State Board voted 5-3 to appoint the 56-year-old Rice, over the other candidates: Wayne RESA Superintendent Randy Liepa, and Ann Arbor Public Schools Superintendent Jeanice Swift. ...

علي عجمي وهاني بواردي يستعرضان تاريخ العرب الأميركيين والحضارة العربية في جامعة ميشيغن-ديربورن

من زمن الفراعنة والفينيقيين وصولاً لسقوط الأندلس وحكم العثمانيين، تنّقل الدكتور السفير علي عجمي مع الزمان والمكان، حاملاً صوراً مجهولة ومطموسة عن تاريخ العرب تحت عنوان: «بُناة الحضارة». سلّط السفير الضوء على ماضي التنوير العربي معيداً بعث رماد كتب بغداد المحترقة من مياه دجلة. استعرض عجمي بمحاضرته التي ألقاها في جامعة ميشيغن-ديربورن (يو أف أم) ...

Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 4

In this episode, Wissam Charafeddine discusses with Dr. Hani Bawardi the First Arab Conference in Paris in 1913.

Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 3

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Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 2

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From Syria to Michigan: The Flint & Highland Park Pioneers in the Arab American Journey [Podcast]

Hani Bawardi Hani Bawardi is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences, and principal member of the Center of Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is the author of The Making of Arab Americans: From Syrian Nationalism to U.S. Citizenship. Bawardi has amassed a sizable private collection of manuscripts, ...