TTI The Curriculum Project PAGE Partnerships Syracuse Initiatives

Newsletters Foreseeable Futures Reports & Resources

National Conferences Regional Meetings

Consortium Membership Benefits Critical Exchange Grants

Mission and History Board and Staff

Consortium Members

Allegheny College
American University
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Bates College
Bellarmine University
Beloit College
Boston College
Bowling Green State University
Brown University
California Institute of the Arts
Carleton College
Clark University
Colgate University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Drew University
Duke University
Eastern Connecticut State University
Emerson College
Emory University
Grand Rapids Community College
Hamilton College
Hampshire College
Indiana State University
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis
Iowa State University
Kalamazoo College
Kennesaw State University
Lafayette College
Lawrence University
Macalester College
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Miami University
Michigan State University
Missouri State University
Nassau Community College
New York University
Ohio State University
Oklahoma State University
Pennsylvania State University
Portland State University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Richland College
Rutgers University
Southern Oregon University
Stanford University
Stony Brook University-State
University of New York
Syracuse University
Tulane University
University at Albany, SUNY
University at Buffalo, SUNY
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California,
Santa Barbara
University of Delaware
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington, Bothell
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Washington, Tacoma
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech
Wagner College
Wesleyan University
Winona State University

To update member information, please contact us.

 

 

Grand Rapids Community College

Interim President Anne E. Mulder

Consortium Co-Representatives:
Gilda G. Gely
Provost and Executive Vice President, Academic and Students Affairs
Grand Rapids Community College
143 Bostwick NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
ggely@grcc.edu

Mursalata Muhammad
Associate Professor
Grand Rapids Community College
143 Bostwick NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
mmuhamma@grcc.edu

 

---

Featured Program

Haiku Middle Passage

The year 2007 represented 200 years since an act of the British parliament abolished the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. To help commemorate that event GRCC participated in a regional collaborative by launching a unique interdisciplinary exhibit called Haiku Middle Passage (HMP). HMP is an artistic collaboration that brings poetry, visual art and music in a narrative that addresses the global complexity captured in the history of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, as well as current attitudes around establishing equality for all human beings. HMPs goal is to complete 200 showings and end by having all artwork, like the people of the experience, sold in a public auction. HMP’s art and auction intend to be representative of a collective historical experience that provides us with reflective material to inform a more equitable present.

For more information on this project, please visit the Blog site: http://haikumiddlepassageexhibit.blogspot.com/ or contact Mursalata Muhammad at mmuhamma@grcc.edu.

Multicultural Literacy and Academic Service-Learning Curriculum

Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) Multicultural Children’s Literature students partner with the Campfire LOOP Program and Palmer Elementary, a Grand Rapids Public School, to bring an inclusive reading program to approximately second and third grade students at the school. GRCC students work in teams with the same small group of elementary students for 8 -10 weeks; they have the potential to work with up to 100 elementary students. Most of the college students are considering career as teachers. They use multicultural children’s books representing a wide variety of cultures. The majority of books are from the Cambios list of books chosen to help heal racism and promote diversity.

GRCC students prepare a lesson plan using one or two books they have chosen for each week they work with elementary students, and they prepare a related activity that focuses on the lesson learned. Over the past two years this Academic Service-Learning project has evolved and this year, Professor Mary Bayer hopes to attain support that will allow each elementary student to receive their own book and each classroom to receive both a book and a collection of lesson plans developed by the college students. The reciprocity of this program comes from the need it provides both the elementary and college students. The 2nd and 3rd graders receive additional literacy along with purposeful expose to multicultural issues. The college students receive practice in developing critical thinking skills and applying the principles of Cooperative Learning –A Foundation for Race Dialogue as outlined by Jeff Sapp in the fall 2006 edition of Teaching Tolerance.