The University of Michigan’s
Theme Semester for Winter 2020
will center around the Great
Lakes. Sponsored by the School of
Literature, Science and the Arts,
the Great Lakes Theme Semester
will feature classes and events
focused on issues dealing with the
Great Lakes region.
English
Department
Chair
David Porter, who serves as the
Great Lakes Theme Semester
Steering Committee director, said
the committee hopes the theme
semester
will
promote
wide-
ranging conversations about the
history of the Great Lakes and how
it has impacted the environment,
culture and politics of the region
the University calls home.
“The
Great
Lakes
Theme
Semester will create a space for
conversation on campus about the
region we live in,” Porter said. “LSA
traditionally has a global focus, and
not as much attention has been paid
to the specific region (where the
University is located).”
LSA senior Leo Chumack, a
Program
in
the
Environment
major, said he thinks the Great
Lakes
Theme
Semester
will
help students and faculty at the
University pay more attention
to the region. Chumack said he
believes it is important for humans
to protect the environment, noting
the impact of climate change
will be particularly significant in
Michigan.
“As climate change exacerbates,
(the Great Lakes) are going to be
an even more valuable assets than
they already are,” Chumack said.
“We’re going to be running out of
fresh water, and if it’s not me who’s
not going to have access to this
water, it’s the next generation that
will be unable to thrive due to the
elimination of this really precious
natural resource.”
During
the
Winter
2020
semester, 54 courses will be
offered pertaining to the Great
Lakes Theme Semester. These
courses will be featured in multiple
departments within LSA as well
as across the Ford School of Public
Policy, College of Engineering,
School for Environment, Taubman
and at the University’s Biological
Station.
In addition to courses, other
events such as guest lecturers, films
and exhibits will be brought to
campus. Multiple partners outside
of the University plan to
collaborate on projects related
to the Great Lakes throughout
the course of the semester.
Jen
Read,
University
Water Center director, is
a member of the Steering
Committee and is working
to create curricula centered
around the Great Lakes. Read
co-teaches a master’s level
course primarily focused on
environmental case studies,
which she said she plans to
share with other professors
who would like to implement
them in their syllabi. Read also
said her and her colleagues
are planning a panel series
that will bring in guests to talk
about different topics related
to the Great Lakes.
In learning about the Great
Lakes through these classes
and events, Read said she
hopes students may consider
a career path geared towards
protecting the region.
“Everything from that level
of appreciation all the way up
to potentially getting students
excited enough about the
Great Lakes to seek out job
opportunities, we really are looking
for our next generation of leaders,
and Michigan is the best place to
generate that from,” Read said.
The
Great
Lakes
Theme
Semester will also incorporate
organizations from outside the
University like Great Lakes Now,
a news outlet focused on the Great
Lakes. Great Lakes Now Program
Director Sandra Svoboda said
her organization plans to become
involved with the Great Lakes
Theme Semester and is currently
in discussion about what their
involvement will look like.
Like Read, Svoboda said she
is excited the University is using
the Theme Semester to highlight
opportunities the Great Lakes
bring to the region.
“This really offers an infinite
number of ways … that U of M, with
this theme semester, can further an
organization, use their resources
and network to have really dynamic
events and opportunities in Ann
Arbor and beyond next semester,”
Svoboda said.
Joel Stone, senior curator for the
Detroit Historical Society, said the
Theme Semester is an important
way for the University to educate
students on the Great Lakes.
“The (Great Lakes) resources are
so important to who we have been,
who we are and hopefully who
we’re going to be in the future,”
Stone said. “Everybody who lives in
this area or everybody who lives in
the country should understand how
important these resources are.”
Although the role the Detroit
Historical Society will play in the
Theme Semester has not been
entirely defined, Stone said the
organization hopes to bring in an
intern from the University to work
with the collection as well as host
lectures or symposia at the Dossin
Great Lakes Museum in Detroit.
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