News

December 1, 2014

In November 2014, U-M alumna Stephanie Chang was elected to serve a two-year term in the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 6 (Detroit along the river, River Rouge, and Ecorse). What makes Chang’s election to office unique is her distinction of being the first Asian American female elected to the Michigan legislature.

October 20, 2014

IGR is proud to share that staff member Danny Alvarez was featured in the URecord.

October 17, 2014

IGR's own Roger Fisher spoke this week at the Michigan Student Achievement Conference (MSAN) organized by the Center for Educational Outreach (CEO).

October 7, 2014

Fall semester is in full swing and IGR is bustling with activity! We are offering nine dialogue course topics this fall to 107 students and we have three research teams. Additionally, our CommonGround team has just trained a large group of student facilitators who are already busily planning for student workshops this semester.

July 10, 2014

IGR was pleased to host its 8th annual National Intergroup Dialogue Institute in June. Through the institute, IGR seeks to give colleagues from around the world the opportunity to learn IGR’s philosophy and techniques, so that they will be able to create dialogue programs on their own campuses.

Summer 2014

This summer, IGR's Dr. Adrienne B. Dessel, presented a chapter co-authored with colleagues Johanna C. Massé, Doctoral Candidate (U-M Department of Sociology and School of Education) and Lauren T. Walker, MSW (U-M School of Social Work), at the Social Action and Change: Opportunities, Resistance, Inertia, and Mobilization conference held by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).

Publications

Bolen, R., & Dessel, A. (2013). Is discrimination against Evangelical Christians a problem in social work education? Journal of Social Work Education, 49, 528-547.

Bolen, R., & Dessel, A. (in press). Conservative Christianity and social work: Converging and diverging perspectives. Journal of Social Work Education (LTE).

May 1, 2014

IGR was proud to present the Patricia Gurin Certificate of Merit to the following graduating seniors on Thursday, May 1: Ronye Craft, Megan Fisher, Aliza Anis Hirani, Loren Lee, Blake Mackie, Melissa Manley, Eric Nagy, Ciarra Ross, Maja Tosic, Ozi K. Uduma, Jubek Yongo-Bure

April 2014

Alumnus Joe Person ('06) recently addressed graduating seniors at the 2014 Patricia Gurin Certificate of Merit Awards Ceremony.

February 28, 2014As a program that is committed to the value of dialogue for creating social justice, we at IGR are pleased that the Michigan Daily has formed the "Michigan in Color" column. We are also encouraged by and proud of the participation of so many IGR students. Thank you for your thoughtful and valuable contributions, everyone!

February 2014

IGR is proud to announce the launch of our live webinar series for colleagues and friends from both U-M and across the nation and world.

Fall 2013

Below are links to mentions of IGR in the news. Also included in this list are IGR-related pieces in the news that are written by staff, IGR alumni or current students.*

November 22, 2013

IGR Student and Michigan Daily Columnist Zeinab Khalil wrote a thoughtful piece for the Michigan Daily called "When 'Minority' doesn't work."

October 29, 2013

The faculty and staff of IGR, as well as the IGR Alumni Committee, are so pleased to have welcomed over 70 alumni back to Ann Arbor on October 4-5 for our alumni weekend. Held in honor of IGR's 25th anniversary, this event helped alumni to reconnect with our program and see how it has grown since they were students.

October 22, 2013

We are excited for IGR student Zeinab Khalil for having an Op-Ed piece published in the Michigan Daily this week!

October 10, 2013

On October 4-5, 2013, IGR held an alumni reunion in honor of our alumni weekend. It was a treasure for all of us to hear how IGR has impacted the lives of our former students. We thought we'd share some of these messages.

Fall 2013

This season has gotten off to an amazing start. Among other great programming, we recently held two events in celebration of IGR's 25th anniversary. With the help of numerous dedicated alumni, friends, and volunteers, we proudly held a very well-attended campus-wide symposium on engaged pedagogies and an alumni reunion weekend.

August 28, 2013

People across the United States are remembering the experience of being part of the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.  Several of the most famous of the participants were interviewed by Time Magazine.  Their powerful remembrances are published in the “I Have a Dream” Anniversary Issue (August 26-September 2).

May 5, 2013

The Patricia Gurin Certificate of Merit in Intergroup Relations is awarded to seniors who have demonstrated academic mastery in intergroup relations. The award's requirements include peer facilitation of intergroup dialogues, multiple courses in intergroup relations, and a high level of academic achievement in these courses. We held a reception on May 2 in honor of the graduating seniors who were recipients of this award.

January 9, 2013

IGR will offer the 7th Annual Intergroup Dialogue National Institute from June 19-22, 2013. The Institute is designed for faculty and staff nationwide who are interested in starting intergroup dialogues or are expanding and assessing programs that are already in place at their colleges and universities.