Detroit Connections has consistently been a successful university-community initiative, serving as a model for engaged learning in the University and beyond. Our program and faculty have been recognized with the following honors:

• Program Grant from the Fridolin Charitable Trust (2011)
• Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, awarded to Nick Tobier (2009)
• President Coleman’s honor roll for community service (2007)
• Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award, awarded to Janie Paul (2007)
• Ginsberg Center Award for Community Service & Social Action Outstanding Faculty Member, awarded to Janie Paul (2007)
• Arts at Michigan grant to support field trips (2006)
• Michigan Campus Compact Faculty Award for outstanding contributions in community service, awarded to Nick Tobier (2006) and Janie Paul (2004)
• Humanity in the Arts Award, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, College of Urban Affairs at Wayne State University, awarded to Janie Paul (2004)
• Arts of Citizenship Grant (2002, 2003)
• Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Grants (2001, 2002)
• CityYear Grant, with Harms Elementary School (2001)

Publications and Presentations

Associate Professor Janie Paul’s Detroit Connections-based scholarship includes:

• “Drawn Together: The Detroit Connections Project”, in Where Do the Children Play, ed. Elizabeth Goodenough, National Institute for Play, distributed by the Univ. of Michigan Press, June 2008.
• “Addressing Inequality in a University/School Partnership” in Teaching Artist Journal, Center for Arts Policy, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, forthcoming.
• Panelist, “Addressing Inequality Through a University/School Partnership”, Social Theory, Art and Politics Conference, University of Washington, Eugene, OR, 2005.
• Presenter, “Learning In Urban Schools and Prisons”, National Art Education Association Conference, Boston, MA, 2005.