Thank you to all who attended tonight’s Zoom webinar, “Hot Topics in Higher Education” and thank you to our speakers: James Ryan ‘88, President, University of Virginia and James Duderstadt ‘64, President Emeritus, University of Michigan.

Tonight we welcomed Kimberly Goff-Crews, Yale Secretary and Vice-President for Student Life. She gave a wonderful presentation on the new initiatives at Yale to promote and extend the sense of belonging by the students, faculty, and staff.

Join YaleWomen and the Yale Alumni Art League for a special conversation with the artist Howardena Pindell ’67 MFA, moderated by Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans ’90 JD. In this conversation, we will explore Howardena’s iconic practice and her thoughts on the role of art and artists in the pursuit of social justice.

By registering for this event you acknowledge that the organizers may use your email for further communications.

Register: https://alumni.yale.edu/.../artists-social-justice...

Join us! The Yale Club of Michigan Book Club will resume on Wednesday, August 11th at 7 p.m. ET. To register, click: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScYq1TH7yFVfL.../viewform

We'll discuss Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun.

Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel set during a seminal moment in modern African history--the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria and the violence that followed. It is a novel about class and race as its characters confront moral responsibility and ethnic allegiances in the context of the end of colonialism.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received her Master of Arts in African History at Yale and also an honorary doctorate. She has received many literary awards and a 2008 MacArthur Foundation fellowship. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) won several awards including the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.

Our book club events are free and open to anyone in the Yale community (alums, students, faculty, staff, and family). We hope you'll join us!

Join the Yale Club of Michigan for a virtual food drive with Gleaners Food Bank. Do your part and serve the community while remaining in place. You can either donate a set amount or virtually shop for common pantry items. Because the food bank can buy in bulk, our donations will go even further than actual food donations. As our local communities and nation face the medical and economic struggles from the pandemic, more of our neighbors will find themselves food insecure and in need of help. You can help. Visit: http://feed.gcfb.org/donate-yale-club to take part or learn more.

This project is completely online and is available now until June. Check out the Yale Day of Service: https://yaledayofservice.org/.../virtual-gleaners-virtual...