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Michigan high school seniors: Looking for college money and a way to make a difference in your community?

LAFCU is now accepting entries for its 2026 Write to Educate Essay Contest, awarding $20,000 in college scholarships—plus $2,000 donated to Michigan charities chosen by student winners.

Four students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to a Michigan college or university and select a local nonprofit to receive a $500 donation from LAFCU. No minimum GPA. No financial-need requirement. No LAFCU membership required.

Students simply submit a one-page essay responding to this year’s prompt, focused on identifying a community issue and proposing a solution. Submit entries by March 31, 2026. For more information: www.lafcu.com/writetoeducate

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10, 1776, with an initial print run of just 1,000 copies; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8, weekdays from 12-4 pm.

Season 4 of Pints North Great Lakes Trivia is coming!
Pints North Great Lakes Trivia is a live event series celebrating the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes region. Hosted by the award-winning Points North podcast team and host Dan Wanschura, this popular trivia experience brings people together for an evening of brand-new questions, community, and fun, all inspired by the stories and places that define the Great Lakes.

A Live Trivia Experience Inspired by the Great Lakes
Do you love the Great Lakes region? Do you love trivia? Then Pints North Great Lakes Trivia is for you…

Hosted by the Points North Podcast Team
Hosted by the Points North podcast team, this popular event features three rounds of brand new questions all about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. And as always, there will be a bunch of cool giveaways, including newly designed Points North themed pint glasses!

What to Expect at Pints North Great Lakes Trivia
Come hang out, grab a drink, and maybe even learn a thing or two about this incredible region we call home!

Oh, and tell all your friends…

Michigan high school seniors: Looking for college money and a way to make a difference in your community?

LAFCU is now accepting entries for its 2026 Write to Educate Essay Contest, awarding $20,000 in college scholarships—plus $2,000 donated to Michigan charities chosen by student winners.

Four students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to a Michigan college or university and select a local nonprofit to receive a $500 donation from LAFCU. No minimum GPA. No financial-need requirement. No LAFCU membership required.

Students simply submit a one-page essay responding to this year’s prompt, focused on identifying a community issue and proposing a solution. Submit entries by March 31, 2026. For more information: www.lafcu.com/writetoeducate

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10, 1776, with an initial print run of just 1,000 copies; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8, weekdays from 12-4 pm.

Paul Martin, former inspector general at USAID, speaks about the need for independent oversight bodies within federal government agencies.

Paul Martin spent nearly 40 years in public service and can share reflections on the importance of government oversight to American democracy.

He was Inspector General at USAID until February, 2025. Since then, he has written and spoken in print and television interviews and documentaries regarding the closure of USAID and, more broadly, the damage to the almost half-century-old system of independent oversight by Inspectors General in light of the firing of 20 Presidentially appointed IGs since late January.

In addition to his time as Inspector General at USAID, he served as the presidentially appointed/Senate confirmed IG at NASA for 14 years, the Deputy IG at the Department of Justice, and Vice Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee that coordinated oversight of $5 trillion in emergency federal pandemic spending.

Martin holds a degree in journalism from Penn State. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in Greenville, South Carolina, and later attended Georgetown Law School after catching what he described as the "law bug" while covering courts for the newspaper.

Join Cranbrook Academy of Art at deSalle Auditorium for a free, public lecture with Rubén Ulises Rodríguez Montoya on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 6pm. Please enter through the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library; Cranbrook Art Museum’s galleries close at 5pm.

A Vampire surreptitiously boards the last spaceship to ever leave Earth after Earth is no longer viable. The ship explodes in space because of its immortality. The Vampire is the sole survivor of the blast, and The Vampire must learn to reconstitute itself and learn to survive with the technology of the ship.

Rubén Ulises Rodríguez Montoya is an artist based in Mexico City. Montoya received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020. He creates sculptures that are fantastic beings centered around anthologies and social issues concerning border culture, abjection, adaptation, and mestizaje. Montoya’s practice is aided by Speculative Fiction, Nahualismo, Sci-Fi, and the labor of his family. His work hybridizes and creates parallels between land, human, and animal as a way to investigate the process in which violence eradicates, erases, and erodes communities of color. Upcoming exhibitions include a solo exhibition of new work (ICA San Diego, 2025–2026). Recent exhibitions include Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024 (El Museo de Barrio, 2024–2025), and Skinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh (2024).

Michigan high school seniors: Looking for college money and a way to make a difference in your community?

LAFCU is now accepting entries for its 2026 Write to Educate Essay Contest, awarding $20,000 in college scholarships—plus $2,000 donated to Michigan charities chosen by student winners.

Four students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to a Michigan college or university and select a local nonprofit to receive a $500 donation from LAFCU. No minimum GPA. No financial-need requirement. No LAFCU membership required.

Students simply submit a one-page essay responding to this year’s prompt, focused on identifying a community issue and proposing a solution. Submit entries by March 31, 2026. For more information: www.lafcu.com/writetoeducate

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10, 1776, with an initial print run of just 1,000 copies; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8, weekdays from 12-4 pm.

Michigan high school seniors: Looking for college money and a way to make a difference in your community?

LAFCU is now accepting entries for its 2026 Write to Educate Essay Contest, awarding $20,000 in college scholarships—plus $2,000 donated to Michigan charities chosen by student winners.

Four students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to a Michigan college or university and select a local nonprofit to receive a $500 donation from LAFCU. No minimum GPA. No financial-need requirement. No LAFCU membership required.

Students simply submit a one-page essay responding to this year’s prompt, focused on identifying a community issue and proposing a solution. Submit entries by March 31, 2026. For more information: www.lafcu.com/writetoeducate