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UM-Dearborn | CASL Overview

I think what makes CASL really special is the breadth and diversity of the courses and the curriculum that we offer the students.

Martin Hershock, Dean

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CASL's varied undergraduate and graduate academic programs reflect our commitment to leadership, learning and student success.

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7/8/2020

Recent CASL Faculty Kudos - Summer 2020

Recent faculty awards, presentations and publications.

Graphic representing the new CASL Certificate Programs — Graphic by Violet Dashi

7/6/2020

Get a specialized education in a short amount of time

The College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters introduces five new certificate programs for the fall that focus on food, language, media production and more.

Dick and Linda Dyer in China — Dick ('64 B.S.) and Linda Dyer ('65 Teacher Cert.) in Beijing during a U-M Alumni Association trip to China

7/1/2020

Supporting a strong foundation

“We are advocates of CASL because we feel that it gives you a good foundation to move forward in a changing world.” Alumni Dick and Linda Dyer created an endowed scholarship to help UM-Dearborn students on the path to success.

A photo collage showing activists from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests combined with Civil Rights demonstrations from the 1960s. — Photo credit Matthew Roth via Flickr/Creative Commons (left); Library of Congress (right).

6/30/2020

Where the 2020 protests fit into the history of the African American Freedom Movement

A UM-Dearborn professor and historian reflects on the promise of the current wave of activism, why America is more reformist than revolutionary, and how to stoke the fire of anti-racism.