Wayne State University’s Department of Mathematics has launched a teaching model that innovates the learning experience while boosting students’ confidence in an often challenging subject. Led by Associate Professor of Teaching Naresh “Resh” V. Mahabir, this “flipped classroom” approach shifts lectures and course content outside the classroom, using in-class time to focus on active problem-solving and collaboration. 

As Director, Curator and Collection Educator for the Mott-Warsh Collection (MWC), one of the largest private collections of art by artists of the African Diaspora, Stephanie James, M.A. ’04, oversees every aspect of the organization. From lending art to national and international museums and local public institutions, to curating rotating exhibits and overseeing the renovation of a permanent home for the collection, James does it all.