University of Richmond’s Partners in the Arts offered two courses August 12-16 for local educators, both part of the Arts Integrated Learning Certificate (AILC) project in partnership with Richmond Public Schools and supported by a US Department of Education grant.

The University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies and the Ludwigsburg University of Education in Ludwigsburg, Germany, have signed a memorandum of understanding committing to institutional cooperation and support, staff exchange, and cross-institutional student learning experiences.

Dr. Bob Spires, Assistant Professor of Education, and Dr. Monti Datta, Associate Professor of Political Science, collaborated in leading a short-term EnCompass Southeast Asia study abroad experience to Thailand and Cambodia this past summer to study NGOs and Social Healing.

Sarah Petty, C’19, who will complete a bachelor of arts in liberal arts with a concentration in education in December 2019, advocates for nontraditional students in articles in The Collegian, the University’s student newspaper, and in U.S. News & World Report.

Partners in the Arts hosted New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman on campus for a four-day storytelling workshop aimed at writers and educators. Local artists, university faculty as well as Malerman himself coached educators on crafting lesson plans that present content in a more engaging, digital story format.