Common Read Week

Take a pair! Leave a pair! Do both! As part of rethinking our clothing consumption patterns inspired by following the lifecycle of a pair of jeans in Common Read author and Jack W. Thompson M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Maxine Bédat's groundbreak work Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, come participate in a sustainable way to add some great new jeans to your closet or find a new home for a pair you don't wear anymore!

We have another lunch and learn guest this month! Let's welcome this year's Jack W. Thompson, M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor nd author of this year's Common Read, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, Maxine Bédat!

Join Maxine Bédat to learn about he career and academic history while having lunch on Thursday, February 26, from 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. in the Intercultural Center!

Lunch and Learns are monthly events where a faculty/staff member from campus or a Flint community member will tell us about themselves and their academic or professional journey and also answer any questions people in the space will have for them. So if you ever want to learn more about someone's profession, feel welcome to join in while having something to eat since food is always provided!

Take a pair! Leave a pair! Do both! As part of rethinking our clothing consumption patterns inspired by following the lifecycle of a pair of jeans in Common Read author and Jack W. Thompson M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Maxine Bédat's groundbreak work Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, come participate in a sustainable way to add some great new jeans to your closet or find a new home for a pair you don't wear anymore!

Join us in KIVA for the 2025-2026 Common Read keynote by Maxine Bédat, author of Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, Jack W. Thompson, M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor to University of Michigan-Flint, and Executive Director of the New Standard Institute.

After the event, please join us across the hall in the Happenings Room for refreshments and a fashion show, styled by FPA students with clothing from Wolverine Essentials.

We're channeling our own New York Fashion Week and inviting you to be in attendance. See how Flint Costume Design students create wearable outfits from Wolverine Essentials, watch models strut the runway, and while you're there grab some hor d'oeuvres and get a book signed by this year's Common Read Author, Maxine Bédat.

Take a pair! Leave a pair! Do both! As part of rethinking our clothing consumption patterns inspired by following the lifecycle of a pair of jeans in Common Read author and Jack W. Thompson M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Maxine Bédat's groundbreak work Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, come participate in a sustainable way to add some great new jeans to your closet or find a new home for a pair you don't wear anymore!