遗产中心

杰克逊的大学 遗产中心

The 杰克逊的大学 遗产中心 is a place of inspiration, dedication, and service.  Volunteer students donate 他们的 time to collect and share the inspirational stories of Jacksonians whose sacrifice and courage helped shape American history.

Over the past 12 years, 遗产中心 students have contributed well over 20,000 service hours, working to save our unique stories. Participants in each Project learn the importance of contributing to something greater than themselves—something for the greater good.

Diana Agy教授, the director of the JC 遗产中心, 她的学生, and community members are answering a call given by William Maher in 2006. He wanted to inspire young people with the lost stories of men and women who made Jackson great.  Students are strictly volunteers.  他们没有分数.  Most give up 他们的 spring breaks and Christmas holidays, as well as 他们的 Sunday afternoons, to work on 他们的 project. Many carry a heavy class load and work multiple jobs. They are devoted, dedicated, and inspired.

遗产中心 students learn to dream big.  They learn about the pioneer spirit that fostered the curiosity and drive that many of 他们的 ancestors had when settling the wilds of Michigan.  That same go-to spirit helped a new generation of Jacksonsians  help build America’s industry; they also led the way in its aviation and space programs. Students discover themselves in these stories.  他们的祖先 served alongside George Washington他们的祖先 mapped American before Lewis and Clark-他们的祖先 walked and talked with the likes of Andrew Carnegie and  Amelia Earhart他们的祖先 were Tuskegee airmen, and 他们的 ancestors walked on the moon. 

Many of these stories are untold and most of these people are almost forgotten.

But the 杰克逊的大学 遗产中心 is in the business of making the invisible—visible