Western Michigan-based educator, international dignitary, and community advocate. Hodshire has an award-winning career in teaching social sciences, including serving on boards at Western Michigan University and fostering cultural exchange on the local community level. His work includes serving at the Asan/Lansing Regional Sister Cities program with South Korea and teaching internationally at Universiti Sains Malaysia. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hodshire coordinated the donation of 15,000 surgical masks from the nonprofit China General Chamber of Commerce USA to health care providers in Kalamazoo. Hodshire has also enjoyed a career in film and television, including appearances in the film “Real Steel” (2011) and the music documentary “Who Let the Dogs Out”(2019).
Look to the LEAD Scholars program this Giving Tuesday