Outreach/Community Service Initiatives

The University of Michigan is fundamentally connected to the broad community beyond its borders, which makes outreach and service an intrinsic part of our mission.

Note: To add your U-M school- or college-based program to this site, contact: DiversityMatters@umich.edu.

Schools and colleges.

• Business, Stephen M. Ross School of
• Dentistry, School of
• Education, School of (SoE)
• Engineering, College of (CoE)
• Graduate Studies, Horace H. Rackham School of
• Information, School of (SI)
• Law School
• Literature, Science, and the Arts, College of (LSA)
• Natural Resources and the Environment, School of (SNRE)
• Nursing, School of (SoN)
• Public Health, School of (SPH)
• Social Work, School of (SSW)

Additional U-M outreach/community service resources.

• Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
• Portal En Español

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Stephen M. Ross School of Business

• MREACH: Michigan Ross School of Business Enriching Academics in Collaboration with High Schools

School of Dentistry

• American Dental Association's annual Give Kids a Smile program
• Community Outreach Overview (.pdf*)
• Internationally Trained Dentist Program (ITDP)
• NIH-funded Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities
• NIH-funded Detroit Oral Cancer Prevention Project

School of Education (SoE)

• Lives of Urban Children and Youth
• Diversity Resources at the School of Education

College of Engineering (CoE)

• College of Engineering K-12 Resources
• College Outreach and Engagement
• IBM STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Entry Point Program
• NSF MI-LSAMP (Michigan-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Southeast Michigan Science Fair
• Women in Science and Engineering Programs
• Grace Hopper Project
• Women in Science and Engineering K-12 Outreach
• Women in Science and Engineering Girls in Science and Engineering (WISE GISE)
• Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day
• Sally Ride Science Festival

Graduate Studies, Horace H. Rackham School of

• Building Islam in Detroit Interdisciplinary Program

School of Information (SI)

• Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach
• Tribal Finance Information Clearinghouse

Law School

• Dores McCree Day
• Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
• Michigan Journal of Race and Law
• Clinics:
  • Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
  • Urban Communities Clinic
  • Child Advocacy Law Clinic
  • Pediatric Advocacy Clinic
  • General Clinic: Worker’s Rights Concentration
  • Program in Refugee and Asylum Law
  • Environmental Law Practicum

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)

• Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS): school and library visits and storytelling
• Detroit Initiative
• Exhibit Museum of Natural History:
  • Guided Tours. Call 734.764.0478 in advance to ask about scholarship assistance to cover tour fees.
  • Science and Reading Programs
• German Day for High School Students/ Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
• International Institute; International studies resources for educators
• Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Tours, Family Days, Civilization in a Crate kits
• Lives of Urban Children and Youth
• Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program for High School Students
• NSF MI-LSAMP (Michigan-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Psychology 211, Project Outreach: Working with Preschool Children
• Psychology 305, Practicum in Psychology: Michigan Mentorship Program, providing mentoring experiences for students in the Ann Arbor Public Schools who are regarded at risk for low achievement
• Residential College Community Theater Collaborative
• Residential College Spanish Language Internship Program (SLIP) linking Spanish-speaking U-M students with community-based partner organizations in Ann Arbor and Southwest Detroit
• Residential College Sponsored Internships
• Saturday Morning Physics
• Saturday Seminars for Outstanding High School Juniors
• Women in Science and Engineering Programs
• Grace Hopper Project
• Women in Science and Engineering K-12 Outreach
• Women in Science and Engineering Girls in Science and Engineering (WISE GISE)
• Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day
• Sally Ride Science Festival
• Prison Creative Arts Project
• Sociology 389, Project Community Service-Learning
• Student Recruitment: special campus visitation programs for prospective students
• Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar
• Telluride Association Summer Program

School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE)

• Environmental Justice Initiative
• Michigan Sea Grant College Program:
  • Website and Online Bookstore
  • Upwellings Newsletter
  • Michigan Sea Grant - K-12 Initiatives
    • Curriculum: Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW)
    • Cruises: The Great Lakes Education Program (GLEP)
    • Teaching Resources at Great Lakes Information Network
    • Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) - Great Lakes
  • Michigan Sea Grant: Outreach/Service
    • How to survive a rip current, in Spanish
    • How to survive a rip current, English version
    • Updated information on current year

School of Nursing (SoN)

SoN sponsors these programs, in addition to frequent community outreach events at schools, worship and community centers, and participates in numerous health fairs and other programmatic collaborations:

• North Campus Family Health Services (NCFHS)
• Community Family Health Centers (CFHC)
• GENESIS Summer Research Apprenticeship Program

School of Public Health (SPH)

• Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center
• Healthy Environments Partnership
• Life Sciences & Society
• Michigan Center for Public Health & Community Genomics
• Prevention Research Center of Michigan
• Summer Enrichment Program in Health Management & Policy
• Programs & Resources at the School of Public Health

School of Social Work (SSW)

• Youth Dialogues on Race & Ethnicity in Metropolitan Detroit
• Global Program on Youth
• Environmental Justice Initiative
• Skillman Foundation Good Neighborhoods Initiative (GNI)

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