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These are the upcoming events that are happening to assist graduate and professional students in building learning and growth outside of their academic disciplines. Transdisciplinary Fellows programs focus on building community and developing transdisciplinary skills essential for success in 21st-century careers.
If you have any suggestions for future events, please let a Fellow know!

Event Rationale: To provide a relaxing and positive atmosphere for students to unwind/destress before Spring Break and after or before midterms for some. I will provide an outlet for students to simply take a load off and remember the importance of self-care!

Cover letters are an essential part of the job search process. However, crafting them is often very difficult. The University Career Center will host an educational and practical workshop that introduces you to the purpose of the cover letter and how to effectively describe yourself and your experience within a cover letter.

As part of a broader campus-wide strategy of complementary efforts to support and enhance bilateral relationships between the University of Michigan and Minority Serving Institution (MSIs), Rackham Graduate School is offering funding opportunities through the MSI Outreach and Collaboration Grant competition. Please join us to learn more about the funding opportunity.


*Informational session attendance is not required to be considered for the grant but is encouraged.

Help shape health equity on the U-M campus and receive a $15 Visa gift card!

Children's Environmental Health expert Dr. Leonardo Trasande, will be talking about his new book "Sicker, Fatter, Poorer" in discussion with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. The Literati Book store will have "Sicker, Fatter, Poorer" and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's book on the, “What the Eyes Don’t See:
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City” available for purchase after the event.

Bystander Intervention Training for student organizations intending to receive over $1000 in funding from Central Student Government's Student Organization Funding Committee.

The Ginsberg Center offers multiple workshops to support students and staff who are working with communities through courses, student organizations or independently. Learning in Community (LinC) is an educational workshop and training series focused on supporting those interested in community engagement, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism and philanthropy. Sessions address one or more of the following areas:
Community Engagement Essentials
Democratic Engagement
Student Organization Support
In addition to our LinC Workshop Series, groups can also request individual workshops. For more information, or to submit a request for one of the below workshops, please visit our website: ginsberg.umich.edu/linc.

Minority Serving Institutions have and continue to play an integral role in granting access, building knowledge, and empowering change that impacts both individuals and society. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, whose legacy we commemorate as a critical figure in the advancement of civil rights and social justice, is an alumnus of Morehouse College—an MSI. Implicit in Dr. King’s push for righteousness, peace, and justice was an immense desire to transform how people of a nation and ultimately the world engaged with one another. It is in this spirit that we frame this forum and engagement with Minority Serving Institutions—from transactional to transformational/transformative change. Featured speakers will provide a broad overview of the MSI landscape, share their experiences with developing relationships with MSIs, and share information on how to do an institutional self-assessment before seeking to partner with MSIs. This session will serve as the first in a series of forums that foster discussion on the socio-historical and contemporary state of MSIs, insights from U-M units with relationships with MSIs, and practical information and resources for engaging MSIs.

Staff training for new hires with the Department of Recreational Sports. You will need to attend both sessions (Communication and Relational Service) before your first shift.

Come join the RC RA's for a wholesome night of painting.

Attend one of the many student organization training opportunities provided by the Center for Campus Involvement to support advisors. This includes advisors of VSOs & SSOs as well as those that are faculty, staff and community members.

In this story-telling session, you will learn more about how SSC leaders took advantage of everyday opportunities to develop their leadership skills. You will also be introduced to U-M resources to help with your personal and career development.

Come and learn about what Sessions @ Michigan has to offer! These training sessions last about an hour and cover the features and capabilities offered by using Sessions @ Michigan to track your events.


Topics include:
Setting up your tracks and sessions in the system
Asking additional form questions to gather data from your registered users Registration options
What users experience when they register
How track managers can manually register users
How to take attendance on the day of the session and what methods of taking attendance we offer
Sending messages to registered and attended users
Sending follow-up questions and surveys to attendees
Downloading and exporting your registration and attendance data out of Sessions

If time allows we will also take questions after we cover these topics specific to your needs.

Here at Munger Graduate Residences, we recognize it is important for graduate and professional students to learn and grow outside of their academic disciplines. Throughout the year, students have the opportunity to take part in events focused on building community and developing transdisciplinary skills essential for success in 21st-century careers.

The first step in creating your organization is attending New Student Organization Orientation. This orientation will cover the basics of student orgs, Maize Pages org registration and authorized signer processes, and answer questions you have about setting up your org. At least one representative of your student org will need to attend orientation for your org to begin registration.

If you are unable to attend an orientation date, please email neworgsupport@umich.edu to set up an individual appointment.

Spend some time getting a jump start on your dissertation writing. Food and beverages will be provided.

Introduction to the basic features and using and managing content on Student Life websites. We will cover the website page elements, creating articles (pages with content), adding images and or YouTube video, how to save, publish, archive, and other functionality. You can get a head start on many of the features our sites offer here: https://awesometools.studentlife.umich.edu

The Navigate: Lunch & Learn series is open to all research administrators involved in any pre- or post-award management activities for research projects. There is no cost to attend.

Do you need a Curriculum Vitae (CV), but all you have is a resume? CVs are required to apply for research and academic positions, and very often for fellowships and scholarships. If you've had a resume for a while, but you are now pursuing research and you need to develop a CV, this workshop is for you. If you have a resume, bring a printout to the workshop. Bring a laptop if available.

Join us for presentations by students who have lived or traveled abroad to various countries around the globe! Learn about culture from first-hand experiences and try food from that country as a way to inspire or plan your future trips abroad!

These offerings are available to Student Life Professional Staff and our academic colleagues, they are voluntary, and are designed to build staff skills and capacities for advancing University and Divisional strategic priorities including the University’s DEI strategic plan.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You can register for all workshops at Sessions@Michigan (https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu)
All workshops are free to Student Life Professional Staff Members
For Non-Student Life Attendees the registration fee for workshops is $100.00 per participant
Registration site will ask for a shortcode and the registration fee will be transferred from the account after attendance

J1 cultural exchange program to give scholars an opportunity to practice speaking skills in a variety of situations.

Sponsored on behalf of the Advising Council for the University of Michigan

Designed for international students and scholars who are interested in learning about basic eligibility requirements and specific procedures. The program will conclude with time for questions.
https://internationalcenter.umich.edu/events/h-1b-temporary-worker-specialty-occupations-basics

Learn the ins and outs of filing taxes as a graduate student, especially if you are filing quarterly! The material for this session is aimed at domestic students.

Readers & Best was created in the Summer of 2014 as a joint collaboration between the Ginsberg Center’s Literacy Initiatives and the Athletic Department’s Let’s Go Do program. The goal was to provide opportunities for students across campus to come together to support reading in local schools through one-time visits. We provide the monthly curriculum for each visit, which includes a book and activity specific to the grade level of the classroom. The general Readers & Best visit requires a 2.5 hour time block from student volunteers. This includes the brief orientation, travel and the time at the school. Typically, we offer 10 slots for schools participating in the Readers and Best curriculum. The visit is led by a site leader and up to 6 additional students (since we can fit 7 people in a van). Volunteers are at the school for an hour and a half, so each volunteer reads to 2 classrooms for 30 minutes each. The Ginsberg Center provides transportation to and from the schools.

The American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid blended learning course will help prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants as well as prepare you to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies. Allow approximately 4 hours to complete the eLearning portions, including the final exam. The eLearning portions of the course must be completed prior to attending the in-person skill session.

Students who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate for CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid valid for two years. There is no fee for current Department of Recreational Sports employees. The fee for non-employees is $80. A separate email will be sent with payment instructions once you have completed the registration process.

We talk with students about the importance of self-care but as advisors, how do follow our own advice? In this session, we will discuss and explore topics such as mindfulness and other skills we can incorporate throughout our workdays.

Learn about the various funds that make up the university's general ledger; revenue types and restrictions; class codes; transfers; banking services; and more. Note: this course is lecture-based with no hands-on training. (2 hours)

The Michigan Men: An Expedition of Manhood Program is looking for fraternity members to join its Winter 2019 Cohort. The Michigan Men Program’s mission is to assist fraternity members in developing concrete strategies to promote their own personal wellness (ex. mental, physical, emotional), develop strong, supportive & fulfilling relationships (ex. friendships, fraternal relationships, intimate relationships), and fraternity cultures that live out the values of brotherhood and service. Benefits of participating include:

Forming supportive relationships with other participants Developing actionable strategies that promote healthy relationships, consent, and good pleasure focused intimacy Identifying and practicing self-care strategies/philosophies Engaging in meaningful discussions around masculinity Developing one’s own personal definition of what it means to be a man or masculine Receiving a $50.00 Amazon gift card following the successful completion of all seven sessions


The Michigan Men Program is a 7-week, seven session, 8-15 member dialogue program. Each session lasts 80-minutes and will be held in the OSCR Conference Room (Ste. 100, Student Activities Building, 515 E. Jefferson St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109).



The weekly Michigan Men meeting time will be based-off all members shared availability. Please disregard the specific dates listed for each session. Following the completion of the sessions page all participants will receive a link to an electronic scheduling site in order to share availability. The weekly Michigan Men meeting time will be based-off all members shared availability. The registration deadline is 3/7/19 at 11:59 p.m. Please contact Jim McEvilly, Michigan Men Project Director, with any questions (E: mcevillp@umich.edu P: (734) 936-6308)

Certainly you are reading for your classes, but how often do you have time to read for pleasure and relaxation without worrying about grades or deadlines? Want to be able to engage in conversation about current literature, outside the academic? Join other Honors community members who love to read for pleasure. The group selects NYT Bestsellers for fall and winter terms, and one summer read. Then, we gather after-hours in the Honors Office for an informal discussion.


This is an Honors Program sponsored event and Honors students at all levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.

If you joined Honors in 2017 or later, you will have the opportunity to earn one engagement point towards the Sophomore Honors Award if you attend and participate in at least 3 Honors Reads meetings before the end of you sophomore year. Please do not sign up if you do not plan to attend. A limited number of copies of the selected book are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registered students may stop by the Honors office (1330 Mason Hall) to pick up a free copy if one is still available.

Trainer, Lori Aemisegger, discusses how Senior Associates can use their influence to help guide their team's productivity.

This module is geared towards groups that have more experience in social justice work. Participants are prompted in high levels of thinking on their own identities, communicating across identities, understanding power and oppression, and how they engage with these topics with others who are at differing levels of understanding social justice complexity.

You do not need to have a background in IT to use technology to support the work of your office. This session will explore how two Hall Directors (with differing degrees of comfort in using technology) have implemented the use of several programs with student staff and their graduate and family apartment community. In addition to learning some functions of programs that are accessible to all members of the UM community, participants will be able to brainstorm how to incorporate new technologies to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in their role.
Back by popular demand after the 2018 Student Life Professional Development Conference!

Are you studying, interning, volunteering, or traveling abroad this summer? Or do you hope to? Join the International Center to hear experienced staff give tips on how to navigate traveling in various parts of the world.

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU KNEW AS A FIRST-YEAR HONORS STUDENT?

PARTICIPATE IN A FOCUS GROUP ON 3.13, 4-5P.

FREE PIZZA & HONORS SWAG. SPACES LIMITED TO 25 PARTICIPANTS.

REGISTER HERE.

Looking for a research opportunity? Thinking about a summer job? Want to work on campus?

FYE and the University Career Center want to help you so that you're prepared and have an AWESOME resume.

This course is designed to expose you to the fundamental principles, concepts, and tools of Lean. A primary focus is the concept of Lean thinking and how to build and strengthen critical thinking skills that can help support your organization's goals and mission. You will also engage in small group exercises that focus on application of key Lean tools.

You've probably heard of life hacks that help you use your time more efficiently. Why not think about managing your time in the bigger picture? How are you actually using your time? This workshop is based on the book "168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think" by Laura Vanderkam. As a pre-workshop assignment, you must complete one week of a time-tracking exercise to help you understand how you actually use your time. On March 7, we will send directions for this assignment to those who have registered. During the workshop, we will discuss our results in small groups and strategize ways to fit all the things we would like to into our day.
Registration required by March 6, 2019.