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Be sure to watch the video that was linked to you and be prepared to ask questions.

If none of the available times work for you, please email me-aso@umich.edu to find an alternative time to declare.

PDP Workshop Sessions are part of the PDP assignment for First Year BBAs in BA 100. Students should be sure to review the PDP Canvas site and come to the PDP session with their laptop. Advisors will provide some brief overview and reminders, but the bulk of the workshop will be time for students to work on their PDP and ask advisors any questions as they work on their individualized plan. After attending a workshop, students will schedule a 1:1 advising appointment to talk through their plan with an advisor.

Ready to enhance your courses and simplify your teaching workflow? This comprehensive workshop series equips U-M faculty with the practical tech skills needed for the modern semester. Across this track, you will dive into interactive classroom tools (Poll Everywhere, Ed Discussions), advanced grading and lab platforms (PrairieLearn, Vocareum), and critical digital accessibility strategies (Grackle, Siteimprove).
Additionally, a dedicated GenAI pathway will guide you from AI basics to advanced prompt engineering using U-M’s custom tools, including U-M GPT, Maizey, and NotebookLM. Join us for individual sessions or the entire series to build a more engaging, inclusive, and tech-forward classroom.

This workshop series supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows preparing for academic careers. Through interactive sessions, you will gain insights and strategies for navigating the academic job market, securing a postdoctoral position, and preparing application materials that highlight your research expertise and career potential. Each session combines presentations, discussion, and hands-on activities to equip you with practical tools for a successful transition into academia.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this series, participants will be able to:
Understand the structure of the academic job market and how to prepare for each stage of the search.Identify strategies for exploring opportunities and applying for postdoctoral positions.Prepare strong academic CVs and cover letters that effectively communicate expertise and fit.Write a compelling research statement that highlights motivation, significance, and future directions.

Michigan Housing is excited to welcome members of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor community for an opportunity to tour Wolverine Village.
This year marks the most students to live on-campus within Michigan Housing in U-M history with the grand opening of Wolverine Village, the university’s newest 2,300 bed and 800+ seat dining hall residential community. Formerly known as the Central Campus Residential Development, Wolverine Village is a new five-building residential community on U-M’s Central Campus and adjacent to the athletic campus.
Daily tours will highlight Wolverine Village and its residence halls, gathering spaces, and community art.
Wolverine Village tours are open to the public and registration is required. Tour capacity is limited while Wolverine Village residence halls are occupied by the U-M student community. Additional tour dates may be added if demand allows for it.

For tour questions, please reach out to the Michigan Housing team at wolverinevillagetours@umich.edu.

Because of the high volume of emails I've received over the past month, I'll be hosting multiple drop-in advising sessions for UC3M, UAB, & UC3M to answer your questions.

You do not need to make an advising appointment if you plan on joining one of these sessions.

Do you want to learn the unwritten rules of the university? Are you searching for the hidden maps to funding and professional success? This workshop helps you solve the puzzle of the hidden curriculum within the university landscape. We provide the tools to navigate the complex systems of funding and campus culture. You will gain the skills needed to build your own path to academic achievement. This session supports doctoral students and postdocs.


If you have any questions, please email rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu.

Join us for encore presentations from our Summer 2026 International Center Orientation and more! Great opportunity to ask staff questions and meet other new international students and scholars now that you've had a chance to settle in your new home.
Not able to attend? Visit our Summer 2026 Orientation page for links to canvas, blogs and videos from sessions over the summer.
Note: All sessions are in-person, with the exception of the "Driving in the U.S." presentation, which will be offered virtually.

Come help us during normal operating hours; as well as, unload our weekly Food Gatherers deliveries and stock our shelves!
If you are outside the U-M community, please reach out to maize.blue.cupboard@umich.edu to sign up.

Sign up for a two-hour work session, with a hot lunch with colleagues! The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats provide a quiet space to work with other scholars and artists, and an opportunity for you to prioritize your research and creative work by committing to one or two work sessions before teaching, service, and email take over the semester.
There are both morning and afternoon sessions available. Morning sessions also offer the option of coming early to enjoy an extended three-hour session. Breakfast snacks, coffee, and tea will be provided.
During the lunch provided at each work session, there will be a chance to share interests and work with other colleagues, to learn about each others’ research, to grow professional and social networks, and to experience the University as a collective.
The Work Retreats are open to all ~7,800 members of the Faculty Senate, including tenure-track professors, lecturers, research faculty, clinical faculty, librarians, archivists, and curators. The series was developed by the Faculty Senate Office, is supported by the Office of the Provost, and is co-sponsored by Librarian Mary Lawrence. The event page is here.

Talk to us. We can help. Resource Navigators are students who provide personalize pathways to the spaces, places, and people at Michigan you need!

Choose what works best for you! In-person (at the League, with a few at Pierpont) or virtual. Seven days a week.

What do you do?Make an appointment.Allow two hours before the appointment, so that we can research what you need. Complete the quick Intake Form (embedded) with what you'd like to know.NEW APPOINTMENTS POSTED FRIDAYS AT NOON FOR THE NEXT WEEK.


ResNav Bios
Abby. Senior. Psychology LSA. Cook Scholar. Plans grad school.Anya. Masters candidate. Manufacturing Engineering. Undergrad Engineering (F25). Cook Scholar.Alex. Senior. Political Science LSA. Global Scholars Program. UROP. Plans law school.Cesar. Masters candidate. School of Information. Full stack development and digital solutions.Daniel. Senior Business Administration. Reading, hiking, Howl's Moving Castle.Justin (Jiayuan). Senior. Computer Engineering. International student. (May, only. Returns F26.)Logan. Junior. LSA Biology, Health & Society. Plans dental school. Transfer from Wayne State University.London. Junior. LSA Political Science. Plans law school. Painting, opera, animal lover."I just have a quick question."No problem! Send us an email and we'll respond in 24-36 hours.

Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.
The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.
The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them, name potential barriers to intervention, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.
If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop, or are in need of an exemption, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources.

Join the Munger Community by attending events hosted by our Resident Advisors (RAs)! Feel free to select and attend as many events as you would like!

Trotter/MESA's Latine Heritage Month planning committee invites you to the Latine Heritage Month Opening Ceremony for 2026. We're excited to kick off our month-long celebration and we hope to see you there! Food provided.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Curtis Acosta was a high school teacher for nearly 20 years in Tucson, where he developed and taught Chicanx/Latinx Literature classes for the renowned Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District. He is an award-winning educator who was named one of the “Top 10 Latinos to Watch in US Politics” by the Huffington Post. Curtis was featured in the documentaries Precious Knowledge and Dolores, and his teaching also received profiles on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, PBS, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times amongst many other media outlets. He has been fortunate to have articles published in Voices in Urban Education, The English Journal, Journal of Language & Literacy, Multicultural Perspectives The Journal of Education Controversy. As well as chapters in the books, Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush on Public Education, Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality, and Rethinking Ethnic Studies, and Critical Pedagogy for Healing: Paths Beyond “Wellness,” Toward a Soul Revival of Teaching and Learning.
Dr. Acosta is also the founder of Acosta Latino Learning Partnership and Acosta Educational Partnerships; educational consultation firms committed to help educators create culturally sustaining and humanizing educational practices in their classrooms, schools, and communities throughout the United States. ALLP and AEP have provided professional development workshops and training for educators throughout the nation.
Dr. Acosta received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and later obtained a Master’s of Arts degree and Ph.D. in Language, Reading, and Culture from the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies and Co-Director of the Humanizing & Culturally Affirming Teacher program at the University of Arizona.
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Want to learn more about SIBS?! This program is for you!

Join us at the Support for Incoming Black Students (S.I.B.S.) Pre-Kickoff Orientation to learn all about the SIBS Mentorship program. We're offering two sessions. One in person and one virtual.

Participation in one of these orientation programs is mandatory for SIBS participation. We hope to see you there!

Please only register for a training date if you have been told to do so by our Program Manager, Brian Walker.

If you are interested in joining our team, reach out to Brian directly at walkerba@umich.edu

In order to access the Art & Architecture Shop, users must complete BOTH Orientation AND Woodshop Basics Proficiency Training. The A&A Shop Orientation covers basic information about the Shop (hours, policies, storage, equipment, etc.) as well as an overview of safety rules and concepts to help you navigate the space safely and effectively. Please note that it does NOT give you access to use the machinery--all users must receive Proficiency Training on each piece of equipment before use.
Access: The Shop is available to students, staff, and faculty from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning for work on class projects and research only. Potential users from other academic disciplines must be receiving credit for a class taught by a faculty member from the Art or Architecture schools.
Learn more on the A&A Shop site here.

Sign up for Zund Training at Taubman College. Taubman College students only.

All students interested in attending the Hong Kong Short-Term program with Global Initiatives must attend a group interview. Students who do not attend will not be eligible for consideration. Interview blocks are limited to 10 participants each. This interview must be completed before the application due date on September 30 at Noon EST.
Late arrival to your group interview will not be permitted, and you will be turned away. You may not leave early from your group interview. If you are unavailable to stay for the entirety of the 30 minute block, please drop the session and register for a different time.

Please note: Thanks to the generosity of our donors, this trip may include additional travel outside of Hong Kong. If you hold a passport from a country that is outside of the United States, please be aware that you will be responsible for obtaining any tourist visa(s) you may need. HKUST will NOT sponsor you as a student and you will be ineligible for any type of student visa.

Welcome to Michigan Engineering!
Join us on Thursday, September 17th, from 11am to 2pm for an event designed just for YOU! We want you to get connected with experiences available uniquely to Michigan Engineering students. Engineering Immersed advisors will be available to provide a tailored experience, connecting you with programs and opportunities aligned with your interests and open to engineering students!
Free snacks and gifts will be provided - RSVP today!

This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance on cover letters and resumes for positions beyond tenure track roles. It also meets the needs of those applying for internships, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The process of synthesizing your academic experiences into strong application materials for jobs and internships beyond academia can be challenging but rewarding. This workshop is a hands-on opportunity for graduate students to learn how to effectively develop a resume using the foundation that they have laid with information from their CVs. Additionally, this session will include tips for writing compelling, tailored cover letters and thinking strategically about how these two documents complement each other. This workshop is designed for master's students, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact rackhamdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.

Brought to you by the University Career Center, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School.

The graduate school offers a series of meetings designed to orient faculty members who have recently taken on the role of chairing a department/program or directing the graduate program in their department/program. These sessions, hosted by Rackham associate deans, focus on various aspects of your role. We provide opportunities to discuss and learn how you can partner with Rackham and what Rackham resources you can rely on while carrying out the work of your role.

Join us for "Pre-Health 101: Getting Started On Your Pre-Health Journey!" This informative presentation delves into the process of being a pre-health student and developing the core competencies essential for success in the healthcare field. Explore the abundance of departmental resources available to support your academic and professional growth. Learn how to leverage the Career Center for personalized career development, gaining insights into internships, networking opportunities, and the path to your dream healthcare profession. Whether you're just starting on your pre-health journey or looking to enhance your skills, this event offers invaluable guidance and connections to propel you forward in your healthcare career aspirations.

Join us for an MDP info session to learn about upcoming project opportunities and what it’s like to participate in the program. We’ll share details about the application process, timelines, and how to get involved. Students are welcome to attend any session that fits their schedule.

Have questions about managing your finances as a graduate student? Schedule a one-on-one appointment with Heather Moore, Ph.D., assistant director of financial education and engagement, for personalized guidance tailored to your financial goals and questions.
During your appointment, you can discuss topics such as:
Budgeting and saving strategiesStudent loans and repayment optionsIncome taxes for graduate studentsCredit and credit cardsBuilding healthy financial habitsOther graduate student financial questionsHow to Register:
Register for your preferred appointment date through Sessions.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to Heather's Google Booking Calendar.Open the Google Booking Calendar and select your preferred appointment time from the available times listed for the date for which you registered.Appointments are typically 15 minutes, though longer appointment times may be available depending on Heather's availability.To make the most of your appointment time, please come prepared with one or two questions you would like to discuss. You are also welcome to bring a budget or other financial information you would like to review. Appointments are brief, so arriving prepared will help you maximize your time and get the guidance you are looking for.

If you have any questions regarding registration and booking your appointment, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu.

This series is designed for PhD students and emerging scientists to gather skill and knowledge in intercultural communication, fostering inclusive lab environments & community pathway building.

Description: Many scientists use AI coding tools through a browser — copying and pasting between chat and editor. Agentic tools like Claude Code work differently: they run on your machine, read your project, execute your code, and iterate on errors. This hands-on tutorial covers the pros and cons of using a coding agent and how to begin using Claude Code as an R programmer. We'll look at potential use cases of coding agents for data analysis, improving code reproducibility, and tightening the loop between code outputs and manuscript writing.

Hands-on activities:
Optionally, if you'd like to participate in hands-on exercises in the session, you may wish to purchase a Claude Code plan ($20 for a month of access) and have Claude installed on your computer. However, you may also come without doing this, or with a different agent (like OpenAI's Codex or an open-source tool of your choice)

Reminder: All attendees, please bring a laptop.

Are you trying to figure out which placement test might be right for you? Would you like to know more about what you can expect in your placement interview?

Interviewer Anna Vento, and MADS Admissions & Recruitment coordinator Kelly Barger co-lead an in-depth review of the standard and advanced standing placement test procedure, advanced interview process, and hold a live Q&A at the end. Please join us to get your questions answered, and benefit from the curiosity of like-minded peers!

Featuring UM faculty with diverse perspectives, this panel series will foster discussion of moderately controversial topics relevant to the UM and Washtenaw County communities. In a time of deep polarization, these events are designed to encourage dialogue, not debate, and model the respectful, open exchange of ideas. In order to encourage meaningful, open dialogue, the panel will not be streamed or posted.

The Political Ecology Workshop (PEW) is an interdisciplinary space for scholars at all career stages with interests in political ecology and related critical approaches to the study of environment-society interactions. PEW brings together a range of divisions across campus, including Anthropology, History, Environment and Sustainability, Political Science, Sociology, and all Area Studies departments and programs. We have founded a collaborative, multidisciplinary community with a shared investment questioning how environments and societies are co-produced and the ways in which power and inequality impact the dynamics and understandings of this co-production. We have run PEW as an RIW for two years and all the workshops have been possible from our committed participants from diverse fields. This year, we intend to develop our membership further by inviting scholars from broader fields and promoting PEW on listservs across campus.

PEW supports graduate student development, including for earlier-stage students seeking interdisciplinary conversations as they develop environment-society research projects and later-stage students seeking to incorporate political ecology into their work. PEW emphasizes dedicated time for graduate students to receive feedback on their work and facilitates faculty-student mentorship. It allows students to access a range of critical environmental studies perspectives they might not have encountered through coursework or departmental activities, and to grow from the feedback and insight of faculty and peers who share this commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and professional development.

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Join the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) for a lecture by historian Vanessa Holden, Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and Director of the African American and Africana Studies Program. Holden's research examines slave insurrections and their impact on our understanding of the nation's founding, with particular attention to the experiences of women and children whose stories are often absent from traditional narratives of early American democracy.
Holden is also co-creator of the Freedom on the Run public humanities project, which preserves and makes accessible historical newspaper advertisements documenting the efforts of enslaved people to self-emancipate. Drawing from her scholarship and public humanities work, Holden will explore how expanding our understanding of who was present at the founding can deepen conversations about democracy, citizenship, and belonging in the United States.

Held in conjunction with programming surrounding the nation's 250th anniversary and Constitution Day, the event invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage with the complex histories that continue to shape American democracy today.

Copies of Holden's work and the Summer 2026 special issue of Ms. Magazine, Feminism and the Founding, will be available while supplies last.

Vanessa M. Holden (She/Her) is currently an Associate Professor of History and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is also the director of the Central Kentucky Slavery Initiative. Dr. Holden is the author of Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community (University of Illinois Press), winner of the 2021 James H. Broussard First Book Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. Surviving Southampton was also shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award.

Dr. Holden is engaged in a number of digital humanities projects. She is the co-organizer of the Queering Slavery Working Group (#QSWG) with Jessica M. Johnson (Johns Hopkins). Dr. Holden currently serves as a lead faculty member for the Freedom on the Move Project, an open-source crowdsourced database of advertisements for self-emancipated people (often called runaway ads). She is also an advisory board member for the Chronicle of African Americans in the Horse Industry, a digital humanities project focused on collecting, preserving, and making accessible histories of African American involvement in America’s many horse industries.

Dr. Holden’s writing has been published in Slavery and Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies, Perspectives on History, Process: A Blog for American History, The Rumpus, and Electric Marronage. She also blogs for Black Perspectives, the official blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), and The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History. Her research and teaching interests include African-American history, women's and gender history, the history of the American South, and U.S. history (pre-1865).

Dr. Holden serves as a faculty adviser and consultant on several public history and digital humanities projects including Freedom on the Move (a digital archive of runaway slave ads); Black Horsemen of the Kentucky Turf (an exhibit chronicling the intersecting histories of African Americans and the horse industry in Kentucky), and a grant project aimed at bringing a virtual driving tour and a museum to Southampton County, VA, that interprets the Southampton Rebellion.

You can find Dr. Holden on Twitter @drvholden.

A Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop examining how the humanities produce knowledge — and how humanists have understood, articulated, and contested their own ways of knowing.

Each Fall and Winter term, ELI presents free interactive workshops focusing on specific English writing and speaking skills U-M students need to succeed in their academic and professional careers. ELI workshops are open to all U-M students.

In order to access the Art & Architecture Shop, users must complete BOTH Orientation AND Woodshop Basics Proficiency Training. The Woodshop Basics Proficiency Training session covers the five most commonly used machines: miter saw, band saw, drill press, sanders, and scroll saw.

Access: The Shop is available to students, staff, and faculty from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning for work on class projects and research only. Potential users from other academic disciplines must be receiving credit for a class taught by a faculty member from the Art or Architecture schools.

Learn more on the A&A Shop site here.

This series will guide participants through a process of leadership growth and self-discovery: identifying their strengths, examining their unique leadership behaviors, and creating plans for continued growth. You will gain valuable insights into how you thrive, how your strengths appear in your life, and how you lead. By blending guidance, self-assessments, intentional reflection, and practical frameworks, this series supports you in taking ownership of your leadership development. All are welcome: you do not need to hold a formal leadership role to attend!


Learning Objectives
By the end of this two-part series, you will be able to:
Identify and articulate your unique strengths and talents through the CliftonStrengths assessment, and recognize how they appear in your personal and professional lifeDescribe the Michigan Model of Leadership and use its self-assessment to identify your existing leadership strengths and areas for growthCreate strategic plans for your ongoing development through setting intentional goals


Please note: we encourage participants to attend both sessions to gain the most out of the learning objectives, but doing so is not required for registration.

Join Patty Krause, Community Health Analyst, from the Washtenaw County Health Department for a tour and conversation to learn more about governmental public health and how it works in the community!
There will be different opportunities to join this semester, with additional opportunities to learn more about the experience of staff or former interns. See below for each indicated opportunity.
Please select only one tour date as seats are limited.
Friday, September 18 from 10-11:30: WCHD Staff PanelMonday, October 26 from 3-4:30: Internship Sharing Friday, December 4 from 1:30-3: Measles Exercise
This is a great opportunity to learn more about local public health and to network!
Space is limited to 10 seats per tour. You will need to provide your own transportation to the health department located at 555 Towner St., Ypsilanti, MI 48198. The health department is accessible with TheRide bus, with a stop located directly outside. Parking is also free.

The Mediterranean Topographies (“Meditopos”) Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop brings together diverse graduate students and faculty to explore common interests and develop skills for researching and teaching about Mediterranean lifeworlds. Through reading discussions, graduate student writing workshops, Zoom discussions with artists and activists, a guest lecture, and a pedagogy and syllabus workshop, we will explore ‘the Mediterranean’ as an analytical and methodological framework for scholarly inquiry across empirical contexts and disciplinary backgrounds: How can an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach enrich our understanding of Mediterranean civilizations and cultures and their interconnections? How can this particular world region generate insights with more global implications?

Join us for a virtual information session to learn more about our PhD program and the application process.

Find more about the program and our admissions process on our website or contact our Student Services Coordinator (complit.student.services@umich.edu). Note: this session will be recorded and posted to the department's website following the event.