Sessions For: Student Life

Spectrum Center's Pronouns 101 workshop is for U-M faculty, staff, and students. In this 2-hour workshop on the basics of pronouns and their usage, participants will have the chance to practice using different sets of pronouns and work on bystander intervention skills.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Learn what pronouns are and be able to share why they are important in your own words
2. Identify the correct pronouns in various sentence structures
3. Practice different methods of addressing harm using a tool called scripting (coined by author Ritu Bhasin)
4. Use an action planning resource to develop one tangible, actionable goal related to your increased inclusivity around pronouns
HOW TO ATTEND
Registration is required. A zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the workshop.
MORE WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATION
For more information about Spectrum Center’s educational workshops and/or to request an in-person/virtual workshop for your department or organization, visit https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/workshops

Developed by the MORE Committee, this workshop helps enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor by facilitating the development of shared expectations. Mentors and mentees work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles, and consider strategies for dealing with possible challenges. Then, student-faculty pairs work together to develop a written mentoring plan as a means of codifying some of the most important elements (needs, goals, mutual expectations) of a two-way mentoring relationship. Among Rackham doctoral students who have written mentoring plans, 83 percent find those plans useful.
Registration and attendance at the same workshop are required of both the faculty and the student. Separate registration for faculty is available at: https://myumi.ch/2r6kn.

Developed by the MORE Committee, this workshop helps enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor by facilitating the development of shared expectations. Mentors and mentees work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles, and consider strategies for dealing with possible challenges. Then, student-faculty pairs work together to develop a written mentoring plan as a means of codifying some of the most important elements (needs, goals, mutual expectations) of a two-way mentoring relationship. Among Rackham doctoral students who have written mentoring plans, 83 percent find those plans useful.
Registration and attendance at the same workshop are required of both the faculty and the student. Separate registration for students is available at: https://myumi.ch/6167J.

The Personal Statement Workshop is open to all
interested University of Michigan students and alumni. The workshop will help
students gain a better understanding of the mechanics of the law school
personal statement. It is designed to give insight into the brainstorming,
drafting, and editing phases of the process.

Sweet Sensations is apart of the How to Flourish Workshop that is offered through Trotter Multicultural Center's workshop/ and or programming series. HTF is a series of program or workshops that is based off of the Wolverine Wellness Flower. Each pedal of the flower is representative of a dimension of wellness that is based from the work of Wolverine Wellness. Sweet Sensations plays off the physical wellness dimension. Historically for first-year and first gen students this workshop is open to any and everybody.
This workshop will inform how sexual health and engaging in safe and smart sexual practices will impact your physical wellness. Join speakers from Trotter Multicultural Center and Spectrum Center for this informative, fun, and engaging event. Boba, cookies, and other sweet treats will be provided.

Join us for Empowering Teams 101 where we help you and your team work smarter and achieve more together. Whether joining a team for the first time or you've been collaborating with your group for a while, this 2-hour workshop is tailored to empower you and your colleagues.

In this session, we take you through the core principles of the Empowering Teams 101 approach, broken down into five straightforward areas (Metrics, Visual Board, Team Huddles, Experiments to Learn and Innovate (ELI), and Leadership Walks). These principles will guide you in enhancing team efficiency and the quality of your work. You'll get the chance to take a step back, consider how these elements apply to your team, and exchange insights with other participants on the same journey.

This workshop is ideal for those who are already part of a campus team applying the Empowering Teams 101 strategies.Still, we warmly welcome anyone keen to learn and possibly adopt these methods in the future. Join us to unlock your team's full potential with simple, effective strategies that make working together even better.
Learn more about Organizational Excellence by visiting https://organizationalexcellence.umich.edu

Everything is on fire. The supports disabled people need for survival are being decimated. The robots are coming after us, harvesting our data, surveilling us, and determining who is worthy to live. What can we do? How might the wisdom of disability elders and cross-movement organizers equip us for what’s happening and what’s to come? This roundtable brings together disability culture workers, activists, writers, and scholars to think-together about disability futures.

We want to make our events accessible to all participants. ASL and CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.

In this interactive workshop, the Rackham embedded University Career Center Ph.D. coaching team will guide you through converting your academic CV to an industry resume.
Brief best practices will be shared, but most of the time will be spent actively working on your resume, so bring a laptop or a few printed copies of your CV or resume.


Lunch will be provided.

This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance around interviewing for positions beyond tenure track roles, which can differ greatly from the academic job search process. It also meets the needs of those applying to internships, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The workshop will focus on preparing graduate students to navigate the interview process, and to effectively answer questions by strategically articulating strengths and skills. We will also discuss a framework for answering behavioral interview questions.
This event is intended to be interactive, therefore a recording will not be available. 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

Guest Scholar Vivi Lachs, author of East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press, offers a student-focused workshop for anyone interested in Yiddish. Online attendance is available for this event via Zoom. Pre-readings will be circulated one week prior to the event.

Sign up for a two-hour work session, followed by a hot lunch with colleagues. The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats offer 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. Lunch, after the work session, is 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 ~7,600 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 retreats officially run from 10-1 (10-12 for quiet work time and 12-1 for lunch). Faculty are also invited to arrive at 9am to get in an extra hour of work (and enjoy coffee, tea, and breakfast snacks). You’re welcome to arrive early, any time after 9 am.

Alumni Networking Night is an annual signature School of Public Health event open to the entire student body. This unique opportunity features our distinguished alumni, in partnership with our student leaders, to provide an excellent space for career exploration as well as personal and professional development. Explore your interests by attending a panel topic discussion, connecting with an alum as they tell you about a day in their life, and posing for an updated professional headshot. Refreshments and heavy hors d'oeuvres will be provided. Attire is business casual.
This 12th annual event is hosted by Student Life, Development and Alumni Engagement, and Career Development teams at the School of Public Health.
Students are encouraged to attend the Preparing to Network event on Monday, October 20th, from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM in the 1680 SPH I (Paul B. Cornely Community Room). We want you to feel comfortable and excited to connect with your Umich alums!
We cannot guarantee a pre-printed name tag if you register after 11:59 PM on Tuesday, October 21st but we will have blank name tags on site.

A scholarly discussion of East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press, specifically focused on Yiddish print media.

This information session is an opportunity for graduate students to ask questions and learn more about the Community Engaged Course Design Workshop facilitated by staff at Rackham and the Ginsberg Center for Community Service Learning.
The Community Engaged Course Design Workshop is a semester-long professional development workshop for graduate students from any discipline interested in learning how to design and teach a community engaged learning course for undergraduate students. During the program, students explore the theoretical foundations, ethical implications, and practice of community engaged teaching in order to design a course and syllabus rooted in their field of study for undergraduates to participate in community engaged learning. You can learn more and apply on the program's website.

The Pre-Law 101 Info Session is an exploratory
program that focuses on developing strategies to explore the legal field and
provides an overview of the law school admission process. The session will
include a presentation given by Pre-Law Advisors followed by a live Q & A
period. The session is open to all interested University of Michigan students
and alumni.

Building your network is something you can be doing proactively throughout graduate school. Additionally, learning from what others have done in their career is a great way to explore areas of interest. Join us to learn how to navigate and develop the basics of your own LinkedIn profile. We will introduce ways to build connections and learn more about opportunities through informational interviews by using LinkedIn and UCAN (University Career Alumni Network).
If you do not yet have a LinkedIn account, please create a free account before the session at linkedin.com.


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

This panel brings together Black feminist scholars, writers, and public intellectuals to examine how and why debates about gender, sexuality, and nationality consistently emerge as top topics on social media platforms within Black discursive communities. How do algorithms and influencer culture contribute to sowing discontent and misinformation among Black social media users? We consider the social and political implications, who ultimately benefits from these conversations, and how we can make different choices around our own engagement and participation.

Additional panelists coming soon.

We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.

How do we remember the Holocaust in 2025? "The Media of Holocaust Memory" brings together two leading Holocaust scholars to discuss the role of "high tech" computer algorithms and AI and "low tech" monuments and material artifacts as technologies for memorializing. In conversation with each other and the audience, Laura Levitt and Todd Presner will discuss how the ethical possibilities and challenges Holocaust memory have and will continue to evolve in the twenty-first century.

This workshop will explore the many transferable skills you have gained during graduate school and how to translate these skills to the non-academic job market. We’ll review transferable skills employers value (e.g., collaboration, critical thinking, project management) and discuss the types of graduate school experiences where you may have honed these skills. You will have time to reflect on your unique experiences and articulate the transferable skills gained from them. To get the most out of the session, please review this worksheet and come prepared with questions and/or experiences to share.
This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available.


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

Are you interested in learning how to effectively connect with colleagues and prospective employers? Do you want to learn how to discuss your research to those outside of your field? If so, this integrative workshop will help you to develop a strong pitch that can be used in networking opportunities. Come and a) learn about the process of networking, b) develop and practice your pitch, c) reflect on when (and when not) to bring your research up in your pitch, and d) understand University Career Center networking and career development resources.


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

Sign up for a two-hour work session, followed by a hot lunch with colleagues. The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats offer 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. Lunch, after the work session, is 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 ~7,600 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 retreats officially run from 10-1 (10-12 for quiet work time and 12-1 for lunch). Faculty are also invited to arrive at 9am to get in an extra hour of work (and enjoy coffee, tea, and breakfast snacks). You’re welcome to arrive early, any time after 9 am.

Negotiation is something that many people feel unprepared for, especially during the job search process. We'll talk through the steps involved in salary negotiation, as well as negotiation tips that can be utilized in other contexts. Bring your questions, as there will be plenty of time for questions and answers.
This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available.


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

Rackham program staff and faculty are invited to attend the Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Information Session with the PACE team. During this virtual meeting we will discuss the goals of the RMF program, how to assess eligibility and evaluate for the RMF criteria, review the award process including the new application for RMF allocations, and answer any questions you have about the administration of the fellowship. Whether or not you attend the information session, we encourage you to visit our website or contact the PACE team (rackham-pace@umich.edu, or 734-615-5670) with any questions. Zoom meeting details will be provided after registration.

Can technology improve the lives of Black boys? Recently, new reports, with familiar conclusions, discuss the way Black boys continue to fall behind, which is partially responsible for shrinking enrollments of Black men in college. Particularly striking are the declining numbers at HBCUs. In turning this conversation away from negative reporting toward positive action, we will explore the ways technology can intervene and provide new opportunities, pathways, and platforms for Black boys to thrive.
We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
Meet the Panelists
Jonathan Cropper is a respected brand strategist, global creative director, educator, and futurist. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Lewis Latimer Fellowship Program, supported by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and founder of Futurlogic Advanced Concepts, a highly confidential business development, design, and branding studio. Jon has designed and implemented innovation strategies for many global brands, and sits on multiple startup boards as an angel investor and advisor. Most recently, he was the Head of Global Real Estate, Aviation & Marine Partnerships for Aston Martin Lagonda.

Kareem Edouard is an Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies at the School of Education at Drexel University and co-Director of The Informal Learning Linking Engineering Science & Technology (ILLEST) Lab. His research interests lie in understanding the intersectionality of race and culture and STEAM engagement for students of color. His goal is to motivate Black students to pursue STEAM learning through culturally relevant informal STEM programs. His current research focuses on equity and access in the maker movement for Black student participants. In addition to his scholarly work, Kareem is also a media consultant for The Ole Greens Group. Dr. Edouard consults with various entities like: PBS KIDS, YouTube/Google, GBH KIDS, etc., with a focus on creative and content development emphasizing culture and inclusion and learning strategies.

John Pasmore is the founder and CEO or Latimer.AI, an Artificial Intelligence company built to be the premier Large Language Model focused on accurate historical information and bias-free interaction for Black and Brown audiences and anyone who values precision in their data. He recently served as a partner at the Family Office, TRS Capital and at Movita Organics, an organic supplement company led by filmmaker and social activist, Tonya Lewis Lee. John sits on the Board of Directors of Outward Bound USA.

Meet the Moderator
Rayvon Fouché holds a joint appointment as Professor of Communication Studies and Professor in the Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrative Marketing Communications. He authored or edited Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science and Social Power (University of Minnesota Press, 2004), Technology Studies (Sage Publications, 2008), the 4th Edition of the Handbook of Science & Technology Studies (MIT Press, 2016), and Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017).