Sessions For: Student Life (Housing)

In Person: This program is offered twice a year for U-M Student Life staff free of charge. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a terrific tool for helping people change behavior. It's especially helpful for medical staff (lifestyle changes and medication adherence), therapists/counselors for behavior change to support mental health, and wellness coaches. Its use is being expanded to Student Life advisers, supervisors, and more. Learn basic, foundational skills for MI, including spirit (Compassion, Acceptance, Partnership, Evocation), OARS (open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries), identifying and responding to change talk, and a brief overview of discord (if time permits). There will be plenty of practice in "real plays" (you get to work on your own behavior changes that you are ambivalent about--so bring a couple behaviors you'd like to change. While you won't be an expert at MI when you are done, you will be able to start the practice, move forward in your skills, and know how to improve. Please only register if you can attend all of the training dates, as each day builds on prior sessions. All Fridays, all in person:

* January 10, 9-5, location University Health Service (UHS), Meeting Rooms 1&2

* January 17, 9-12:30, UHS, Meeting Rooms 1&2

* January 24, 9-12:30,UHS, Meeting Rooms 1&2

* January 30, 9-12:30,UHS, Meeting Rooms 1&2

** Please note that there may be a $25 charge to your department if there is no cancellation at least three days before the training begins or if you no-show on the first day**

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.

Rackham program staff and faculty are invited to attend the following sessions with the Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence (PACE) team covering the RMF program. Details for each session can be found below. 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.

AC100


Learn about the various funds that make up the university's general ledger. This is an introductory course on Fund Accounting and Chartfields at the University of Michigan.

Agenda:

Chartfield Structure Overview

Income Statement and Balance Sheet Overview

Expenses/Revenues Overview

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no classes scheduled for June and July, due to peak year-end processing for the Accounting Customer Service team.

AC200

Learn about Revenue and Expense types and Journal entries at the University of Michigan.

Agenda:
Revenue Types
Expense Types
Journal Entries


PLEASE NOTE: There will be no classes scheduled for June and July, due to peak year-end processing for the Accounting Customer Service team.

Building on the introductory session in October, this webinar is designed for research administrators who have already begun exploring generative AI tools. Don Lambert, Director of Emerging Technology at ITS, will lead this deeper dive into practical applications of AI in research administration.


In this session, you will:
Examine real-world use cases of generative AI in administrative workflows.
Learn strategies for integrating AI tools effectively and responsibly.
Explore advanced features and campus resources that can enhance productivity and efficiency.


Whether you’re just beginning to explore AI or are looking to advance your skills, this session will provide practical examples, best practices, and expert guidance tailored to research administrators.

Designed to help with frequently requested topics by students across disciplines, these workshops aim to provide support and guidance as you navigate your academic and professional growth at the University of Michigan. Differing from UROP’s ongoing Skill-Building Workshops, the Student Success Workshops focus on improving overall student success, rather than specific research project skills. Workshops are open to any undergraduate student at UM.

This session is part of the 2025-2026 Generative AI tutorial series hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (MIDAS)
About: This session explores how researchers can critically and effectively use generative AI tools to support and enhance the literature review process. Participants will engage hands-on with models such as NotebookLM and Perplexity to assess their ability to identify, summarize, and synthesize scholarly information. Through guided exercises, attendees will evaluate each tool’s strengths and limitations, reflect on issues of accuracy, bias, and validity, and develop a more rigorous and informed approach to integrating GenAI tools into their scholarly discovery and review workflows.

Organizational Excellence organizes and facilitates Empowering Blue, a program where the U-M community can learn about ideas and best practices for continuous improvement. Our mission is to empower the U-M community to take action by sharing ideas and best practices to make their work better and easier.

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.

What happens when an ancient language meets modern technology? This lecture will discuss the role played by media technologies—such as the phonograph, typewriters, the telegraph, and computers—in the revitalization and modernization of Hebrew since the end of the nineteenth century. After lying dormant for two millennia as a mainly written language, Hebrew awoke from its literary slumber and became a living modern vernacular. The revitalization of Hebrew is unique and unprecedented in world history, and it has been studied in various fields; but the role of modern media technologies in mediating this revival has not yet been considered. This lecture will delve into questions such as: what was the role of sound recording technologies in shaping the reemerging modern Hebrew speech? And how did the Hebraized typewrite pushed for the modernization of writing in Hebrew?. It will show how these media, whose emergence ran in historical parallel to the revitalization of Hebrew, were an active force in shaping the language as a modern communicative medium. Hebrew was a historical media lab: written from right to left and in unique script, it posed technical as well as conceptual challenges to media which were originally designed for Latin script and Western writing systems. The adaptation of these technologies to Hebrew required various adaptations that shaped lingual mechanisms, which had social and political ramifications on the emerging Hebrew culture.

The Student Life Facilitation Committee and Student Life Professional Development are proud to announce that we are offering a staff-oriented facilitation training opportunity once again! A similar training has been offered to students and we have adapted the curriculum to provide staff with the skills and knowledge necessary to build confidence and ability in facilitation. The training location is TBD:
Monday, March 2 & Tuesday, March 3, 8:30am-4:30pm. Attendance is required for the full training. A light breakfast & Blue Bucks for lunch will be provided.
The training is comprised of a 16-hour training curriculum designed to: 1) prepare participants to facilitate dialogues, meetings, and workshops involving two or more individuals; 2) be available to staff within Student Life; 3) supplement unit-specific trainings; 4) maximize divisional resources; and 5) be module-based and repeatable.
We encourage you to register, participate, and gain invaluable skills throughout the training. This training is free to Student Life staff and $100 for staff in other departments. We have a minimum cap of 16 and a maximum cap of 26. If we do not meet the minimum we will need to cancel the training. If we meet the maximum you will have the opportunity to join a waitlist.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact slfacilitation@umich.edu

What does it mean to be in community? This panel brings together activists, scholars, and writers to explore connections between critical social issues—health justice, discrimination, technofascism, and surveillance—and the possibilities of grassroots response. Panelists will discuss tensions between collectivizing and collaborating: How do we negotiate care when our access to care hinges on being identified and enumerated by the state? What tactics for resistance might we use in digital communities that are subject to increased surveillance? How can we be there for and with each other?

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

The 36th Annual David W. Belin Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Ayala Fader on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Food will be served at the pre-lecture reception, and Fader will sign books after the lecture. All are invited to join the Frankel Center for our most popular community event of the year!