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In this fast-paced, ever-changing, increasingly globalized world, we need to be able to understand how to work effectively with many different types of people to reach our goals. In this workshop, we will focus on cultural intelligence (or CQ as it is often called) to assess your own cultural values and behavioral preferences while understanding where others may be coming from. Participants will have the opportunity to practice how to navigate cultural misunderstandings that may occur within your research or a major project team and develop plans for how to continue building your cultural intelligence.


This workshop is open to all master’s, PhD., and postdoctoral scholars at the University of Michigan. If you have any questions, please reach out to rackpdeworkshops@umich.edu.

Are you ready for Spring yet?

Join us for a casual, yet intentional stroll through the Arb while we explore new growth and the possibility of change. Join Dr. Joseph Rizzo and a member of the Arb Staff as we explore the seasonal changes occurring in our local ecosystem. We will engage in mindfulness activity meant to deepen our connection between the seasonal shifts and our internal experience.

Come play in a safe and fun environment and discover the untapped capability of your voice, body and imagination. These basic tools are the foundation for humans to express, communicate and connect with each other and the world around us. Through theater and storytelling techniques; our TeAda Methodology instills mindfulness, builds teamwork, and explores cultural connections. Although this is an event focused on AA&PI communities, we approach the process by honoring each person individually as a community collectively. This workshop will fine tune your listening, observational and performance skills. Participants will be encouraged to engage, move and share. Registration is required as spots are limited!

Whether you are new to WISE and interested in learning more about who we are and what we do or are simply looking for ways to connect with other STEM students or hoping to get more involved with us, we invite you to join us for our all-community meetings. You can expect a brief update about upcoming events, resources available, and even share about relevant events you are hosting with our community. Then we will bring out snacks, crafts, puzzles, and our massage chair for you to relax, make new friends, and hang out in our space. All STEM undergraduate/graduate students and postdocs are welcome to attend.

Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) program for our invited seminar speaker series where we welcome experts in data science & social science to teach students about real-world applications of quantitative skills that have real impact in today's world. Explore career interests and applications of your QMSS skills, network with our invited speakers, and learn about the wide world of quantitative methods in the social sciences!

The SCOR Executive Board is excited to host a series of small group events designed to foster networking, collaboration, and community-building in a fun and relaxed setting. Each Executive Board member will plan a unique activity or event for a group of 5-6 participants, giving you the chance to connect with new peers in an engaging way.
📅 Flexible Scheduling:Events will be held at different times, so you can sign up for the time that best fits your schedule. However, to encourage fresh connections, participant groups will be randomly assigned, allowing you to meet and interact with a diverse mix of graduate students.
🎯 Why Join?
Expand your network and make meaningful connections.Enjoy a fun and interactive activity.Contribute to building a stronger graduate student community.👉 Sign up now to reserve your spot and be part of this exciting series of small group events!

The Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR) are excited to welcome you to the 2026 Social Justice Symposium: “Sankofa: Honoring the Past to Strengthen Future Democracy.” This event seeks to explore a central question: How can university communities draw upon their histories of activism, advocacy, and democratic participation to build a more equitable and inclusive future?
Our symposium serves as both a commemoration and a call to action—celebrating the Rackham Graduate School’s 150th anniversary while honoring SCOR’s origins in the Black Action Movement (BAM) of the 1970s. Through a combination of panel discussions, flash talks by faculty-student pairs, and interactive workshops, the event will create a space for students, faculty, alumni, and community members to reflect on how movements for racial and social justice have shaped higher education and to envision new strategies for democratic engagement today!



Each year, SCOR is proud to host an annual social justice symposium. This event is a part of SCOR’s legacy and a testament to our commitment of fostering dialogue and awareness surrounding the academic, social, and cultural journeys of graduate students of color at the University of Michigan. While the symposium is thoughtfully designed with the needs and experiences of graduate students in focus, we extend invitations to both undergraduate students and faculty, recognizing that our experiences are not only unique to us. We understand it is important to garner a supportive community. We seek support from faculty who have navigated similar paths and from other students who resonate with the symposium themes. This is also an opportune time to connect with others who are contemplating their next steps after undergraduate or masters studies. Aligned with our mission, SCOR welcomes everyone, irrespective of identities, religion, culture or abilities to participate in the symposium, showcasing the rich diversity and wealth of scholarly talent that Michigan graduate students have to offer. In pursuit of our objectives, this year's symposium revolves around the theme "Express Yourself—a vibrant celebration of self-expression." Our aim is to cultivate a safe and encouraging space for students to explore creative outlets and illuminate how their multifaceted experiences shape their research, hobbies, and other interests in the face of challenging realities.

The Graduate Society of Women Engineers hosts events to help female graduate engineers thrive socially, academically, and professionally. For more information, visit our website and enter your email address to start receiving GradSWE's weekly event announcements.

Welcome to the University of Michigan! "So, You're New to Higher Ed" is a foundational course for Student Life staff members new to working in higher education and the world of student affairs. This four-session course covers key topics essential for understanding and thriving in the university environment.

Please register for each of the four sessions.

Take a break and unwind with a relaxing jigsaw puzzle session. Drop in, find your piece, and enjoy a quiet, low-pressure space to slow down and recharge. Snacks provided!!

The Erasure Poetry Workshop is a participatory session within the 30th National Poetry Month Erasure Symposium, hosted by University of Michigan Library in the Hatcher Gallery. The symposium brings together scholars, practitioners, artists, and community members to explore how erasure operates across institutional, archival, cultural, and political contexts — and how it is challenged in practice.
This erasure poetry workshop emphasizes shared inquiry, hands-on exploration, and collective reflection. Led by poet & educator Caro New, the session will begin with a brief introduction to erasure poetry — including questions of authorship, found text, and the ethical implications of erasure — followed by guided creative exercises.
This session is designed to be accessible to participants from a wide range of disciplines and roles. Participants will work directly with existing texts to create their own erasure poems, experimenting with language, absence, and meaning through material and embodied practice.
Participants can expect:
Brief framing remarks and provocations from the facilitator
Guided small-group discussion
Opportunities to reflect on erasure as it shows up in your own work, research, or community
A structured but flexible space for dialogue rather than debate
No advance preparation is required.

Facilitator: CAROLINE HARPER NEW
Raised in the South of Georgia, poet Caroline Harper New's work is rooted in the precarious landscape of the Gulf Coast, where she reckons with love’s potential for violence in human and animal worlds.
As a scholar and an artist, her practice spans anthropology, poetry, sculpture, painting, film, translation, and the tendons in between. Her recent work deals with human & non-human entanglements, ruptures in temporality, and the relationship between death and extinction.
New is the author of A History of Half-Birds (Milkweed Editions, 2024) winner of the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry. Selected by poet Maggie Smith, this debut collection of poems explores the aftermath of history’s most powerful forces: devotion, disaster, and us. She has a chapbook, If I Call This Cave a Garden (2025 winner of the vinyl45 chapbook prize) forthcoming with YesYes Books in 2026.
New has been awarded multiple Hopwood Prizes for her poetry, drama, and nonfiction works. She earned her M.F.A. in Poetry at the University of Michigan, where she is currently a Ph.D. student in Anthropology.

To support thoughtful and respectful engagement, participants will be asked to:
Listen with openness and curiosity
Speak from personal or professional experience
Respect confidentiality when sensitive experiences are shared
Allow for disagreement without dismissal

This workshop prioritizes care, complexity, and mutual respect. If you have accessibility needs or questions about participating in this session, please contact j. Oceano Idyllwild (oceano@umich.edu). We are committed to making this workshop as accessible as possible.

Discover the fundamentals of sports taping in this interactive workshop led by a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM). Sports medicine is a specialty within podiatric medicine, focusing on injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance optimization from athletes to weekend warriors. This session will provide practical techniques and insights into how proper taping supports foot and ankle health, enhances stability, and aids recovery. Perfect for healthcare professionals, athletic trainers, and anyone interested in sports medicine.

Note: this is an in-person event on the Ann Arbor campus.
Dinners for Democracy are nonpartisan presentations and small group discussions on topics students care about, hosted by the student organization, Turn Up Turnout (TUT). This event is in collaboration with the League of Women Voters. Free dinner is provided!


The event will discuss how petitions can be misleading and confusing and how to be certain you know exactly what the ballot proposal will do and how it will affect you.
Participants can expect to gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and an opportunity to discuss their thoughts, information about how their vote in local offices can affect the issue, and additional resources they can use to learn more.

The Raise the Bar Workshop is a community check in around alcohol and substance use culture and its impact on the experiences of sexual assault. RTB aims to reduce harm and foster a culture of safety and accountability social and community-driven organizations on campus by equipping members with the tools to intervene, support peers, and model positive social norms. It also supports the broader university goal of creating safer, more inclusive communities.

The Raise the Bar 2.0 workshop will strategically focus on the following knowledge, skills, and attitude changes for participants:
Knowledge:
Increased knowledge of the impacts and influence of alcohol and substances in rape culture.
Increased understanding of how alcohol and substances are used as date rape drugs
Behavioral and Culture Change:
Actions to take to create drinking cultures where we are less assaultagenic
Useful social norms around safety and wellbeing linking to their organizational platforms
Exploration of group’s norms around alcohol and substance use and how these contribute or detract from the social, physical and emotional health of group members
Skill Attainment
Bystander intervention skills in substance use settings specific to the group or organization’s culture
Clear strategies to address inappropriate behavior. Linking the behaviors to an acronym.
Learning how to identify perpetrator behaviors
Implementing Bystander Intervention skills

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!

Please join us for an opportunity to meet selected grantees of the 2025 Anti-Racism Graduate Research Grants. Sponsored by the Bowman Center for Scholarship to Practice, the Anti-Racism Research Grant for Graduate Students program supports engagement in research projects focused on racism, racial equity, and racial justice while advancing graduate students' progress toward their degree.

In the fifth year of this program, the Bowman Center has awarded 19 research grants to individuals and teams comprised of University of Michigan (U-M) graduate students. Click here to view all the 2025 grantees' project abstracts.

Join OPGS to recognize and celebrate Arab American Heritage Month. Come out to engage with
the Arabic alphabet and calligraphy and learn how to write your name in Arabic! A light lunch will be served.

Join CGIS Advisor, Joy Richardson, and Sant'Anna Institute staff to learn more about the CGIS: Humanities and Social Sciences in Sorrento (Italy) program, the application process, the academics, and life in Sorrento.
Please note that both of these sessions will be virtual over Zoom. Both sessions will contain the same info, so students have the option to choose either one to attend.
To learn more, visit the M-Compass brochure:https://mcompass.umich.edu/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=12125 and the Sant'Anna Institute website: https://www.santannainstitute.com/.

U-M students, faculty and staff are invited to take control of their personal safety by learning physical and verbal strategies to counter violence through our empowerment self-defense workshops.
The workshops, led by Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention (SHARP)-certified instructors, aim to teach participants situational awareness and prevention skills to leave them better equipped to deal with everything from harassment to potentially violent people to sexual assault. Participants will take part in verbal exercises, physical drills and discussion.

Celebrate the arrival of spring with the English Language Institute's Student Staff and international students and scholars from across campus. Meet new friends, decorate cookies, and enjoy free pizza.
All are welcome, but please RSVP so we know how much food to order.

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.

The African Graduate Students Association (AGSA) at the University of Michigan invites you to its 2026 Graduate Research Symposium, a one-day interdisciplinary academic gathering that centers African scholarship as a driving force in global knowledge production.
Guided by the theme “We Are the Archive,” the symposium asserts that African scholars do not merely respond to existing bodies of knowledge, we actively produce, expand, and redefine them. Across disciplines, research conducted by Africans on the continent and across the diaspora, engages some of the most pressing global challenges in science, health, technology, governance, economics, development, and the humanities. Across generations, the multiplicity of African knowledge (and its diaspora) have shaped foundational debates and advanced new methods across disciplines. This symposium highlights research that is rigorous and original, and attentive to the questions, archives, and intellectual genealogies that animate African, and diasporic inquiry. We convene to share work, grounded in theory, empirical data, innovation, and lived experience, generating new scholarship and practice.
“We Are the Archive” is a declaration and an invitation. It calls on participants to envision African research as transformative rather than reactive, generative rather than marginal, and innovative rather than imitative. This symposium foregrounds scholarship that affirms African agency, creativity, and intellectual continuity across time and space.

This workshop series helps graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows build the professional skills needed to succeed in
today’s competitive job market. With a focus on biomedical and life
sciences, and biomedical engineering, you will gain the strategies and
confidence to pursue careers in academia, industry, or beyond. Through
interactive sessions that blend presentations with hands-on activities,
you will practice proven approaches to job applications, networking,
interviewing, and career planning, so you can stand out to employers and
take the next step with confidence.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this series, you will be able to:
Craft strong application materials that showcase your research expertise and transferable skills using the W.H.O. method.Build connections and network effectively with a strong elevator pitch and an optimized LinkedIn profile (Headline-About-Experience format).Succeed in interviews by applying the S.T.A.R. method and approach salary negotiations confidently.Design a strategic job search with S.M.A.R.T. goals and plan long-term career growth through an Individual Development Plan.

Join our Brown Bag “Ask Me Anything” session with four Biostatistics faculty members for an engaging conversation about research, career paths, and mentorship. The event will begin with brief introductions followed by a moderated discussion where students are encouraged to bring questions on any topics of interest and hear directly from faculty about their experiences and perspectives.

After the discussion, stay for lunch and continue the conversation with faculty in a relaxed setting. This is a great opportunity to ask follow-up questions, connect with faculty beyond the classroom, and gain insights in a more informal, small-group environment.

Please RSVP using the form below so we can estimate attendance and accommodate dietary preferences. The RSVP form will include a section for food preferences and dietary restrictions.

We hope to see many of you there!

The Arts Initiative and TMC/MESA are hosting a Student Poetry Exhibition at the Michigan Union! The theme is "tomorrow" and selected poems are displayed in the Michigan Union from April 3rd-17th with a kick-off event on April 3rd in the Wolverine Room, Michigan Union. There will be light appetizers and activities for attendees and we invite you all to view the selected poems!

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. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate for CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and First Aid valid for two years.

This is a blended learning course that requires roughly 4 hours of online work prior to the first day of the course.

**There is no fee for current Michigan Recreation employees. The fee for community members, faculty, staff, or students who are not employed by the Michigan Recreation Dept. is $90. You can use the link here to complete payment.**

Feel like you're falling behind on credits, or want to get further
ahead? Want to make sure you're achieving the recommended credit
momentum going into next year? Want to ask questions about taking
classes at another college/university? Have questions about the
Transfer Credit Equivalency Guide? This is the support you need!



The Newnan Student Success Team will guide you through how to take
classes at, or outside, U-M this spring/summer and earn some credits
prior to next fall. To help ensure you're making the progress you're
hoping to achieve, we'll talk to you about how these classes will be
added to your degree audit.



We'll make a particular effort to explain how taking spring/summer
courses can impact your GPA if you're on an Academic Progress Notice.



Agenda for the session:

How to take summer courses at U-M or another school

How would taking classes impact your GPA? Particularly if on an Academic Progress Notice

Explain Credit Momentum and discuss the benefits

Navigate Transfer Credit Equivalency and Michigan Transfer Agreement sites

Discuss direct equivalent credit vs. departmental credit

Audit checklist and ‘What-If’ Reports

How to transfer credits back



If you have any questions or concerns, please email erinkell@umich.edu.

Want to plan ahead but not sure where to start? Thinking of study abroad during the winter term but have questions?Sign up for the CGIS Advising Fair and relevant info sessions to get answers before summer starts!
In Person CGIS Advising Fair: Friday, April 10th - Drop in to the CGIS Office (Weiser Hall, Suite 200) between 12-2pm
Virtual Info Sessions: Monday, April 6th-Friday, April 10th

Unable to attend an info session but want to learn more? Sign up for the session anyway and we can send you the recording!

We invite you to participate in idea generation sessions that will be designed to spark innovative thinking, generate collective insights, and inform the priorities of Trotter/MESA. PLEASE NOTE: these sessions are only for U-M students.

This workshop series brings a renewed focus to cultivating inclusive environments across campus. Participants will explore personal and collective experiences, learn best practices and strategies to foster belonging, and strengthen their ability to serve and support a diverse student population. Workshop offerings are open to Student Life staff and campus colleagues; attendance is voluntary. All workshops are free to Student Life Professional Staff Members.

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.

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:

Principles and Practice of Ethical Community Engagement
Democratic Engagement
Leadership for Social Change
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: https://ginsberg.umich.edu/linc

Want to build your confidence and fluency using English in class discussions, written assignments, and in conversations on campus?

Come meet ELI’s faculty to learn about our Academic English Mini-Courses and enjoy some free pizza!

This is a casual, drop-in style event. There is no formal presentation.
Come anytime during the session!

Please sign up here to attend Center for Campus Involvement's New Organization Orientation. This session is required for any student who wishes to start a new organization.

Please join the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures for a series of film screenings (shown in German with English subtitles). All films are held in North Quad 2435 with pizza served at 6pm and films beginning at 6:30pm, unless otherwise noted.

In a vibrant celebration of National Poetry Month, the dynamic duo behind the art collective Eat Off Art, Edreys and Alexa Wajed, spend three action-packed days immersed in poetry, art, creative expression, and social responsibility at the Institute for the Humanities.
Today: This workshop features expressive, freeform artistic expression through guided exercises, combined with the creation of affirmations distilled into Haikus and Poetry, as a love letter to oneself.
Light refreshments included.

What to Expect:
Establish practices for independent writingHone, refine, and rehearse poetic/creative processA good time!About Eat Off Art
Eat Off Art is a creative design agency focused on building community based in Buffalo, NY. Alexa and Edreys Wajed, the founders of Eat Off Art, are dynamic artists and creative change agents. Eat Off Art is a multi-dimensional agency, platform, and affirmation all in one, providing transformative experiences through creativity, food, and art, countering the adage of the “starving artist,” in subscription to a new narrative of “thriving artists.”

About Edreys:
Edreys is an artist, educator, emcee, poet, playwright, and entrepreneur. His positivity and creativity stem from a desire to inspire others.

About Alexa:
Alexa is a chef, jewelry designer, and businesswoman who blends her savvy to empower others to eat off their art.


“Together they are an unstoppable duo who make up Eat Off Art bringing together creative engagement with food politics and the struggle for race and social justice through visual art, sound, and fashion with a critical and creative genius that is truly unique.” – Dr. Camilo Trumper Associate Professor of History, Director of Undergraduate Studies – University at Buffalo (SUNY)

The University of Michigan College of Engineering and the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Education invite you to participate in Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week.


The Wellness & Social Day event on April 7 is open to current CoE graduate students and will offer food, music, activities, swag, and door prizes.