All Sessions

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.**

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.

How should universities respond to controversial or challenging speech while addressing student concerns about safety and belonging? What role can students play in creating a campus culture where people can speak, listen, disagree, change their minds, and defend their convictions?

Join the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and partnering U-M units for a student-focused conversation examining key questions at the heart of campus speech debates. Featuring insights from FIRE experts on free expression in the arts, First Amendment issues in the age of AI, legal battles, and state and federal interventions, the discussion moderated by U-M Open Inquiry fellow Michelle Liao will invite members of the U-M community to think critically about what meaningful commitments to free speech require from our institutions and from us all.

This event is sponsored by U-M Life-Changing Education, Access & Opportunity, and Talking Maize & Blue, as well as other campus partners.

OrgBasics is a series of workshops offered throughout the academic year that helps student organization members and leaders learn the "basics" of running a student organization at the University of Michigan. Workshop topics for the 26-27 academic year include Student Org Funding Resources, Event Planning Logistics and Risk Management, Marketing Strategies, MaizePages: Level Up Your Org, Membership Retention and Involvement, Beyond the Org: Involvement to Impact and Annual Re-Registration Review.

Are you interested in –
• Connecting with students from across campus while elevating your leadership learning?
• Exploring the possibilities in the BLI?
• Enjoying a light dinner in a dynamic, welcoming, and supportive community?
Join us for our COMMUNITY MEETINGS held twice a month on Wednesdays in Weiser Hall.

We hope to inspire and engage our community of leaders at these interactive and social events led by our student Applied Leadership Fellows!
Please note – this event is open to all undergrads to invite your friends who want to explore the BLI! Dinner is intended for those participating in the event.

This semester, the First-Gen Fall Community Dinner focuses on demystifying the experience of graduate school for students interested in pursuing graduate study in the future. The event will have round table discussions with current graduate students and a panel discussion. Dinner will be served. There is no dress code for this event.

Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Program for a series dedicated to professional development for undergraduate students. These events are open to all students, regardless of their affiliation with QMSS, but specially designed for students in QMSS courses and the QMSS minor. Through these workshops, seminars, and events, we hope to provide students with information and resources for navigating the internship & job hunt process, skills for marketing themselves for those opportunities in application and electronic portfolio materials, networking opportunities with professionals in data-related fields across the public and private sector, and ultimately set individuals up to be among the most competitive applicants for opportunities relevant for QMSS skills.

Commons and Undercommons: Featured Faculty Projects Lunch and Learn sessions are typically held once per month and offer the opportunity for faculty to give short talks on recent projects. They may discuss works in progress or recently completed projects, along with their intended next steps. These sessions are an opportunity to learn more about the work of Stamps colleagues. Lunch will be provided.

This workshop series will equip you with practical strategies for communicating science with clarity and confidence as a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher. You will explore approaches to developing productive writing habits, outlining a clear and compelling research manuscript, and adapting scientific messages for different disciplines and audiences. The series will also offer guidance and hands-on practice in designing and delivering effective poster presentations and oral talks. Through interactive activities, practical frameworks, and opportunities to apply what you learn to your own research, you will strengthen your written, visual, and verbal science communication skills.

Aims & Objectives

By the end of this series, you will be able to:


Structure and design engaging scientific posters that clearly convey your research and enhance audience understanding and message retention.
Organize the motivation, problem statement, and results of your research into a logical manuscript outline that supports a clear and compelling scientific argument.
Build confidence and productivity as a writer by reflecting on your writing habits, considering your audience, and applying strategies to overcome procrastination and maintain momentum.

Adapt technical detail, terminology, context, and emphasis to communicate your research accurately and effectively across disciplines, audiences, and professional settings.


Develop and deliver effective oral presentations using principles of audience engagement, scientific storytelling, clear organization, and confident public speaking.

Hosted by Rackham’s embedded University Career Center career counselors, the topic for this session is resumes. In particular, what are some strategies for writing the all-important bullet point? In an interactive discussion with examples and opportunities to workshop your own resume, we will work on framing your experiences as effectively as possible.

The Staff Well-being Network briefings are intended for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor & Michigan Medicine staff who have expressed interest in serving on the Well-being Collective Staff Well-being Network. Staff members interested in serving on the Staff Well-being Network must attend one of the following sessions to be eligible to serve. These informational briefings will provide you with background information on the Well-being Collective, the role of the Staff Well-being Network, and goals/focus areas for this year.

Join us for informal, but informational, sessions about different DEI topics! These events are created to help international students and scholars gain historical and cultural context around these U.S. concepts. Lunch is provided.

Does the semester feel like it will never end? Join the Relieving Stress & Burnout wellness group to learn some strategies to manage stress and prevent burnout. Plus free lunch!

This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.
Registration is not required for in-person wellness groups, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees.

Join the Bowman Center for a Community Conversation centered around the film How Do We Begin. A collaboration between the CRLT Players and the Duderstadt Center, this innovative, Emmy Award-winning film is based on a series of short plays written by U-M alumx Jordan Harris. The film explores Black student experiences past and present, and the ways institutions perpetuate anti-Blackness while simultaneously aiming to advance stated commitments to inclusion and equity. Following the film screening, participants will engage in discussion designed and facilitated by the CRLT Players and Trotter Multicultural Center staff that offers the opportunity to:
Reflect on historical tensions within U-M’s values and their present-day impact
Examine institutional patterns that may hinder progress
Explore role-based ways to take action and advance meaningful change

This session will be the first of three planned Community Conversations in dialogue with the Bowman Center’s 2026-27 theme: Community in Action. Centering campus activism, this year’s Community Conversations will ask participants to reckon with complex histories and legacies of campus exclusion, activism, and resistance, reorganize through togetherness and intergenerational, cross-role coalition building, and reimagine campus activism.

RCRS Workshop B: Acquisition, management, ownership, and sharing of data; Avoiding research misconduct.
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start time. If you arrive late for any reason, you will not be allowed to attend the workshop.
Bring your Mcard. Your card will be swiped at the end of the session through a card reader to record your attendance. If you don't have your Mcard swiped, you will have to attend another session of this workshop.
If you cannot attend this workshop, please drop your registration and register for another option.

**Please note: Masco Commons, including the kitchen and lounge areas, are for faculty use only.

Since 2013, PHAST has been going to Grenada in partnership with several organizations on the island. The University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM SPH) Grenada Partnership serves to achieve sustained academic partnerships for public health education and practice collaboration. The summer internship program is an opportunity for Master’s students to gain public health experience in a structured setting. Each summer, 2 UM SPH interns travel to Grenada for an 8-week internship, supervised by pre-selected Grenada mentors. Over the years we have established mentors in institutions throughout Grenada, including the Grenada Red Cross, the Grenada Planned Parenthood Association, the Ministry of Social & Community Development, Housing and Gender Affairs, and more. The internship program is offered schoolwide and does not require any prior connection or familiarity with Grenada before undertaking a Grenada internship. Through this experience, you will embark on a transformative internship experience in Grenada, where you will have the unique opportunity to merge theoretical knowledge with real-world impact. Our internship program strongly emphasizes community partnership and ensures a comprehensive understanding of practical applications within the field.

Eligibility:
Completion of the PH 616: Grenada course is mandatory. Course is Mondays 4 to 6pm in Winter semester, with travel to Grenada over Winter Break.
First-year master's students or dual degree students who have not yet completed a public health internship, in any department at SPH are eligible.
Sign up for the information session to learn more.

Join us for our annual Coaching Cirlces! Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director (or leader) around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.
Staff are asked to register for no more than one coaching circle a semester. Space is very limited, register today!

This will be an informational session and workshop on how to obtain a student visa for your study abroad experience.

"Canvas of Identity" returns as a vibrant showcase of heritage, community, and creative expression. We invite all students and the community to join us in exploring the deep connections between personal narrative and culture through art. Whether you express yourself through visual arts, poetry, music, photography, or dance, this exhibition offers a powerful platform to share your voice, highlight your heritage, and connect with a passionate community! Food provided.

Fuel your morning with RSG! Join us at the Rackham Assembly Hall for a free waffle and pancake bar, hot coffee, and a well-deserved study break with our fellow Rackham students. Please RSVP via OpenSession to secure your spot, we will do our best to make sure if you signed up you receive the free breakfast, available while supplies last!

Want to learn more about the generative AI services that U-M Information & Technology Services offers? Want to learn how you can leverage it to help with your coursework, emails, presentations, daily life, or hear how others may be using these tools? Come to our open support hours or "office hours"! Our service team will walk you through how and when to use U-M GPT and U-M Maizey.



U-M GPT is a tool that provides access to popular hosted AI models such as Azure OpenAI and U-M hosted open-source large language models.

U-M Maizey is a tool that allows U-M faculty, staff, and students to enrich their GenAI experience based on a custom dataset they provide.

Learn more: https://its.umich.edu/computing/ai/support

This event is open to active faculty, students, and staff or sponsored affiliates.

Through Empowering Blue, Organizational Excellence aspires to empower the U-M community to take action by sharing ideas and best practices to make their work better and easier. Join us for one-hour sessions designed to help you and your team succeed. Our sessions are free and open to the U-M campus community.

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.

Are you an international graduate student interested in pursuing an internship? We’re here to help! Join the University Career Center, Rackham, and the International Center to learn more about how to make an internship part of your graduate school experience. We’ll cover general information for applying for internships as a graduate student and advice for obtaining curricular practical training (CPT)/optional practical training (OPT) to conduct an internship. This program is open to Ph.D. and master's students.

If you haven't had the opportunity to travel as much as you would like, we will be hosting a travel basics workshop to talk about how to travel like a pro. We will discuss how to find the best deals on flights, packing tips, tricks for layovers, and so much more!

This session is targeted towards students participating in Ross semester exchange and short-term global programs.

Join OGPS to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Food, Entertainment, and FUN activities! We will have an opportunity to "Rep your flag" with flags from different Latin American/Hispanic countries, food and great music.
This event is open to ALL and we hope to see you there.
If you have any questions, Contact ogpsaseteam@umich.edu

Join SMTD Student Success for a new workshops series for Fall 2026: The SMTD Student Success Toolkit! This series is focused on practical, actionable tips that you can integrate into your personal routines and academic work.

Session One, led by SMTD Graduate students Tyrese Byrd, Luis Armando Rivera, and Katie Smith, focuses on study skills. Get tips on how to level up your study plans and ideas for balancing workflow.

Session Two, led by SMTD Librarians Corinne Forstot-Burke and Jason Imbesi, focuses on research skills. Learn about the multitude of resources available through the U-M Library System, get ideas about improving your research, and take a mini-tour of the SMTD Library.

Session Three, led by SMTD Associate Director of Scholarships & Financial Aid Ann Wank, focuses on budgeting for housing using financial aid. Learn about how to create a basic budget and how to plan for housing with funds from your financial aid award.

Join the ACUM ABCA Committee for a conversation with Eric Hemenway about Michigan’s history, geography, and Indigenous peoples. Participants will review a curated set of resources alongside guided explanations from Eric. These will include an overview of UM Library archives, Great Lakes-focused books, podcasts, etc. Eric will present followed by a Q&A with the group. Light snacks will be available at this event, staff are encouraged to bring their lunch and enjoy community with each other!
Eric's presentation will be recorded and shared with registered participants after the event.

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.

Join us for Reimagining STEM Student Success — a series designed to advance the recommendations of the STEM Success Working Group by positioning organizational change as the primary lever for student success. Across five sessions, expert insights will connect research to concrete U-M practices to transform our campus systems, cultures, and structures.

*Please register for each Session you would like to attend.
*For the Zoom sessions, you must also register separately for the Zoom Webinar using the link provided in the individual session description. This second registration is required to receive the Zoom webinar link.

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.

What happens when we share our research with those who are researching us? Or when the insights from our research are used against us, often in the guise of assistance or protection? And what happens to disability studies research when ethnic, gender, and sexuality studies departments are made to disappear? In this talk, which will likely generate more questions about these questions than answers to them, I bring some of my experiences doing disability studies as a disabled person to bear on a larger work-in-progress on disability marginalia.

Currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Alison Kafer is the Embrey Associate Professor of [redacted] at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Feminist, Queer, Crip, and her work has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies. Being by the water brings her joy, as does making things with clay.

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.If you have any questions, please reach out Dr. Ioannis Chremos (ichremos@umich.edu)

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

The Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to convene and discuss how political messages are produced, disseminated, and interpreted in contemporary media environments. Our core research topics focus on the evolving relationships between media, politics, and society. Drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of communication, political science, sociology, and information science, our members explore a wide range of topics such as public support for entertainment censorship, climate change communication, social learning on TikTok, political para-social relationships, polarization, political biases in AI-generated content, etc. Our sessions encourage the exchange of ideas and work across theoretical and methodological traditions.

Ginsberg’s Community Engagement @ Michigan Series for faculty and staff addresses critical topics in community-engaged teaching and learning, research, scholarship, and program/project development. Through seminars and events, this faculty and professional development series supports faculty, staff, administrators, post-docs, and graduate students at U-M who are interested in learning about or further developing community-driven practice. Participants engage with strategies and approaches to develop and sustain community partnerships for research & teaching, prepare students to work with communities, emphasize civic learning across disciplines, develop and refine course-based and program curriculum, and more.
Offered in Fall and Winter terms. Open to Faculty, Admin/Staff, and Postdocs. Some sessions open to Graduate Students. See workshop descriptions for details.

Celebrate Homecoming with Mechanical Engineering! Join us for a day of festivities on Friday, October 16.
Additional event and accessibility information will be posted soon.

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.

Global Course Connections (GCCs) offer a unique opportunity to take what students learn on campus at U-M during the winter semester and apply it abroad in a fun and exciting hands-on class taught by a U-M professor during a 3-week, off-campus field experience that takes place during the following summer.
Join CGIS Advisor Ben Peipert and Professor Qian Liu to learn more about the GCC in Beijing, China - 2nd Year Chinese program, the application process, and the courses.
Friday, October 16 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (Online Info Session)Friday, November 6 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM (Online Info Session)Tuesday, November 17 from 3:30 to 4:30 PM (Online Drop-In Advising)Thursday, December 3 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM (Online Drop-In Advising)The GCC China program is led and taught by Professor of Chinese Language, Qian Liu.

GCC Application Deadline: December 10, 2026

We're looking forward to having you onboard! This is for trips from campus to DTW before Fall Break. Trips cost $13, and will be billed to your student account.

If your plans change, please make sure to cancel 36 hours before departure to avoid charges.

Looking for a trip back? Just show up at our airport stops! We don't take reservations for trips back. Check out the schedules on our website.

By booking, you agree to the terms of our Contract of Carriage, including our cancellation policy.

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Looking for Winter Break registration?: https://myumi.ch/399WV

We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible, and you only need to attend one session before you apply.
These information sessions are for students who area currently University of Michigan students.