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The Poetry & Poetics Workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop committed to providing a forum in which faculty and graduate students can exchange works-in-progress and explore recent work in the fields of poetry and poetics. For more information, please visit our website. If you have any questions, please contact Renee Wehrle (rewehrle@umich.edu) or Kelly Wenzka (kwenzka@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.

Join the Organizational Studies Program for an engaging networking night open to all LSA students! Hear from OS alumni as they share their networking journeys, career insights, and answer your questions. Then put those tips into action through interactive networking activities with other students. Come build your networking skills and get a bite to eat with us!

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.

Are you stuck procrastinating? Join our Avoiding Avoidance wellness group to learn tips to be more productive, hear from other students and get some 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.

Leadership Extravaganza!!
Hosted by the Barger Leadership Institute


Calling All Student Leaders: Are you looking for your next campus experience?

The Ultimate Tabling Event: Get ready to be part of Leadership Extravaganza to discover campus opportunities and connect with dozens of organizations! Whether you're looking for internships, travel, grants, leadership, or volunteering opportunities, you’ll be connecting with the best, most engaged groups on campus.

Network with like-minded leaders: We like connecting with people. The Leadership Extravaganza will bring together leaders from all corners of campus for an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and build partnerships to amplify your experience on campus.

Plus, we’re FUN: Come learn about campus opportunities and stick around for the coffee cart and cupcake treats, selfie opportunities with BLI mascot Bargie Beaver, and of course, free swag!

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.

In this interactive workshop, the Rackham embedded University Career Center coaching team will guide you through building out a strong master's student 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 resume. Lunch will be provided.

Workshop sessions related to prompt writing.

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 Current University of Michigan students who are NOT freshmen.

The Arts Initiative’s "Arts for All" events and workshop series aims to make the arts more accessible to everyone at U-M and throughout the local community. Led by talented teaching artists from the area and region, these events offer opportunities to explore creativity, learn more about art, and discover new artistic skills—all in a supportive and welcoming environment.

No prior experience is needed—everyone is encouraged to participate and experiment freely. Plus, all materials and supplies are provided, so you can simply show up and enjoy the experience!

Join us for a night of discussion around BDSM and kink with local sex therapist, Dee Church. Get familiar with safe practices in a judgment-free environment, followed by an inclusive sex toy raffle!

Join us for the Unlocking the Hidden Curriculum Series, aimed to help you gain the knowledge and skills needed for academic and professional success during your PhD studies.

We invite you to join us for the sessions that best suit your needs. Each session will be held virtually via Zoom.

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.

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.

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The Bridging Intergenerational Social Justice Wisdom Panel is a great chance for students to learn more about career possibilities within social justice fields. We will have amazing IGR alumnx panelists share their stories and experiences on how social justice has been applicable to them throughout their career paths, and a mix and mingle session for students and alumnx to connect more directly.

IPE is hosting a Study Abroad Alumni Connection Event on Thursday, February 12 from 5:00-6:00pm in Dude 3336.
Come hear past participants discuss their experience on the study abroad programLearn about the program details, inclusions, and highlightsMeet other students who are applying for your program

Blind Date Book Swap is a cozy, Valentine’s Day-inspired community gathering and interactive workshop. Students are invited to bring their favorite or most meaningful book to swap with someone else. Attendees will wrap their book with our provided materials and attach a handwritten note with what they love about the book and the reason for their selection. Themed treats, drinks, and extra books will be provided!

Join the ACUM Training Committee for guided conversations and networking with other advisors from all stages of their careers. Find mentorship and community, regardless of whether you have been an advisor for 1 year, 10 years, or more.
This will be a hybrid event with an in-person and virtual offering. When registering, you will be able to select what way you would like to attend.
Please note that this event will happen partially during the lunch hour, we will not be providing lunch but encoruage you to bring yours if you would like to. Snacks will be provided.

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.

Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Taneshia Nash Laird, a "civic innovator and cultural strategist whose work sits at the intersection of capital, culture, and community." She'll discuss her career and impact across a broad range of disciplines, especially focused on how emerging leaders of color can influence cultural networks and policies through their work. This event is open to all individuals of any race/ethnicity, and will focus on leadership and cultural policy through the lens of BIPOC experiences. Lunch provided!"

You’re invited to a Valentine’s Book Swap & Get-Together on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall!

Friday, February 13
12:00–2:00 PM
Weiser Hall, 10th Floor

To participate in the book swap, please bring at least one book to give away. In exchange, you’ll get to take home a new-to-you book. Any genre is welcome—just bring something you’d happily recommend to a colleague.

We’ll also have Insomnia Cookies, Valentine’s-themed crafting, and time to connect with others in the building.

Please note: This event is open only to individuals who work in Weiser Hall.

We hope you can stop by—and don’t forget to bring a book!

For students interested in design thinking, visual composition, working collaboratively, critical thinking and analysis, and gaining skills with tools and techniques relevant to a wide range of material processes, the Stamps School offers an eighteen-credit minor in studio art and design. It is required that all interested students attend an info session as the first step of the process. If you have questions, please email stamps-minor-advising@umich.edu.

We want you to have all the information you need to make informed decisions about your education and your future.

MADS Admissions & Recruitment coordinator Meryl Baker leads an application tips webinar with a live Q&A. Attendees will hear about the MADS program, the skills-based admission process, what's required as part of the application, and how the assessment process works. Please join us to get your questions answered, and benefit from the curiosity of like-minded peers!

The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) offers 120+ programs in over 45 countries across the world. These programs range from 3 weeks to a full academic year, including study abroad, study + research programs, and internships abroad.

In collaboration with the Spectrum Center, join CGIS for a 1-hour virtual panel discussion featuring LGBTQIA2S+ alumnx who have participated in CGIS programs in the past year. Alumnx will speak about preparations they made before going abroad, resources used to navigate their identities, and the positives and challenges of their abroad experiences.

This panel discussion is designed to provide context for students who may be studying abroad through CGIS in future terms, all while navigating new policies and evolving regulations regarding international travel. Prospective CGIS students will have an opportunity to ask panelists questions about their recent abroad experiences. Please note that legal advice will not be provided in this session. This event is open to all U-M students and alumnx.

In the spirit of the African American cultural tradition of
Sunday dinner at the home of the family matriarch, it is a time for the Trotter
community to come together and break bread, listen to music, dance, and
converse.

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.

Please bring a laptop, if possible. This session will be interactive.
Food will be provided to those who have registered.

Please join us for an online information session about the University of Michigan's graduate programs in Mechanical Engineering (ME).

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 and Ph.D. students and postdocs at the University of Michigan. If you have any questions, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu.

Roni Henig's recent book, On Revival: Hebrew Literature between Life and Death (UPenn Press, 2024), is a critique of one of the most important tenets of Zionist thinking: “Hebrew revival,” or the idea that Hebrew—a largely unspoken language before the twentieth century—was revitalized as part of a broader national “revival” which ultimately led to the establishment of the Israeli nation-state. This story of language revival has been commemorated in Israeli popular memory and in Jewish historiography as a triumphant transformation narrative that marks the success of the Zionist revolution. But a closer look at the work of early twentieth-century Hebrew writers reveals different sentiments. The book explores the loaded, figurative discourse of revival in modern Hebrew literature. Rather than embracing “revival” as a neutral, descriptive term, Henig takes a critical approach, employing close readings of canonical texts to analyze the primary tropes used to articulate this aesthetic and political project of “reviving” Hebrew. The event is a workshop-style discussion of the book with the author. A brief introduction will be circulated ahead of the event.

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 whose 1st Semester at U of M was Fall 2025) University of Michigan Freshmen.

These are grab-and-go style events designed to celebrate our international students' cultural holidays! Stop by to grab some food and learn more about these cultural celebrations!

An effective personal statement lives at the heart of your medical or professional health school application. Your personal statement allows you to tell your story to an admissions committee and share who you are and why you make a wonderful addition to a medical or health professions program. This workshop focuses on how you can get started writing a winning statement. You will learn how to focus on the passions, values, relationships, community service, clinical work, and other life experiences which led to your interest in health care. This workshop is designed to get you writing and reflecting on the story you want to tell on your application. Come to the workshop ready for getting started on an early draft.

Conference posters are for more than just communicating your research. While a good poster will help you tell a succinct story about your project, a great poster will serve as a platform for engaging in meaningful discussion with your audience and building your network.
This session will cover:

Best practices for organizing a conference posterDesign aesthetics to improve poster accessibilityHow to engage an audience during a poster presentation

Join us in the OGPS lounge for crafts, new year wishes and a light lunch in recognition of Lunar New Year.

This event will be drop-in only. You may linger but there will be no formal program. A light lunch will be served with limited supply!

Weekly gathering for students, staff, and faculty to build community with the Trotter Team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation, food and fun!

This workshop will give a brief rundown on how to apply for FREE HPC
compute courtesy of the NSF's ACCESS program. We'll run through how and
when to apply and be available for any questions you might have.