Transdisciplinary Fellows (2024-2025) (Housing)

Join the Transdisciplinary Fellows for a trip to the Cranbrook House and Gardens. Cranbrook House and Gardens are the historic home of publishing magnates George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. The house showcases the American Arts and Crafts movement and also boasts 40 acres of gardens. We will take a tour of the house and have an hour to independently tour the gardens.

9:30 am Northwood Pick-up (meet in front of the community center, 1000 McIntyre)

9:45 am Munger Pick-up (meet in the first floor lobby)

11 am Arrive at Cranbrook house and gardens

1:15 pm Leave Cranbrook House and Gardens

2:30 pm Northwood Drop-off

2:45 pm Munger Drop-off

This event is only for graduate students living in Michigan housing. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.

Join the TFs and GRAs for a trip to the Creature Conservancy! The Creature Conservancy is a non-profit zoological organization that promotes conservation through education. We will have a private event during which a creature conservancy educator will share some of their animals with us and talk about the work they do. Admission and transportation are provided free of charge. The bus schedule is as follows:

- 4:45 pm Northwood Community Center Pick-up (1000 McIntyre)

- 5:00 pm Munger Residences, Downstairs lobby

- 5:30 pm Arrive at the Creature Conservancy

- 6:30 pm Depart Creature Conservancy

- 7:00 pm Drop-off at Munger Residences

- 7:15 pm Drop-off Northwood Community Center

This event is only for graduate students living in Michigan housing. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.

Join the TFs for a tour of Michigan's football stadium! The Alumni Association is offering an upclose and personal tour of the facility, which they describe as follows: "Each Big House Tour takes you behind the scenes of the largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere. During your tour, you will get a chance to explore the Michigan locker room, visit the Jack Roth Stadium Club, and run (or walk) down the tunnel onto the field, where you can catch a pass in the end zone, kick a field goal, and take your picture on the 50-yard line."

We will walk over together. Meet in the Munger lobby at 12:20 pm. Tickets are provided free of charge, but you must register.

This event is for graduate students living in Michigan housing. Please contact Laura M. Herbert, lmhmich@umich.edu, if you need additional accommodations. 

Coffee and Conversations is the longest running event in the Munger Graduate Residences! Coffee and Conversations offers students the opportunity to share what is on their mind and discuss those topics with a diverse group of graduate and professional students who may have enlightening perspectives to contribute. This group will allow you to grow your network and see various university, state, or world events from a new lens.

This event is only for graduate students living in Munger housing. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.

Join TF Arsha for a paint your own pottery workshop at the Ann Arbor Art Center. Pottery, paints, and instruction are included. We will walk together from Munger.

This event is only for graduate students living in Munger housing. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.

Join GRA Era ad TF Nishant for dinner and some free first aid supplies from Wolverine Wellness. This is a chance to learn about some of the health and wellness resources on campus, as well as get to know your neighbors and community. We hope to see you there! Please register in advance so that we have adequate supplies and food.

This event is for graduate students in Michigan housing only. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.

Meet up with your neighbors for a walk to Washtenaw Dairy! The TFs will treat you to a free ice cream cone. Please register in advance, spots are limited. We will meet in the first floor Munger lobby to walk over together.

This event is for graduate students in Michigan housing only. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.

Coffee and Conversations is the longest running event in the Munger Graduate Residences! Coffee and Conversations offers students the opportunity to share what is on their mind and discuss those topics with a diverse group of graduate and professional students who may have enlightening perspectives to contribute. This group will allow you to grow your network and see various university, state, or world events from a new lens.

This event is only for graduate students living in Michigan housing. Please contact Laura Herbert (lmhmich@umich.edu) if you need additional accommodations.