dije Office 2024-2025

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you! 

For this event, we will center on first-generation college student experiences. First-generation college students are those whose parent(s) have not completed a four-year college or university degree, regardless of other family members' level of education. This can have implications for the support needed for first-generation students as they navigate college settings. In contrast, those whose parents completed a four-year degree may benefit from the knowledge and practical lessons learned by their parents as they navigated institutional spaces. Faculty and Staff who can provide insights from their own experiences are encouraged to come!

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you!

For this event, we will center on diverse migration experiences. "Diverse migration experiences" encapsulate many things! This includes the experiences of students who spent time in their formative years in countries outside of the US, first-generation American citizens, adoptees with connections abroad, and/or holding the status of non-US citizens, including international students, refugees, asylees, DACA students, Fulbright scholars, and other relevant statuses. We want to remind all that this is a space where students will not be pressured to share their migration statuses. All are welcome to share whatever is most safe and comfortable to them. 

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

Join the Office of Alumni Relations and Office of Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Equity for a conversation with two accomplished UM education graduates selected as Alumni Award Recipients based on their life's mission of furthering education and promoting diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity in education. We will facilitate a free-flowing conversation between Marsal Community members and our two awardees about a full range of experiences and accomplishments. We hope these experiences will inspire all of us in our academic, research, teaching, and other educational pursuits to promote diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity at the Marsal Family School of Education and beyond. 

Click here to access to learn more about our two esteemed alumni, Julian Vasquez Heilig and Andrew Kwok, and be sure to jot down some questions you may have about these experiences!

We look forward to seeing you join in on the conversation!

Listening circles are spaces to share perspectives and experiences in a small group.

We aspire to provide a space to discuss important dije topics and themes with guidelines to ensure care and respect to all who participate. Topics are selected by the Student Advisory Board and dije student staff. 

Circles will be facilitated by Tyler Theel (Student Support Specialist) and two graduate students with experience in dije-related service and affinity group work, Lissette Gamez (dije Office) and David DeLaRosa (Student Advisory Board). 

This is open to all Marsal Community members including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, student-employees.

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you!

For this event, we will center on Jewish student experiences. This includes the experiences of students with religious, ethnic, and/or strong familial connections to Jewish culture and life. We look forward to participants sharing different perspectives, lived experiences, joys, and needs of Jewish community members. 

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you!

For this event, we will center on the diversity of disability identities. In this space we will commit to not asking for others medical diagnoses or questions about health or disability. Rather, attendees should share experiences they feel comfortable sharing in the space. This is an opportunity to learn about the range of experiences, barriers, accomplishments, and supports needed by community members with differing needs in Marsal's physical and digital spaces.

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you!

For this event, we will center on Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) experiences. There are a diversity of cultures, nations, religions, languages, and histories and obstacles that inform the lived experiences of MENA community members. We hope this sessions will provide spaces to share a diversity of experiences, support needed from the Marsal community to overcome common barriers and inequities in U.S. educational spaces salient to identity, and build connections.

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you!

For this event, we will center on  a diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) experiences, including East Asian, Southeast Asia. Central Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander Experiences. This includes experiences growing up and/or living in in API regions. This also includes experiences who identity as having ancestral, cultural, and/or familial ties to API regions. We will have space to share experiences in API regions and U.S. context and the support needed for community members with connections to API regions. 

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

Listening circles are spaces to share perspectives and experiences in a small group.

We aspire to provide a space to discuss important dije topics and themes with guidelines to ensure care and respect to all who participate. Topics are selected by the Student Advisory Board and dije student staff.

Circles will be facilitated by Tyler Theel (Student Support Specialist) and two graduate students with experience in dije-related service and affinity group work, Lissette Gamez (dije Office) and David DeLaRosa (Student Advisory Board). 

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

The dije Office is interested in showcasing your scholarly work that advances diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity in our upcoming community Flash Talk event! Want to hear about the amazing research being conducted by our students? Register to attend the Flash Talk session right here on Sessions. Snacks and beverages provided.

Sign up to present your dije-related research to the Marsal School here. 

The dije Office is hosting a Diwali Community Celebration for the Marsal School. We will learn about the cultural significance of this celebration, engage in activities related to Diwali, and share a meal as a community.

Listening circles are spaces to share perspectives and experiences in a small group.

We aspire to provide a space to discuss important dije topics and themes with guidelines to ensure care and respect to all who participate. Topics are selected by the Student Advisory Board and dije student staff.

Circles will be facilitated by Tyler Theel (Student Support Specialist) and two graduate students with experience in dije-related service and affinity group work, Lissette Gamez (dije Office) and David DeLaRosa (Student Advisory Board). 

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees.

The dije Student Advisory Board and dije Office will be holding space for dialogue on the 2024 Election. The dije Student Advisory Board hope to create a space where community members can express and process their thoughts, feeling, and reactions to the election process in community with others. This is also a space to share what moving forward looks like and how this community envisions showing care to one another. 

The dije Student Advisory Board and dije Office will be holding space for dialogue on the 2024 Election. The dije Student Advisory Board hope to create a space where community members can express and process their thoughts, feeling, and reactions to the election process in community with others. This is also a space to share what moving forward looks like and how this community envisions showing care to one another. 

Learn more about when and how to create a Land Acknowledgement for a variety of engagements.

Participants will have the opportunity to think through commitments they can make and ways they can engage in their work that honor the promise of the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs. 

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99913757520

Join the dije Office for a cozy early evening in with treats, warm drinks, and creative writing. 

Artists Dani Williams (Marsal Graduate Student) and Mike Martin (STAMPS graduate student) will facilitate a conversation and poetry activity on wellness practices, self-care, and care for others. 

The purpose of this space is to take time to check in with ourselves in community with one another. It's also an opportunity to give ourselves appreciation and grace amid the stresses of life, work, and school. 

Please bring or wear anything comfy, including pillow, slippers, and blankets! 

The dije Student Advisory Board and dije Office will be holding space for dialogue on the 2024 Election. The dije Student Advisory Board hope to create a space where community members can express and process their thoughts, feeling, and reactions to the election process in community with others. This is also a space to share what moving forward looks like and how this community envisions showing care to one another. 

Listening circles are spaces to share perspectives and experiences in a small group.

We aspire to provide a space to discuss important dije topics and themes with guidelines to ensure care and respect to all who participate. Topics are selected by the Student Advisory Board and dije student staff.

Circles will be facilitated by Tyler Theel (Student Support Specialist) and two graduate students with experience in dije-related service and affinity group work, Lissette Gamez (dije Office) and David DeLaRosa (Student Advisory Board). 

TOPIC: "Actualizing a Culture of Self-Care" was chosen with the help of the dije Student Advisory Board. Our hope is that this topic will allow participants to express their experiences, feelings, and thoughts around self-care and the ways in which our environments can support or challenge our well-being. 

Questions:

• What is your name, where are you from, and what brought you to this circle?
• What have you been thinking and/or feeling about when reflecting on your experiences with self-care?
• What are your thoughts and feelings around notions of self-care? 
• What are your successes and challenges with self-care?

• What is the hardest thing for you when you reflect on actualizing self-care?
• What is challenging about actualizing self-care in your life (in your environments?)

Drop in for a laid back time of community and creativity. Use our supplies or bring your own project! 

We will have miniature pumpkins to carve to celebrate Autumn. In addition, we have colorful paper, color pencils, crayons, markers, coloring books, glue, tape, scissors, Legos, crochet yarn, colorful tissue paper, magazines, and other supplies. 

All are welcome to join us for soup, warm drinks, & treats.

The Marsal School dije Office and Office of Student Affairs are excited to host Destress Fest! This full day of activities will provide various spaces and forms of participation for Marsal students to unwind and take a break from the grind. Stop in to take a brain break and engage in self-care. Attendees can engage in the following activities:

• Arts and crafts (Prechter Lab 1:00pm - 5:00pm)
• Food & beverages (Prechter Lab 1:00pm - 5:00pm)
• Massages* (Prechter Lab 3:00pm - 5:00pm)
• Journaling (Room 2225 1:00pm - 2:00pm)
• Meeting with a Therapaws Support Dog (Room 2225 2:30pm - 4:00pm)
• Yoga** (Room 2225 4:15pm - 5:00pm)

Note that this event will occur in two locations simultaneously; Prechter (Room 2202) and Room 2225. Check in at Prechter lab and we can direct you to the location(s) of the activities you want to engage in.

*Massage sign ups will be first-come first-serve. Those interested in massages can sign up in Preacher lab the day of the event.

**Those interested in doing yoga will need to also sign up here. There is a cap at 10 participants. Those waitlisted are encouraged to attend in the event that space opens up. Please bring your own mat or towel. We have limited spare mats available so please bring your own if you are able. 

We hope to see you there! 

Join the dije Team to connect over donuts, pastries, tea, and coffee. The dije Team offers the Donut-Drop-In's once per month on Tuesdays. 

During this dije Donut Drop-In, we will also have a variety of arts and crafts supplies available. Feel free to bring your own art project with you! 

For future Donut Drop-In's we will offer different art-based or service-based activities. 

Open to all Marsal community members!

Please reach out to soe.dije.team@umich.edu if you have any questions about this event. 

We are excited to see you there!

During our dije donut drop-in, the dije Office Team will host a monthly dije Office meeting open to the Marsal Community, students, staff, and faculty. 

This is a space for community members to ask questions and share input with the dije Team. We will continue to serve donuts, pastries, tea, and coffee. 

Open to all Marsal community members!

Please reach out to soe.dije.team@umich.edu if you have any questions about this event.

We are excited to see you there!

dije Community Check-Ins provide spaces to share experiences, build connections, and communicate support needed from the dije team and Marsal Community, centering specific community experiences. The dije team will provide community guidelines and a basic structure to facilitate a conversation. With that said, we hope that all of you attending will truly guide the conversation based on what comes front of mind to you!

For this event, we will center on the queer and trans identities, including, but not limited to transgender, gender non-conforming, queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, two-spirit -- and any other marginalized identity pertaining to the way one understands and expresses their gender and/or sexuality. In this space, we will commit to not asking for disclosure of information. Rather, attendees should share experiences they feel comfortable sharing in the space. This is an opportunity to learn about the range of experiences, barriers, worries, accomplishments, and supports needed by community members with differing needs in Marsal. 

This event is open to all Marsal Community members, including students (enrolled in an Education program OR taking at least one Education class), staff, faculty, and student-employees. 

We will also have a questionnaire while registering on Sessions to share any accommodation and dietary needs. 

Please reach out if you have any questions at soe.dije.team@umich.edu.

School's OUT is a collective of Marsal students who center queer student experiences and support. School's OUT is a voluntary student organization. 

This is the first meeting of the semester for our Queer Student Collective.  

The dije Office is hosting Wolverine Wellness for a two workshop series this semester. The goal of these workshops is to holistically support our student community in navigating the various challenges they may encounter throughout the academic year. Join us for this lunch hour workshop- food is provided. 

Join the dije Team to connect over donuts, pastries, tea, and coffee. The dije Team offers the Donut-Drop-In's once per month on Tuesdays. 

During this dije Donut Drop-In, we will also have a variety of arts and crafts supplies available. Feel free to bring your own art project with you! 

For future Donut Drop-In's we will offer different art-based or service-based activities. 

Open to all Marsal community members!

Please reach out to soe.dije.team@umich.edu if you have any questions about this event. 

We are excited to see you there!

During our dije donut drop-in, the dije Office Team will host a monthly dije Office meeting open to the Marsal Community, students, staff, and faculty. 

This is a space for community members to ask questions and share input with the dije Team. We will continue to serve donuts, pastries, tea, and coffee. 

Open to all Marsal community members!

Please reach out to soe.dije.team@umich.edu if you have any questions about this event.

We are excited to see you there!