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College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Barger Leadership Institute
The Barger Leadership Institute (BLI) is a student-powered, faculty-guided community dedicated to developing leadership learning through engaged liberal arts education. Future generations of Michigan leaders will face a complex, volatile, and ambiguous world where problems of global scope affect even the most local decisions and effective solutions require collaborations that span competing interests, sectors, and nations.
Contact: Julia Spears, jmspears@umich.edu, (734) 615-9059
Biological Station (Pellston, MI)
UMBS students engage in and learn about biology and environmental science by studying directly in the field and by developing relationships with some of the world’s most respected experts. UMBS is a highly interactive community where students, faculty and researchers come together to learn about the natural world, to examine environmental change, and to seek solutions to the critical environmental challenges of our times.
Contact: Karie Slavik, slavik@umich.edu, (734) 763-4462
Camp Davis (Wyoming) (Earth and Environmental Sciences
This ideal outdoor classroom offers some of the most scenic and interesting geology, ecology and history in North America. Hiking, camping and exploring are part of your course work. Recreational possibilities are nearly endless, and our remote location provides for a truly inspiring summer.
Contact: Christopher Malvica, cmalvica@umich.edu, (734) 615-8600
Center for Global and Intercultural Study
Includes GIEU - Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates.
Contact: Mike Jordan, micjor@umich.edu, (734) 764-4311
Center for Engaged Academic Learning
CEAL promotes engaged academic learning through a series of initiatives. We offer workshops and program-specific training for students working in local and global communities. We also offer pedagogical workshops and one-on-one and group consultations for graduate students, faculty, and staff interested in establishing or enhancing courses that bridge academic and community-centered learning, whether domestically or abroad.
Contact: Denise Galarza Sepúlveda, galarzad@umich.edu, (734) 764-2410
LSA Opportunity Hub
The Global Opportunities office within the LSA Opportunity Hub offers an exciting array of international internships and programming to enhance the liberal arts curriculum.
Students are guided to select and apply for their ideal international experiential opportunity–which could be with a U-M alum mentor living and working overseas.
Students can also benefit from pre-internship preparation, short-term global immersions, and intercultural awareness workshops and assessment.
Contact: Rachael Criso, rcriso@umich.edu, (734) 763-4679
The Living Lab
The Living Lab program at UM brings researchers from the University of Michigan into public spaces where interested families can participate in short, enjoyable studies. The UM Living Lab serves as a way for people to learn more about the science of child development while taking part in that science.
Coordinators: Craig Smith, Margaret Echelbarger, Kimberly A. Brink
Contact: David Schoem, dschoem@umich.edu, (734) 647-4860
Michigan Community Scholars Program
Bridge the living and learning aspects of university life
Share a commitment to social justice, democracy, and a diverse community
Lead local, national and international community service initiatives
Contact: David Schoem, dschoem@umich.edu, (734) 647-4860
Prison Creative Arts Program
The Prison Creative Arts Project brings those impacted by the justice system and the University of Michigan Community into artistic collaboration for mutual learning and growth.
PCAP encompasses both academic and volunteer based programs at the University of Michigan. Our community includes U-M students, faculty and staff, community volunteers, youth and adults in detention and treatment programs, and formerly incarcerated adults.
PCAP students travel to Rio de Janeiro each May to engage in “teatro em communidade" and blog about their experiences.
Contact: Vanessa Mayesky, vmayesky@umich.edu, (734) 647-6771
Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR)
Minor in Intergroup Relations Education, including a senior capstone “Social Justice in the Real World”
Dialogue facilitator training and practica
Intergroup conflict resolution
Facilitation for Effective Leadership
Contact: Kelly Maxwell, kmax@umich.edu, (734) 764-3582
Project Outreach (Psychology)
Project Outreach has offered thousands of Michigan students the opportunity to learn about psychology in action, to explore themselves and their interests, and to provide meaningful service to people in the community. Outreach offers experiences that can make significant differences in the lives of its participants.
Contact: Jerry Miller, jmmiller@umich.edu, (734) 764-2580
Project Community (Sociology)
We are committed to student involvement in community service and social action, both to improve the lives of those in the community, as well as to enhance student learning and development. By engaging in service and complementary active learning, students grow in social responsibility, develop critical thinking skills, assess personal values, and come to better understand themselves.
Contact: Ian Robinson, eian@umich.edu, (734) 763-1270
Telling It – Arts-Based Intervention for Change
Program in the Residential College
Telling It is an award-winning community-based program designed for underserved children and youth grades K-12 that has established a close collaboration with the University of Michigan through the Residential College service-learning course, “Empowering Communities through Creative Expression."
Contact: Deb Gordon-Gurfinkel, dmgordon@umich.edu, (734) 763-2889
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) creates research partnerships between undergraduate students and University of Michigan researchers. All schools and colleges are active participants in UROP.
Contact: Sandra Gregerman, sgreger@umich.edu, (734) 615-9961
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