UM-Flint Inauguration Celebration Gives Tribute to Campus and Community

The 2015 Inauguration Celebration at the University of Michigan-Flint, a week-long tribute to the campus and community, begins Monday, April 13. Events are free and open to the public. The week culminates with the Investiture Ceremony of the eighth leader of UM-Flint, Chancellor Susan E. Borrego.

A full list of the events and festivities, with further details about the week, is available at www.umflint.edu/inauguration. Some of the events include the following:

Monday, April 13:

Stone Street Ancestral Recovery and Repatriation Project
Lecture by Beverley Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology
2:00 p.m., Happenings Room, Harding Mott University Center

It's Time to Relax
End of Semester Celebration for Students
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Harding Mott University Center
Co-sponsored by UM-Flint Student Government

Tuesday, April 14

A Time to Serve: A Community Breakfast with Chancellor Susan E. Borrego
8:00 – 9:30 a.m
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church
424 E. Kennelworth Avenue, Flint

UM-Flint Day at the Farmers' Market
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
The Flint Farmers' Market
Co-sponsored by UM-Flint Student Government

Wednesday, April 15

Sullenger Dialogue with Antonia Darder, Ph.D.
10:00 a.m., Michigan Rooms, Harding Mott University Center

Thursday, April 16

Celebration of Teaching
Celebration Honoring Teaching and Faculty Work at UM-Flint
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
134 Frances Willson Thompson Library

Friday, April 17

Chancellor's Symposium: University Public Engagement
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Michigan Rooms, Harding Mott University Center

Investiture Ceremony of Chancellor Susan E. Borrego
2:00 p.m., The Whiting, Flint Cultural Center
Tickets can be picked up at The Whiting Box Office or the Flint Farmers' Market

Reception
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint Cultural Center

M-Town Celebration and Fundraiser
7:00 – 10:00 p.m., The Riverfront Center, downtown Flint

M-Town celebrates the inauguration, and is a fundraiser for the Chancellor's Scholars Program at UM-Flint. Tickets are $100 per person. For more information, contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at (810)424-5448.