Articles written by UM-Flint News

  • "Better Together" Unity Rally Set for Flint City Hall

    The community is invited to join the "Better Together" Unity Rally to celebrate a new spirit of hope for the future. The rally will be held Tuesday, August 18 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the front lawn of Flint City Hall. The event is co-sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF) and the American Democracy Project at the University of Michigan-Flint.

     

  • New Dean Named for SEHS

    A University of Michigan-Flint faculty member has been named dean for the School of Education and Human Services (SEHS). The appointment of Mary Jo Finney, Ph.D., is effective September 1, 2009.

     

  • School of Management Partners with One of the Largest East European Universities

    The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) has added another overseas university to its growing list of global academic partners. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was recently signed with the largest higher education institute, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE or Academia de Studii Economice Bucureşti) in Romanian.

     

  • UM-Flint named a "Best in the Midwest College"

    The University of Michigan-Flint is one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest according to The Princeton Review.
    "We select the schools we recommend as our 'regional best' colleges primarily for their excellent academic programs," says Robert Franek, Princeton Review's V.P., publishing.

     

  • UM-Flint receives Community Access Award

    The Disability Network has selected the University of Michigan-Flint as a recipient of its Community Access Award. The Award was presented to Zachary Tomlinson, the accessibility services coordinator and Bill Webb, assistant vice chancellor for administration. Barbara Kornblau, the new dean of the School of Health Professions and Studies, who is an advocate of accessibility issues, was introduced at the award ceremony.

     

  • Summer Music Academy Brings High School Students to Campus


    More than 50 area high school students are on campus participating in the Senior Summer Academy of Music. The junior segment, with 64 students, was held earlier in July and ended with a concert that packed the UM-Flint Theatre.

     

  • New UM-Flint Program Aimed at Shortage of Health Care Providers

    Estimates of shortages for both nurses (RNs) and primary care doctors are painting bleak pictures for future U.S. health care. Recent government reports indicate a shortage of 500,000 RNs* and 46,000 primary care physicians by 2025*. Some estimates are even higher.

    The University of Michigan-Flint is offering a new program in fall of 2009, online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Offered through the School of Health Professions and Studies the DNP, provides the skills necessary for advanced nursing practice in primary health care.

     

  • UM-Flint Student Art to Help Cancer Patients

    University of Michigan-Flint students from the Fine Arts and Education programs, under the artistic direction of Michael C. Sevick, associate professor of art, will embark on a special project for the Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute located in Flint. About a dozen students will be involved in the painting of a mural that will be located in the cancer institute's atrium.

     

  • Fulbright Award Leads to UM-Flint Family Adventure

    Besides being selected a Fulbright Scholar last year, the prestigious award given University of Michigan-Flint Associate Professor Susan Gano-Phillips Ph.D., included a 10 month residency for her family. Little did she realize that spending this past academic year helping to strengthen general education in Hong Kong universities, would lead to a great travel opportunity for her and her family.

     

  • University of Michigan-Flint Tuition for 2009-2010 Academic Year

    The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a 6.5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition for students at the University of Michigan-Flint.

    UM-Flint's proposed budget for 2009-2010 also included a 4.9 percent increase in graduate tuition and an 8.5 percent increase in institutional financial aid.