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UM-Flint partners with Flint Cultural Center Academy to host new high school

UM-Flint has announced that it is entering into a three-year lease agreement to house the Flint Cultural Center Academy’s new high school at the university’s Northbank Center.

In a move highlighting the power of community partnerships, the University of Michigan-Flint has announced that it is entering into a three-year lease agreement to house the Flint Cultural Center Academy's new high school at the university's Northbank Center beginning this fall. According to Donna Fry, UM-Flint interim chancellor, this initiative is a testament to[…]

The jaws of entrepreneurship (Young Sharks photo gallery)

Young Sharks/Junior Sharks incorporates entrepreneurship, economics and innovation into existing K-12 curricula.

Close to 400 K-12 students in grades three through eight shared their entrepreneurial ideas during the University of Michigan-Flint's Young Sharks/Junior Sharks pitch competition, May 29, at the university's Riverfront Conference Center. The event, now in its fourth year, is an annual culmination of groundbreaking efforts to incorporate entrepreneurship, economics and innovation into existing K-12[…]

Meet the new boss (Photo gallery)

University of Michigan-Flint faculty, staff, students and Mayor Sheldon Neeley gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Northbank Center, May 17, to meet and greet Chancellor-Elect Laurence Alexander. Alexander, who was approved as UM-Flint's next permanent chancellor by the University of Michigan Board of Regents at its May 16 meeting, has served as chancellor of[…]

UM-Flint to host Young Sharks entrepreneurial pitch competition, May 29

The Young Sharks/Junior Sharks pitch competition allows elementary and middle school students to share their entrepreneurial ideas, which are developed in tandem with an integrated classroom curriculum.

Close to 400 K-12 students in grades three through eight will share their entrepreneurial ideas and vie for real cash prizes during the University of Michigan-Flint's Young Sharks/Junior Sharks pitch competition. The event, now in its fourth year, will take place, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., May 29, at the university's Riverfront Conference Center.   Students will have[…]

Laurence Alexander recommended as chancellor of UM-Flint

Laurence Alexander's five-year appointment will be effective July 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents at its May 16 meeting on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus.

This article originally appeared in The University Record. Laurence Alexander, a recognized leader in higher education who for 11 years has served as chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been recommended as the next chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint.  His five-year appointment will be effective July 1, pending approval by[…]

Bujak's UM-Flint experiences led him to U-M Law School

Joseph Bujak's experiences at UM-Flint prepared him to excel at U-M Law School.

Joseph Bujak knew from an early age that he wanted to pursue a career in public service. At 17, he began an internship at the Oakland County 6th Circuit Court in Pontiac, which he has continued throughout his studies at the University of Michigan-Flint. Recently graduating with a double major in political science and history,[…]

UM-Flint grad beats the odds – and opinions – to graduate with honors

Elizabeth Ashley, a recent UM-Flint elementary education graduate, will use her UM-Flint degree to help students overcome the struggles she experienced before college.

"I often say that you're going to either walk these kids into success, or you're going to walk them into prison — they don't get to either place on their own," said Elizabeth Ashley, a recent University of Michigan-Flint graduate with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and Maize & Blue Scholar. And Ashley should[…]