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UM-Flint receives $746K grant to operate as a regional hub for digital resources and education
Consider all the ways you use technology in your daily life. Bills are paid online. Job searches are conducted on the internet. Earning a college degree is just a Wi-Fi connection away. Family members half the world apart are able to stay in touch thanks to modern connectivity. However, imagine if these digital resources weren't[…]
UM-Flint receives $50K grant from the Priority Health Total Health Foundation to support students, new mothers
The University of Michigan-Flint recently received a $50,000 grant from the Priority Health Total Health Foundation supporting two initiatives that benefit current students in need and new moms in the greater Flint community. The grant is split equally between Wolverine Essentials, a one-stop location for UM-Flint students to access basic needs, services and resources, and[…]
UM-Flint DPS receives $935K in grant funding for community development
Many know the University of Michigan-Flint's Department of Public Safety for offering services like Safe Ride, being visible at many campus events, and patrolling the streets of downtown Flint, thereby ensuring the safety of the campus community. However, this is only a portion of the work DPS does, as much of its work benefits the[…]
UM-Flint School of Nursing receives $3.94M grant to address rural nursing shortage
The University of Michigan-Flint School of Nursing has announced the launch of an initiative aimed at addressing the critical nursing shortage in Michigan's Thumb region. The UM-Flint Educates Rural Nurses program, also known as the UM-FERN project, is backed by a four-year, $3.94 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration and seeks to[…]
UM-Flint student transforms UCEN gallery into interactive, child-friendly art exhibit
While things already look a little different in the University of Michigan-Flint's Harding Mott University Center this fall following a recent renovation, its art gallery, located on the first floor, has undergone some fun changes too. The transformation comes courtesy of Rachel Landes, a senior design major from Owosso, who has turned the space into[…]
UM-Flint faculty receive $18,000 grant to support "Unlocking the Arts in Flint" program
An $18,000 grant from the U-M Arts Initiative will assist three University of Michigan-Flint faculty members in helping to foster social change in Flint and Genesee County. The grant will support and strengthen a program titled "Unlocking the Arts in Flint," a joint venture between the Flint-area nonprofit Youth Arts: Unlocked and the UM-Flint Arts[…]
UM-Flint's School of Nursing provides lifesaving gift to local church
Parishioners at St. Pius X Catholic Church hold their parish close to their hearts. And now, courtesy of a defibrillator from the University of Michigan-Flint's School of Nursing, they will be able to keep potentially lifesaving assistance just as near. The gift of the automatic external defibrillator was made possible by a grant from the[…]
Three UM-Flint Departments Will Join Effort to Improve Flint's University Corridor
Three University of Michigan-Flint departments will assist efforts to create a safe, walkable University Avenue corridor with the help of a $1 million federal grant to Kettering University that will support neighborhood revitalization efforts. UM-Flint's departments of Earth & Resource Science and Public Health & Health Sciences will share about $100,000 of the federal grant.
Mott Foundation Grant to Aid International Student Recruitment
According to the foundation, the grant will provide continuing support to UM-Flint's International Center for recruitment of international students.