Tag Archives: youth
UM-Flint Roundtable Focuses on Helping Youth in Foster Care Succeed in College and Beyond
About 50 social service workers, university staff, students, and other community leaders—including Congressman Dan Kildee—attended the "Mpowering My Success" roundtable on foster youth and higher education.
UM-Flint Reaching Out to "Community Champions" to Help Meet Needs of Foster Youth
Community leaders and local, state, and federal lawmakers are being invited to a special luncheon at the University of Michigan-Flint on Monday, March 10 focusing on foster care support in the state, such as UM-Flint's Mpowering My Success program. That program is a state-funded initiative designed to help foster youth who are aging out of care make a successful transition to college.
AstroNite: A Night of "Far-Out" Family Fun
AstroNite will be held on Saturday, October 20, starting at Longway Planetarium and then moving to the UM-Flint Murchie Science Building.
Shhh…UM-Flint Entrepreneurs Share Secrets
The Pirkovic brothers developed the website after learning that rates of cyber bullying, depression, and suicide are skyrocketing among young people.