If everything goes according to plan, a degree from UM-Flint will continue to mean something.
A "Countdown to Accreditation" celebration for UM-Flint is scheduled for Oct. 28, according to the Jennifer Hogan, executive director for University Relations, at the Sept.…
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The Student Government Council will be holding a “Choose or Lose” Voter Registration Drive next week, Sept. 23-26. The drive will be held on the third floor of the UCEN from noon-4 p.m. in order to get students registered before the Nov. 4 elections.…
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some students are still making adjustments. The reason? The new First Street Residence Hall, which has become home to approximately 315 students, local and international.
"It is definitely not like home, but things get along all right," said Joshua Long, a freshman who just moved in a few weeks ago.…
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UM-Flint’s American Democracy Project is to help host a series of debate watches this September and October, preceding the presidential elections. Students, faculty, staff and the community are invited to the Michigan Rooms, where the televised debates will be shown and a group discussion will take place after.…
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Upon finally seeing his hard work and dreams come to fruition, Chancellor Emeritus Juan Mestas took the podium last, and cracked a joke. "Showers," he laughed. "There is one for every two students or something like that. Plenty more than when I was a student in college.…
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Provost Jack Kay followed what he describes as "the traditional course" on his academic career path.
Kay earned both his doctorate and his bachelor's degree from Wayne State University, and got his master's from Southern Illinois University.
"You start out as a faculty member and somehow get into administration accidentally," Kay said.…
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Accountability.
In every organization, it's the buzzword that keeps everything running the way it should.
The highest rung of UM-Flint's organizational
ladder, Chancellor Ruth J. Person, featured in the last issue, has someone to hold her directly accountable - President Mary Sue Coleman, and you, the student.…
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Renee Zientek has a relationship with UM-Flint dating back to 1991, when she received her undergraduate in English. From 1994 to 1999, she worked for the Service Learning Center and was involved in University Outreach from its inception in 1994 as a program coordinator.…
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Talk about people you should know. In charge of the Academic Advising and Career Center, Office of Financial Aid, Registrar, Student Life, Student Development, Residential Life, and LGBT Center, Vice Chancellor Mary Jo Sekelsky’s role at UM-Flint is felt by nearly every student on campus.…
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Construction of Kearsley Corridor is on schedule and is expected to be completed by late October or early November, according to vice chancellor Bill Webb. The project started as an effort to help connect downtown Flint, UM-Flint, Mott Community College, Kettering University and the Cultural Center by extending Kearsley Street.…
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This fall semester has been a record setter for UM-Flint, which saw an overall increase in student enrollment of 5.5%, going from 6,883 students in the Fall 2007 to 7,260 students this semester, based on the 10th day enrollment. According to a press release sent by University administrators Sept.…
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