Mayor’s State of the City Speech February 21, 2008
Posted by Jack Kay in : Uncategorized , add a comment21 February 2008, City Hall, Flint, Michigan:
The University of Michigan-Flint and the notion of a college town was mentioned by Mayor Don Williamson in his 2008 State of the City address. The Mayor identified the university’s new residence hall as an example of the progress being made in revitalizing the city. He also highlighted the 16,000 plus college students atending school in Flint through the University of Michigan-Flint, Kettering University, and Mott College. The Mayor pledged to make the college campus of Flint a priority for 2008. He also indicated support for changing the name of Third Avenue to University Avenue.
Help University of Michigan-Flint Help New Orleans February 21, 2008
Posted by Jack Kay in : Uncategorized , add a comment21 February 2008, Flint, Michigan:
Help the University of Michigan-Flint make a lasting contribution to the revitalization of New Orleans! Needed by 5 p.m., Friday, February 22.
University of Michigan-Flint students, faculty, and staff on the New Orleans 2008 Alternative Spring Break are collecting new and used items that are in short supply. These items are greatly needed to keep New Orleans neighborhoods maintained until residents can return and to rebuild a city attractive to new residents. Please consider donating one or more of the following items:
Weed Whackers
Twine for Weed Whackers
Branch Snips or Loppers
Swing Blades for Manual Grass Cutting
Work Gloves
These will be used by University of Michigan-Flint Alternative Spring Break workers in New Orleans before being permanently donated to our partner organization, the 9th Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association, where the donations will be used by future volunteers. Please bring donated goods to the Center for Civic Engagement by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 22, located on the 10th floor of the Northbank Center Building, 436 N. Saginaw Street, across from the William S. White Building.
If you have questions, please contact Mona Younis at myounis@umflint.edu or (810) 767-2163. Thank you very much!
Semi-Pro Flint Area Premiere February 21, 2008
Posted by Jack Kay in : Uncategorized , add a comment21 February 2008, Flint, Michigan:
The snow on the curbs of Flint today is real, unlike the white-covered dirt mounds from the summer when Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, and the cast and crew of Semi-Pro were in Flint and on the University of Michigan-Flint campus filming the movie. Tonight is the Flint area premiere of Semi-Pro.
| At right is a photo showing my daughter Erin and I welcoming Woody to campus. Woody spent about thirty minutes talking with our students and giving autographs. We never got near Will. |  |
University of Michigan-Flint Named to President’s Honor Roll February 19, 2008
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19 February 2008 , Flint, Michigan:
I am proud to report that the Corporation for National and Community Service last week named the University of Michigan-Flint to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.
Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.
The Honor Roll is jointly sponsored by the Corporation, through its Learn and Serve America program, and the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps, and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.
In congratulating the winners, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said, “Americans rely on our higher education system to prepare students for citizenship and the workforce. We look to institutions like these to provide leadership in partnering with local schools to shape the civic, democratic and economic future of our country.”
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. The Corporation administers Senior Corps, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America, a program that supports service-learning in schools, institutions of higher education and community-based organizations. For more information, go to http://www.nationalservice.gov.
301 E. First Street: Residence Hall Progress February 19, 2008
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19 February 2008, Flint, Michigan, First Street: The roof is almost completely on the four story residence hall that marks the first residence hall at the University of Michigan-Flint, opening in August 2008. Watch the progress on the live webcam: http://www.umflint.edu/housing/cam.htm and find out more about campus living at: http://www.umflint.edu/housing/index.htm Our official address is 301 E. First Street. |
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Exciting Times in Downtown Flint February 18, 2008
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18 February 2008, Flint, Michigan, Chancellor’s Office:
The view of Saginaw Street from my office is spectacular, showing a downtown moving forward. The sky may be gray and the temperature cold but the warmth of new activity is in the air. If you have not been downtown recently please come. Enjoy the local eateries. Visit the businesses. See what is happening on campus. Walk on down Kearsley Street and see how the new residence hall is coming. You will be impressed.
School of Management and Club Hockey February 17, 2008
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17 February 2008, 10:00 a.m., Flint, Michigan, Perani Arena:
Sunday morning, icy roads, and Dean Helmuth and the School of Management are busy setting up a reception for students and the School’s Advisory Board at Perani Arena. This is the third reception of the academic year for the newly formed University of Michigan-Flint Hockey Club. Go Blue!
The Shakespeare Club of Flint February 17, 2008
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17 February 2008, Flint, Michigan, Woodlawn Park Ave.:
Did you know that Flint is home to the second oldest Shakespeare Club in the Western Hemisphere, dating back to 1888? I did not know this fact until I hosted the group for brunch today prior to their viewing of the University of Michigan-Flint theatre prouction of “The Winter’s Tale,” directed by Professor Carolyn Gillespie. My daughter and I saw the performance last week. It was wonderful, featuring a great set and wonderful costuming.
Weather Road Show Comes to Campus February 16, 2008
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16 February 2008, Flint, Michigan, The KIVA:
WNEM-TV5’s weather team came to campus to present their popular Weather Road Show. About thirty budding meteorologists learned about highs and lows, and grilled the weather team.
University Avenue February 16, 2008
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16 February 2008, Flint Michigan, 3rd Avenue Baptist Church:
Students from the University of Michigan-Flint and Kettering University met today at 3rd Avenue Baptist Church to begin a petition drive to change the name of 3rd Avenue to University Avenue. Mayor Williamson, Councilman Neely, Bob Nichols, Dan Kildee, and I kicked off the event. This is another example of how Flint is becoming a “College Town.” Mayor Williamson provided an incentive to the 2 teams: $200 to the team that collected the most signatures and $100 to the second place team. The teams generously donated their winnings to the church.
