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Stop Treating My City Like the Fat Kid In Gym Class

I was always the last kid picked for teams in gym class. It never failed. Basketball? Last one chosen. Relays? It was always met with, “do we have to take her?” The only event I seemed to excel at was dodgeball, and that’s because I made one helluva target.  I was also banned from the […]

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New Transfer Student Video

If you walk by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, you will notice the new furniture, and all of the people sitting on the new furniture.  The reason is simple:  August is the season for transfer students at UM-Flint. In celebration of the season of people transferring to the fastest-growing public university in the state, we […]

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Celebrate Independence Day in Flint

Where will you go to celebrate Independence Day? If you are planning to be in town, come to Downtown Flint and check out the “I Am Flint” Fourth of July Celebration.  This event takes place on July 3 and July 4, and will include a three-on-three basketball tournament, live entertainment, carnival attractions, and fireworks, of […]

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Events filled the UM-Flint Campus Last Weekend

Despite the nasty weather this past weekend, the University of Michigan-Flint campus was filled with community members participating in a variety of activities. Fundraising walks, health fairs, and a river clean-up were just some of the activities that brought the community to campus. Arthritis Walk had approximately 300 attendees and walked through campus to raise money for arthritis research. During […]

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