Community Guide:
Community Service
The University is nationally renowned for its dedication to community service. Throughout Washtenaw County, students and faculty are lending a hand to senior citizens, school-children and the homeless, as well as to the human services agencies that help those in need.
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America Reads
America Reads is a collaborative effort between the Edward
Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, the Office
of Financial Aid and the School of Education. Undergraduate
work-study students are placed in elementary schools, tutoring
young children in reading.
Phone: (734) 647-7402
Web: http://ginsberg.umich.edu/americareads/
Email: ekbyrnes@umich.edu
Center for Community Service and Learning
The Edward
Ginsberg Center for Community Service and
Learning offers service-learning programs for students
and
faculty, strengthening both the academic environment
and the
community. The Center's programs include Project SERVE,
Project Community,
America Reads and the Michigan Neighborhood
AmeriCorps Program.
Phone: (734) 647-7402
Web: http://ginsberg.umich.edu/
Email: ginsberginfo@umich.edu
Community-Based Public Health
The Office of Community-Based Public Health provides
a wide
range of projects and activities linking School of
Public Health
students and faculty with community organizations,
health
departments, other health-related groups and government
agencies. Past projects have included local planning
for HIV/
AIDS prevention and services, development of community
health
profiles and understanding and improving minority
health in
Michigan.
Phone: (734) 936-0936
Web: http://www.sph.umich.edu/cbph/
Email: cbphprogram@umich.edu
Diversity Matters at Michigan
The Diversity Matters at Michigan website is a portal to the scores of curricular and extra-curricular programs and initiatives, individuals and groups, and other resources available to advance and sustain a welcoming and diverse community.
Phone: (734) 763-4008
Web: http://www.diversity.umich.edu/
Email: DiversityMatters@umich.edu
Jewish Communal Leadership Program
Combining academic training in social work and Judaic Studies, hands-on engagement with contemporary communal challenges, and experiential training in non-profit management, JCLP students become active participants in the work of imagining and building a Jewish communal future.
Phone: (734) 764-5392
Web: http://www.ssw.umich.edu/programs/jclp/info.html
Email: socialwork@umich.edu
Law School Office of Public Service
The Law School's Office of Public Service serves
as the regional center for Pro Bono Students America/Great
Lakes, a nationwide computer database program
that helps students obtain volunteer legal experience under the
supervision of lawyers in a variety of non-profit
offices, government and law
firms. Students contribute their legal services to the poor while
acquiring
practical experience.
Phone: (734) 647-3256
Web: http://www.law.umich.edu/careers/probono/Pages/default.aspx
Email: lawcareers@umich.edu
Medical Center Volunteer Programs
Volunteers from the U-M Health System deliver meals
to the
homebound, offer counseling to senior citizens about
housing,
provide information about nutrition to the community,
assist
visitors in the gift shop and visit hospital patients.
Volunteers
provide services which help bridge the gap between
hospital and home.
Phone: (734) 936-4327 ext. 3
Web: http://www.med.umich.edu/volunteer/
Email: UMHS.Volunteer@umich.edu
Michigan Business Assistance Domestic Corps
Non-profit organizations benefit from the work of
Business School student interns placed with their organizations.
The MBA Domestic Corps develops business strategies, helps
with marketing, facilitates entrepreneurship and uses
the power of technology to increase productivity.
Phone: (734) 998-6640
Web: http://www.nonprofit.umich.edu/students/dc_students.php
Email: nonprofit@umich.edu
Non-profit and Public Management Center
A collaboration of the schools of Business, Public
Policy and Social Work, NPM promotes education
and research about nonprofit and public management.
Graduate students engage in projects to assist non-profit organizations
and
NPM connects researchers to community organizations.
Phone: (734) 763-4214
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~nonproft/
Email: rmoudgil@umich.edu
Project Community
Project Community is a series of academically accredited
servicelearning courses that involve more than
600 students involved in local community
service each
year. Students work in schools, health care agencies, correctional
facilities and programs that aid senior citizens. The Sociology Department
and School
of Education coordinate Project Community.
Phone: (734) 647-7402
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/pc/
Email: pcinfo@umich.edu
Project SERVE
Project SERVE, through the Center for Community
Service and Learning, places 1,500 students with
150 community agencies and social action
groups each year.
Students work in areas such as the environment, health, women's
issues, criminal justice and urban issues. Project SERVE also
coordinates Alternative Weekends
and Alternative Spring Break for students interested in performing
community service as part of their vacations.
Phone: (734) 936-2437
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/serve/
Email: serveinfo@umich.edu
James Kosteva, Director
Office of Community Relations
Fleming Administration Building, 503 Thompson Street,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340
(734) 764-7901 Fax (734) 764-3316
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