2018 Road Scholars Itinerary

7:00am

Depart UM- Fleming Building – Ann Arbor

8:15am

Arrive at BUILD Institute – Detroit
April Boyle, Executive Director

9:30am

Depart for Bridgewater Interior

9:55am

Arrive at Bridgewater Interiors – Detroit
Elaine Tingle, Director of Community Relations

11:30am

Depart for UM Detroit Center

11:45am

Arrive at UM Detroit Center – Detroit

11:50am

Lunch Presentation: Century Partners
Kim Dowdell, AIA Partner

12:50pm

Depart for C.O.T.S.

1:00pm

Arrive at Coalition for Temporary Shelter C.O.T.S – Detroit
Cheryl Johnson, President/CEO

2:30pm

Depart for H Hotel in Midland

5:00pm

Arrive at H Hotel – Midland
111 W. Main Street, Midland, MI 48640
Phone: 989.839.0500
Fax: 1.989.837.6000

6:00pm

Depart for Community Leaders Dinner

6:15pm

Community Leaders Cocktail Reception at Dow Diamond Park – Midland

7:00pm

Community Leaders Dinner

8:30pm

Depart for H Hotel

9:00pm

Daily Debrief in Bar Oxygen at H Hotel – Midland

7:30am

Bus departs H Hotel for Case Systems/BOSTONtec

7:50am

Arrive at Case Systems | BOSTONtec – Midland
Kelly Wehner, President
Jeff Clark, Director of Human Resources

9:30am

Depart for St. Ignace

12:15pm

Lunch w/Shepler Family in – Mackinaw City
Bill Shepler, CEO, Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry (2nd generation)
Chris Shepler, President, Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry (3rd generation)

1:30pm

Stop at the Mighty Mac for Photo Op – Mackinaw City

1:45pm

Leave for Hotel to meet trolley

2:00pm

Sault Tribe Youth Facility (1/2 group at each location) – St. Ignace
Dave Menard II, Director

Trolley Tour of St. Ignace (1/2 group at each location) – St. Ignace
Mike Lilliquist

3:00pm

Switch groups

4:10pm

Arrive at Harbour Pointe Lakefront Hotel
797 North State Street
St. Ignace, MI 49781
Phone: 906-643-6000

5:30pm

Community Reception at Mackinac Grille – St. Ignace

6:15pm

Dinner with Panel Presentation Alex Iseri, Director, Mackinac Economic Alliance
Luke Paquin, St. Ignace City Council
Betsy Dayrell-Hart, St. Ignace Planning Commission

8:15pm

Leave for Hotel

8:30pm

Debrief at Harbour Pointe Hotel Fire by the Straits – St. Ignace

7:30am

Leave for Driftwood Restaurant

7:40am

Breakfast Buffet

8:00am

Breakfast Program: Intro to Forest Industry – St. Ignace
Bill Cook, Upper Peninsula Forester/Biologist, Michigan State University Extension

9:00am

Depart for Hessel

9:45am

Arrive Maples Sawmill – Hessel Luke Jaroche

11:30am

Depart for East Jordan Schools

1:45pm

Arrive at East Jordan Schools for Lunch
Matt Stevenson, Superintendent, East Jordan Schools
Mary Faculak, President, East Jordan Chamber of Commerce

3:45pm

Depart for Traverse City

4:30pm

Arrive at Cambria Suites – Traverse City
255 Munson Avenue (US31)
Traverse City, MI 49686
Phone: 231-778-9000

5:45pm

Depart for Dinner in Town – Traverse City
Red Ginger (12)
Poppycocks (10)
Georgina’s (12)

8:30pm

Debrief at Hotel Bar in Lobby

7:45am

Breakfast at Hotel

8:45am

Depart for TBAISD Career Tech Center

9:00am

Arrive at TBAISD Career Tech Center – Traverse City
Patrick Lamb, Principal
Matt Nausadis, Assistant Principal
Brent Boerema, Assitant Principal
Stephanie Long, Curriculum Supervisor

10:45am

Depart for Thompsonville

11:45am

Arrive at Iron Fish Distillery for Lunch – Thompsonville
Richard Anderson
Sarah Anderson

12:30pm

Distillery Tour and Tasting – Thompsonville

1:30pm

Depart for Grand Rapids

3:45pm

Arrive at Holiday Inn Downtown Grand Rapids – Conference Room in Lobby – Grand Rapids
310 Pearl Street NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Phone: 616-235-1995

4:00pm

Panel Discussion: Kent County Human Trafficking Task Force
Tessa Hessmiller, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Michigan
Alisha Meneely, Community Outreach Director, Michigan Child Protection Registry
Ben Kaiser, Street Outreach Specialist, Arbor Circle
Andrea Rocafort, Hospital Supervisor, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

5:10pm

Head to Hotel Rooms

5:50pm

Depart for Scholarship Reception

6:00pm

Scholarship Reception with Grand Rapid Alumni Club

7:00pm

Last Night Dinner and drinks at Hotel – Road Scholars Only

10:00pm

Final Night is a wrap

6:45am

Breakfast at Hotel Conference Room

7:45am

Depart for Degage Ministries

8:00am

Arrive Degage Ministries – Grand Rapids
Marge Palmerlee, Director

9:00am

Depart for Wayland

9:30am

Arrive Gun Lake Tribal Administration Building – Wayland
Jennie Heeren, Tribal Council Member, Education Director
Phyllis Davis, Tribal Council Member

11:15am

Depart for Lansing

12:30pm

Arrive at Lansing Community College Center for Manufacturing Excellence – Robotics and Innovation – Lansing

1:15pm

Depart for State Capitol Building

1:30pm

Policy Lunch – Lansing Dick Posthumus, Governor Snyder’s Chief of Staff
Cynthia Wilbanks, UM V.P. for Government Relations

2:30pm

Overview of the State Capitol Building
Valerie Marvin, Capitol Historian

2:45pm

Depart for Lansing Refugee Development Center

3:00pm

Lansing Refugee Development Center
Erika Brown Binton, Executive Director

4:00pm

Depart for Neogen Corporation

4:30pm

Tour and presentation at the Neogen Corporation – Lansing
James Herbert, Executive Chairman of the Board Steve Quinlan, CFO

6:00pm

Depart for Ann Arbor