The Office of State Outreach within The Office of the Vice President for Government Relations
Day One – Monday, April 28, 2008
6:45 a.m.
Depart Ann Arbor
8:00 a.m.
Arrive Ernst & Young Bldg.
Meet Edsel B. Ford II, Director, Boards of Directors Ford Motor Company
9:00 a.m.
Depart Ernst & Young Bldg.
9:30 a.m.
Arrive at Focus Hope
Meet Eleanor Jostaitis, Co-Founder and Tim Dupree, Interim CEO Depart
11:00 a.m.
Focus Hope
11:15 a.m.
Woodbridge Estates
Herb Strather, President, Strather and Associates
12:15 p.m.
Depart for River Front Condo
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
2:30 p.m.
Arrive Detroit River Walk
Meet Mat Cullen, General Manager, Economic Development and Enterprise Services, General Motors Corporation
3:45 p.m.
Depart for Flint Holiday Inn
5:15 p.m.
Arrive/Check into hotel
6:15 p.m.
Depart for Sloan Museum
6:30 p.m.
Community Reception/Dinner
Reception 6:30 p.m.
Dinner 7:30 p.m.
Jack Kay, Interim Chancellor, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor of Communication, University of Michigan-Flint
9:00 p.m.
Return to hotel
Day Two – Tuesday, April 29, 2008
6:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast: 6:15 a.m.-7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
Depart for Delta Assembly Plant-Lansing
8:45 a.m.
Arrive at Delta Assembly Plant
9:00 a.m.
Tour Assembly Plant
10:30 a.m.
Depart for Capitol
11:00 a.m.
Capitol Tour
12:10 p.m.
Lunch @ Farnum Bldg.
Dialogue with Lt. Governor, John D. Cherry
1:30 p.m.
Depart for Battle Creek
2:30 p.m.
Arrive in Battle Creek
City Heritage Tour: Sojourner Truth; Kellogg Family
4:30 p.m.
Depart for Grand Rapids
5:45 p.m.
Arrive/Check in at Amway Grand
6:15 p.m.
Depart for Pen Club
6:30 p.m.
Alumni Scholarship Reception/Dinner Grand Rapids, MI 49503
9:00 p.m.
Return to Hotel
9:00 p.m.
Return to Hotel
Day Three – Wednesday, April 30, 2008
6:00 a.m.
Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Depart hotel
8:00 a.m.
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT)
9:00 a.m.
Education Dialog
WMCAT
Dr. Bernard Taylor, Superintendent, GRPS
Dan Quisenberry, President, MAPSA
10:00 a.m.
Depart WMCAT
10:20 a.m.
Arrive Martin Luther King Leadership Academy
Sustainable Development Tour
11:20 a.m.
Depart MLK
11:40 a.m.
Arrive YMCA Lunch
Sustainable Development Tour
1:00 p.m.
Depart for Traverse City
3:30 p.m.
Arrive at Traverse City
(Check-In at Park Place Hotel)
4:45 p.m.
Depart for Black Star Farms
5:15 p.m.
Arrive Black Star Farms
Meet Don Coe, Managing Partner
Reception/wine tasting 6:00 p.m.
Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Tom Kelly, Executive Director/Captain Inland Seas Education Association
9:00 p.m.
Return to Hotel
Day Four – Thursday, May 1, 2008
6:00 a.m.
Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Depart for Leland
7:45 a.m.
Arrive Fishtown, Leland
8:00 a.m.
Meet Amanda Holmes, Administrative Director, Fishtown Preservation Society
9:30 a.m.
Depart for Reservation GTB Ottawa Chippewa Tribe
10:00 a.m.
Soaring Eagle Casino: Gaming Overview
Kevin Lien, General Manager, VP of Operations, West Bay
10:30 a.m.
Move to Eagles Ridge
Welcome from Tribal Vice Chair, Cornelia “Connie” Two Crow
11:00 a.m.
Break Out Sessions with Tribal Departments
12:10 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Depart for Pellston
4:00 p.m.
Arrive UM Biological Station
5:00 p.m.
Depart UM Bio Station
Chris Vogel, Research Scientists, UMBS
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Sault Ste. Marie Hotel
Ramada Plaza Hotel Ojibway
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Ramada Plaza Hotel
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
Day Five – Friday, May 2, 2008
6:30 a.m.
Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Depart for Ferry-Dock #1
Soo Locks Boat Tours
1157 Portage Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
8:00 a.m.
Soo Locks Boat Tour
Professor Bernie Arbic of Lake Superior State University (retired) Author of “City of the Rapids”
10:00 a.m.
Depart for Kinross
10:30 a.m.
Arrive at Kinross Correctional
Group Check-In
11:00 a.m.
Lunch
11:30 a.m.
Welcome by Warden Jeff Woods Tour of Prison
2:00 p.m.
Depart for Ann Arbor
7:30 p.m.
Arrive in Ann Arbor
