The Office of State Outreach within The Office of the Vice President for Government Relations
Day One – Monday, May 1, 2006
7:15 a.m.
Depart Ann Arbor for Detroit
Watch a Video About Focus: Hope while on bus
8:15 a.m.
Tour of Focus: Hope
Eleanor Josaitis, Executive Director
9:45 a.m.
Depart for Detroit City Airport tour
George Day Detroit host
10:05 a.m.
Detroit City Airport: “Aviation and Security
Delbert Brown, Director
11:10 a.m.
Depart Detroit City Airport
11:30 a.m.
”Emergency Preparedness and Safety on Land” panel discussion
Sinbad’s Resaurant; luncheon
Brenda Ice, Director, Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Glen Hendricks, Director, Red Cross
Ronald Haddad, Deputy Chief of Police, City of Detroit
1:00 p.m.
Depart Sinbad’s Restaurant
1:15 p.m.
Arrive Sinbad’s Dock Port Authority
Tour “Maritime Security, Safety and Trade”
Curtis Hertel, Director, Wayne County Port Authority
3:00 p.m.
Depart for Holiday Inn-Express hotel
4:15 p.m.
Driving tour of UM-Flint campus
Renee Zientek, Director of University Outreach; UM-Flint
5:15 p.m.
Arrive/Check into hotel
6:15 p.m.
Depart for University of Michigan-Flint Campus
6:30 p.m.
UM-Flint: Community Reception
Dr. Juan Mestas, Chancellor
University of Michigan-Flint
6:30pm-7:30pm: Reception, Clint’s Café
7:30pm-9:00pm: MRS Dinner, Riverview Room
9:00 p.m.
Return to hotel
Day Two – Tuesday, May 2, 2006
6:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
Depart for GM Truck & Bus
7:30 a.m.
GM Truck & Bus visit/tour
9:45a.m.
Depart for Lansing
11:00 a.m.
Tour of Michigan State Capitol
11:00 am-12:30 pm
12:30 p.m.
Luncheon/Presentation “Future Support of Higher Education”
Farnum Office Building, Room 810, Lansing, Michigan
The Honorable Mike Goschka, State Senator
The Honorable Deborah Cherry, State Senator
The Honorable Liz Brater, State Senator
1:45 p.m.
Depart for MSU’s Campus
2:00 p.m.
Michigan State University’s Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Control
4:15 p.m.
Depart for Grand Rapids
5:15 p.m.
Arrive/Check in at hotel
6:15 p.m.
Depart for Peninsular Club
6:30 p.m.
Peninsular Club Scholarship reception/dinner
Mr. Bruce Cortade, Scholarship Chairman
University of Michigan Alumni Club-Grand Rapids
6:30 pm-7:30 pm-Community Reception 7:30 pm-9 pm- MRS dinner
9:00 p.m.
Return to Hotel
Day Three – Wednesday, May 3, 2006
6:00 a.m.
Breakfast
6:00 am-7:15 am; Sully’s
7:30 a.m.
Depart hotel
7:45 a.m.
Steelcase tour
Brian Cloyd, Director Corporate/Community Relations
Terrance West, Director Workspace Futures Research
10:00 a.m.
Depart for Muskegon
11:00 a.m.
Grand Valley State University’s Water Resource Institute
11 am-12:15 pm: Overview/tour
12:15 p.m.
Luncheon/Presentation
John McGarry, Muskegon County Museum Director
“The Lumber Barons of Muskegon County”
1:15 p.m.
Depart GVSU
1:30 p.m.
Tour of Muskegon Correctional Facility
1:30 pm-3:30 pm
3:45p.m.
Depart for Traverse City
6:15 p.m.
Arrive/Check into hotel
7:15 p.m.
Depart for Dennos Museum Center
7:30 p.m.
Reception/Dinner at Dennos Museum Center Northwestern Michigan College
Eugene Jenneman, Director, Dennos Museum Center
Honorable Linda Smyka, Mayor (invited) City of Traverse City
7:30 pm-8:30 pm; Reception 8:30 pm-10 pm; MRS Dinner
10:00 p.m.
Return to Hotel
Day Four – Thursday, May 4, 2006
6:15 a.m.
Breakfast
6:00 am-7:15 am; Top of the Park
7:30 a.m.
Depart for Leelanau County farm tour
James Nugent, Station Coordinator NW Michigan Horticultural Research Station
8:00 a.m.
Cherry Bay Orchards farm tour
Don & Bob Gregory, owners
James Nugent, MSU Research Station
9:30 a.m.
Depart for Glen Arbor
10:00 a.m.
Cherry Republic visit
Bob Sutherland, President
11:15 a.m.
Depart for Empire
11:30 a.m.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
11:30 am-1 pm
Bill Herd, Interpreter
Chuck Olson, Professor Emeritus, SNRE
1:15 p.m.
Depart for Traverse City
2:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Maritime Academy
John Berck, Admissions Coordinator
4:15 p.m.
Depart for St. Ignace
5:45 p.m.
Pick up Robert Sweeney, Mackinac Bridge Authority
Pellston Airport, US 31
Pellston, Michigan
6:15 p.m.
Drop off Robert Sweeny at MBA
6:30 p.m.
Arrive/check into hotel
7:45 p.m.
Depart for Village Inn
8:00 p.m.
MRS Dinner
10:00 p.m.
Return to hotel
Day Five – Friday, May 5, 2006
7:00 a.m.
”Economic Climate of the Upper Peninsula”
Breakfast Presentation
Dennis West, President
Northern Initiatives
7am-8:30 am
8:45 a.m.
Depart for UM Biological Station
Pellston, MI
9:15 a.m.
UofM Biological Station
Pellston, Michigan
Dr. Knute Nadelhoffer, Director
Bob Vande Kopple, Resident biologist
11:00 a.m.
Depart for Alpena
12:30 a.m.
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alpena, MI
Jeff Gray, Manager
12:30 pm-1:15 pm-Lunch
1:15 pm-3:00 pm-Presentation/Tour
3:15 p.m.
Depart for Ann Arbor
Road Scholars finish evaluations and hand in
6:30 p.m.
Arrive home-unload luggage
Home Sweet Home!
