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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT PREPARES FOR MAJOR INVESTMENT, GROWTHTwo major expansions for the University of Michigan-Flint are just days from being finalized. The University is in the process of buying a former FirstMerit Bank building for $6 million and accepting a donation of the Riverfront Residence Hall and Conference Center, a $15.5 million value. The two properties are along Saginaw Street in downtown Flint and are adjacent to the current campus. Together, they increase campus space by 500,000 square feet—a 25 percent increase in the University’s downtown footprint. The addition of a second on-campus residence hall means UM-Flint has the potential to grow from 300 to 800 students in campus housing. These are just two recent examples of UM-Flint investment in its community to support increased student access. Also, the University recently reopened the downtown ice rink—which had sat as a vacant concrete slab for more than 25 years. Skating is free and open to the public. The reopening of the rink has been hugely popular.
For an interview with Chancellor Susan E. Borrego: Marjory Raymer | University Relations Phone: (810) 237-6570 Email: [email protected]
FLINT’S SKYROCKETING APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSLook around. The University of Michigan-Flint is a magnet for international students with growing appeal worldwide. The number of international students at UM-Flint has skyrocketed over the last decade, growing from just 54 international students in 2005 to 720 in 2015. In fact, 1 in every 12 students at UM-Flint is an international student. They hail from all corners of the globe, including 261 from India and 5 from Bangladesh. The spike in international students was driven in part by the addition of residential housing to campus in 2008. Their impact has been huge. It is estimated that international students alone contribute $13.5 million annually into the Flint and Genesee-area economy and they have enriched the community by bringing diversity, world views, and their cultures to downtown Flint. International students also are leaders on campus—last year the Student Government President was from Mauritius (a small island country off the southeast coast of Africa)—and among the most active student ambassadors. In Flint, many international students are finding opportunity, an affordable world-class education, and love for a community that welcomes them warmly.
UM-Flint international student expert: Daniel Adams | International Center director* Phone: (810) 762-0867 Email: [email protected] umflint.edu/international/ *Can also assist with contacting international students
UM-FLINT LEADS STATE IN EDUCATION INNOVATIONThey say necessity is the mother of invention. Confronted with long-declining population and state funding, and the ever-increasing obstacles educators in all poor communities face, the necessity for schools in Flint to think outside the box existed well before the water crisis. The University of Michigan-Flint and its K-12 partners have been at the forefront, experimenting with new models, new teacher training initiatives, and new efforts of every size and shape in their mission to improve educational outcomes for Flint area students. UM-Flint currently has 9 Dual Enrollment Educational Partnerships with area school districts — which allows high school students to attend college at reduced or no cost. This year, the program launched in Flint Community Schools with 20 students. There also is a high school called Genesee Early College located right on the UM-Flint campus. Designed for students interested in STEM professions, GEC students can earn up to 60 free, transferable college credits while earning a high school diploma. The Smart Teachers As Role Models (STAR) program addresses educational inequities within the elementary and secondary schools of Genesee County, including the under-represented number of African-American males employed as teachers.
UM-Flint education expert: Bob Barnett, PhD | Dean, School of Education and Human Services Phone: (810) 766-6878 Email: [email protected] umflint.edu/sehs
LEAVING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR OPPORTUNITY IN FLINTBefore becoming Chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint, Sue Borrego was a homeless teen who managed to graduate from her downriver Detroit high school only because a friend’s family took her in. At the age of 16, she became an emancipated minor—but the love of reading carried Borrego to college, which she attended mostly as a way to escape. Borrego swore she’d never return to Michigan. She moved west, studied, earned her master’s and then doctorate, and became a nationally-renown leader and advocate for student success, diversity, and inclusion. Along the way, she married and had 2 children, divorced and came out of the closet, planted her roots in Southern California, married her partner Mary Boyce, and became “Nana” to four grandchildren. Then, she was introduced to Flint, Michigan. Here she saw a community of strength and resiliency. Here she saw raw determination and she saw something familiar. She knew access to education made all the difference in her own life, and she knew UM-Flint provided that opportunity here in Flint. She saw an opportunity to build pathways to higher education, provide student support to increase graduation rates, and build partnerships to transform the community. Borrego became the seventh chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint in August 2015.
For an interview with Chancellor Borrego: Marjory Raymer | University Relations Phone: (810) 237-6570 Email: [email protected]
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINTCHANCELLOR SUSAN E. BORREGOExpertise: Student success, diversity, inclusion, community resilience and [email protected] • (810) 730-2872
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES(810) 762-3234
DR. MARK ALLISONAssistant Professor, Computer ScienceExpertise: Software engineering (worked on the Flint water app)[email protected]
DR. CHARLES APPLEAssociate Professor Emeritus, CommunicationExpertise: Communication and media history, communication ethics, social movements, civil rights movement, northern Ireland conflict, film criticism, political scandals and cover [email protected]
THOMAS HENTHORN, PHDAssistant Professor, History and Dorothea E Wyatt Professor of United States HistoryExpertise: Progressive era, modern U.S., urban history, public [email protected]
PEGGY KAHN, PHDProfessor; Chair, Department of Political ScienceExpertise: Low-income households’ access to jobs, to public benefits and services, impact of 1996 welfare changes; work-family scheduling dilemmas of low-income especially single mother [email protected]
DR. MARTIN KAUFMANDavid M. French Professor, of Earth Science; Chair,Earth & Resource ScienceExpertise: Flint water crisis, Geographic Information Systems, urban [email protected]
JASON KOSNOSKI, PHD Associate Professor, Political ScienceExpertise: American politics, labor unions, [email protected]
KIMBERLY SAKS MCMANAWAYLecturer, Politcal ScienceExpertise: Law (licensed attorney), judicial nominations, public policy, women in politics, public opinion, political parties, electoral politics, civil [email protected]
PAULA NAS, PHDInterim Director, Outreach; Lecturer, EconomicsExpertise: Community engagement, economic development, entrepreneurial support [email protected]
MARCUS PAROSKE, PHDChair and Associate Professor, CommunicationExpertise: Debate, political communication, public [email protected]
DR. GREG RYBARCZYKAssociate Professor, Earth & Resource ScienceExpertise: Spatial analysis (GIS), public health, crime mapping, teaching (service-learning), food security, transportation (bicycling, walking, mass transit), urban [email protected]
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS & STUDIES(810) 237-6503
DR. DONNA FRYDean, School of Health Professions & StudiesExpertise: SHPS student and faculty involvement in addressing the water crisis – example of being a community engaged [email protected]
DR. VICKI JOHNSON-LAWRENCEPublic Health & Health SciencesExpertise: Social epidemiologist, studies the various psychosocial and socioeconomic factors that contribute to chronic disease [email protected]
DR. RIE SUZUKIPublic Health & Health SciencesExpertise: Mothers with chronic conditions/disabilities and their children, health care access and women’s health, adult caregivers and aging population, community recovery [email protected]
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES(810) 766-6878
DR. BOB BARNETTDean, School of Education & Human ServicesExpertise: Education and social work [email protected]
DR. JESSICA CAMPFaculty, Social Work DepartmentExpertise: Social work, social policy, [email protected]
DELLA BECKER-CORNELLDirector, Early Childhood Development CenterExpertise: Early childhood [email protected]
DR. AVIVA DORFMANFaculty, Education DepartmentExpertise: Early childhood [email protected]
DR. MARY JO FINNEYChair, Education DepartmentExpertise: [email protected]
DR. CHRISTINE KENNEYFaculty, Education DepartmentExpertise: Early childhood [email protected]
UM-FLINT FACULTY EXPERTSFor additional contact information, call University Relations at (810) 237-6570.
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DR. SUZANNE KNEZEKFaculty, Education DepartmentExpertise: [email protected]
DR. PAMELA ROSS-MCCLAINFaculty, Education DepartmentExpertise: Education leadership [email protected]
DR. SHERRYL MCLAUGHLINDirector, Center for Educator PreparationExpertise: Educating [email protected]
DR. OTRUDE MOYOChair, Social Work DepartmentExpertise: Social work, social [email protected]
DR. ANNIE WHITLOCKFaculty, Education DepartmentExpertise: Elementary [email protected]
DR. MATTHEW WYNEKENFaculty, Education DepartmentExpertise: Elementary [email protected]
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT(810) 762-3160
SY BANERJEE, PHDAssociate Professor, MarketingExpertise: Mobile marketing, online retailing, digital [email protected]
BRIAN BLUME, PHDAssociate Professor, Organizational Behavior& Human Resource ManagementExpertise: Learning within organizations, transferability of training knowledge, organizational behavior, forced distribution management systems, organizational citizenship [email protected]
ERIN CAVUSGIL, PHDAssociate Professor, MarketingExpertise: Pharmaceutical industry, new product development, innovation, marketing [email protected]
CLEMENT CHEN, PHDProfessor, AccountingExpertise: Budgeting, management control systems, forensic [email protected]
SIMA FORTSCH, PHDAssistant Professor, Operations & Supply Chain ManagementExpertise: Operations management, supply chain management, statistical analysis, blood supply and inventory in the United [email protected]
AMY GRESOCK, PHDAssistant Professor, ManagementExpertise: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in older adults, resource accumulation processes for new [email protected]
JACK HELMUTH, PHDProfessor, FinanceExpertise: Finance, capital [email protected]
THOMAS HEMPHILL, PHDProfessor, Strategy, Innovation, and Public PolicyExpertise: Business strategy, innovation, public policy, and [email protected]
SCOTT JOHNSON, PHDDean, Professor of MarketingExpertise: Professional services marketing, word of mouth [email protected]
YENER KANDOGAN, PHDProfessor, International BusinessExpertise: European union, emerging markets, Eastern Europe, trade [email protected]
MIN JUNG KANG, PHDAssistant Professor, FinanceExpertise: Financial derivatives, corporate finance, CEO turnover and [email protected]
PEETH KARTHA, PHDProfessor, OperationsExpertise: Operations management, management science, Box-Jenkins time series, total quality management, quality [email protected]
KEITH KELLEY, PHDAssistant Professor, International BusinessExpertise: International business, Latin American business, international diversification [email protected]
ELENA KHAPALOVA, PHDAssistant Professor, Operations ManagementExpertise: Operations management, change point analysis, quality control, simulation, queuing [email protected]
GREGORY LAURENCE, PHDAssociate Professor, ManagementExpertise: Workspace personalization, job crafting, workaholism, stress at [email protected]
JIE LI, PHDAssistant Professor, ManagementExpertise: Organizational behavior, human resource management, managerial behavior in the workplace, fairness in the workplace, leadership, cross-cultural [email protected]
WEIQI LI, PHDAssociate Professor, Management Information SystemsExpertise: Management information [email protected]
QUNFENG LIAO, PHDAssistant Professor, AccountingExpertise: Earnings management, corporate governance, financial [email protected]
umflint.edu/flintdebate
PHIL LONGSTREET, PHDAssistant Professor, Management Information SystemsExpertise: Technostress, e-commerce visual appeal, computer [email protected]
SEYED MEHDIAN, PHDProfessor, FinanceExpertise: Finance, finance education, international trade, real estate finance, [email protected]
CATHY MILLER, PHDAssociate Professor, AccountingExpertise: Tax, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, auditing, auditor behavior, internal [email protected]
KEITH MORELAND, PHDProfessor, AccountingExpertise: Auditing, financial accounting, accounting education, governmental and non-profit [email protected]
SANDUN PERERA, PHDAssistant Professor, Operations ManagementExpertise: Operations research, financial mathematics, supply chain management, financial [email protected]
MARK PERRY, PHDProfessor, Finance and Business EconomicsExpertise: Finance, economics, applied micro economics,free enterprise, [email protected]
RUTH PERSON, PHDProfessor, ManagementExpertise: Higher education management, corporate governance, [email protected]
umflint.edu/flintdebate
PERCY BATESProfessor and Director, Programs for Educational OpportunityExpertise: Education quality for underserved [email protected] • (734) 647-1666
STUART BATTERMANProfessor, Environmental Health SciencesExpertise: Environmental impact assessment, human exposure and health risk [email protected] • (734) 763-2417
JENNA BEDNARProfessor, Political ScienceExpertise: State government and [email protected] • (734) 615-5165
ANTHONY COUREYAssistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care;Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy and Critical CareExpertise: Legionnaires’ [email protected] • (734) 763-9077
GLEN DAIGGERProfessor, EngineeringExpertise: Urban water management, water treatment [email protected] • (734) 647-3217
PAMELA DAVIS-KEANProfessor, Psychology;Research Professor, Center for Human Growth & DevelopmentExpertise: Role that families, schools, and significant others play in the development of [email protected] • (734) 763-9719
MARGARET DEWARProfessor, Urban & Regional PlanningExpertise: Housing and community development, urban environmental planning and urban land [email protected] • (734) 763-2528
DANA DOLINOYAssociate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences& Nutritional SciencesExpertise: Effects of developmental lead exposure on outcomes in children and adults later in [email protected] • (734) 647-3155
JOSEPH EISENBERGProfessor, EpidemiologyExpertise: Infectious disease epidemiology, microbial risk [email protected] • (734) 764-5435
ALFRED FRANZBLAUProfessor, Environmental Health SciencesExpertise: Evaluation and assessment of occupational and environmental lead exposure among [email protected] • (734) 763-2758
DONALD GRIMESSenior Research Associate, Institute for Research on Labor, Employment & the EconomyExpertise: Annual economic forecasts for Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties in [email protected] • (941) 876-6422
VINCENT HUTCHINGSProfessor, Political ScienceExpertise: Public opinion, elections, voting behavior and African-American [email protected] • (734) 764-6591
PETER JACOBSONProfessor, Health Management & Policy;Director, Center for Law, Ethics, & HealthExpertise: Public health law, public health systems and [email protected] • (734) 936-0928
AARON KALLDirector, U-M Debate Program and Debate InstituteExpertise: [email protected] • (734) 239-3996
ETHAN KROSSAssistant Professor, Psychology;Faculty Associate, Institute for Social ResearchExpertise: How people control their [email protected] • (734) 763-5640
RITA LOCH-CARUSOProfessor, Environmental Health Sciences;Director, Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures & DiseaseExpertise: Exposure to environmental chemicals may be harmful for [email protected] • (734) 936-1256
NANCY LOVEProfessor, Civil & Environmental EngineeringExpertise: Water quality engineering and [email protected] • (734) 763-9664
ARTHUR LUPIAProfessor, Political Science; Research Professor, Center for Political StudiesExpertise: Examines how people make decisions when they lack information and in how they manage complex information [email protected] • (734) 647-7549
THOMAS LYONDow Chair, Sustainable Science, Technology, & CommerceExpertise: Economic analysis to understand corporate environmental behavior and how it is shaped by emerging government regulations, nongovernmental organizations, and consumer [email protected] • (734) 615-1639
DAVID MAYERAssociate Professor, Management & OrganizationsExpertise: Social and ethical issues in [email protected] • (734) 936-1262
PAUL MOHAIProfessor, School of Natural Resources & EnvironmentExpertise: Disproportionate environmental burdens in low-income and people of color communities in Michigan and [email protected] • (734) 763-4598
WREN MONTGOMERYVisiting Research Scholar, Erb Institute for Sustainable Enterprise; Assistant Professor, University of WindsorExpertise: Emerging pressures on increasingly scarce water [email protected] • (519) 253-3000
U-M FACULTY EXPERTS
RICHARD NEITZELAssistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences;Director, U-M Exposure Research LabExpertise: Exposures to heavy metals, including lead, as well as auditory and vestibular health effects associated with these [email protected] • (734) 763-2870
TERESE OLSONAssociate Professor, Civil & Environmental EngineeringExpertise: Disinfection and disinfection byproducts in water [email protected] • (734) 647-1747
SUNG KYUN PARKAssistant Professor, Epidemiology & Environmental Health SciencesExpertise: Health effects of environmental [email protected] • (734) 936-1719
ROBIN QUEENArthur F. Thurnau Professor and Chair, LinguisticsExpertise: Language, mass [email protected] • (734) 764-0353
LUT RASKINProfessor, Civil & Environmental EngineeringExpertise: Drinking water [email protected] • (734) 647-6920
TRINA SHANKSAssociate Professor, Social WorkExpertise: Poverty and child well-being, public policy, community and economic [email protected] • (734) 764-7411
MICHELE SWANSONProfessor, Microbiology and ImmunologyExpertise: Life cycle of Legionella [email protected] • (734) 647-7295
SHARON SWINDELLAssistant Professor, PediatricsExpertise: Lead exposure, preventive measures, possible impacts on children and guidelines regarding management, if lead exposure is [email protected] • (734) 649-1325
MICHAEL TRAUGOTTProfessor Emeritus, Communication Studies and Political Studies;Research Professor Emeritus, Center of Political StudiesExpertise: Political communication and [email protected] • (734) 763-4702
NICHOLAS VALENTINOProfessor, Communication Studies and Political Science; Research Professor, Center for Political StudiesExpertise: Race and politics, political [email protected] • (734) 647-4302
CHUANWU XIAssociate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences;Director, Global Environmental Health ProgramExpertise: Biofilms, water quality and treatment, human [email protected] • (734) 615-7594
UM-FL INT CAMPUS WATER INFORMATION
MAPPING LEAD LINESThe University of Michigan-Flint’s Geographic Information Systems conducted research that analyzed and digitized existing City of Flint records to identify where lead service lines are believed to be located. By combining information from handwritten notes, scanned images, and paper maps, the research was able to identify and map where records show 4,376 lead pipes are located. This is an important first step toward fixing the city’s infrastructure problem.
LEAD TESTINGThe Nursing Department, its faculty, and students are at the heart of ongoing efforts to provide free lead testing for Flint children. For months, they have been in every corner of the city providing this critical service for families — and they will continue doing so as long as needed. The UM-Flint Nursing Department has committed to providing free lead screening until 100 percent of at-risk kids are screened.
FILTER DISTRIBUTIONUM-Flint hosted the first major water filter giveaway in the City of Flint. This massive relief effort came together with just 36 hours notice and provided immediate relief to residents after a Public Health Emergency was declared. Nearly 3,000 water filters were given away in a single day.
PUBLIC EDUCATIONThe Public Health and Health Sciences Department created an eight-week course on the Flint Water Crisis this semester. It is offered as a one-credit course for students — but the University also took the unusual step of opening up the course to our community for free. The leading experts in the water crisis have been brought in for the course. Each session includes one hour featuring a panel discussion and one hour with audience questions and comments.
H20FLINTTwo of UM-Flint computer science students put their skills to use by creating a mobile app for Flint residents to show where they can get help. It shows everything from where to get bottled water to how to recycle those bottles. The app is designed to put the latest information at users fingertips. It is available in Spanish and English, with other languages coming soon.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCHA standing-room-only crowd of 140 faculty from all three University of Michigan campuses came together to participate in a convening session in Flint. The purpose of this session was to look at ways in which the university’s research and service could be part of constructive solutions in the months and years ahead. U-M President Mark Schlissel committed $100,000 in seed funding for research projects, and grantees are expected to be announced soon.
VOLUNTEERINGFaculty, staff and students are actively engaged in supporting the Red Cross and helping our community through this time of crisis. As just one example, about a dozen students and faculty in the Communications and Visual Arts Department spent hundreds of hours delivering water door-to-door, assembling lead test kits and organizing the Red Cross warehouse.
HOSTING AND CONVENINGThe University of Michigan-Flint has become the central location for groups, agencies, and task forces working toward solutions in the Flint water crisis. We have hosted and continue to host countless meetings of groups large and small, all of which are working on different aspects of the Flint water crisis. This includes everything from meetings of the governor’s Interagency Task Force to an NAACP community meeting.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: umflint.edu/campus-waterDated: 3/3/16
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY FOR 60 YEARS — NOW MORE THAN EVERFlint is our home. The University of Michigan-Flint is inherently a part of everything that happens in our community. Now, in the midst of crisis, our campus continues to be involved everyday lending our expertise and our work ethic to address our community’s short- and long-term needs.
6,868UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS
1,602GRADUATESTUDENTS 8,470
TOTAL STUDENTS
8.6%INCREASE FROM 2014
720INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Greatest number ofinternational studentscome from India,Saudi Arabia, and China
19.42%OF ALL STUDENTSARE MINORITIES
2.85%OF ALL STUDENTS ARE TWO OR MORE RACES
88.5%OF ALL STUDENTS ARE MICHIGAN RESIDENTS
56.9%OF ALL STUDENTS ARE
GENESEE COUNTYRESIDENTS
77.38%OF UM-FLINT ALUMNI
LIVE IN MICHIGAN
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS We offer more than 100 possible majors, concentrations, and specializations for our bachelors degrees. • 19.1% undergraduates are nursing or pre-nursing majors • 18.1% STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Math) • 14.8% of undergraduates are business majors • 2.5% are education-related majors of which
10.3% are pursuing teaching in science and math • 3.6% of undergraduates are non-teaching biology
or biochemistry majors • 4.5% of undergraduates are computer science
or information systems majors • 12.5% of undergraduates have not declared a major
GRADUATE MAJORS 21 different master’s degrees, one post-bachelor’s certificate, one post-master’s degree, five professional doctoral degrees, one PhD, nine post-graduate certificates • 15.1% of graduate students are in education • 14.4% of graduate students are in physical therapy • 12.2% of graduate students are in business • 13.2% of graduate students are in nursing • 7.3% of graduate students are in public administration
A REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY CREATING OPPORTUNITYFOR OUR STUDENTS AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR 60 YEARS
$120,000,000ECONOMIC IMPACT OF UM-FLINT IN FISCAL YEAR 2015
CAMPUS DIVERSITY
SINCE 1956,UM-FLINT HAS
CONFERRED
35,465 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
6,303 GRADUATE DEGREES
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2. University Pavilion
3. University Pavilion Parking Deck Student Parking
4. University Pavilion Annex
5. Riverfront Center (includes the Riverfront Residence Hall)
6. Northbank Center
7. Northbank Center Parking Deck Tenants/Visitor Parking
8. William S. White Building
9. William S. White Building Parking Lot Student/Faculty/Staff/Visitor Parking
10. Frances Willson Thompson Library
11. Theatre
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14. David M. French Hall
15. Murchie Science Building
16. McKinnon Plaza
17. Harding Mott University Center
18. Recreation Center
19. First Street Residence Hall
20. Mill Street Parking Deck Student/Visitor Parking
21. Parking Lot A Student Parking
22. Central Energy Plant
23. Faculty/Staff Parking Lot
24. Hubbard Building
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