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Detroit Center
The University of Michigan has established the 10,500 square-foot UM Detroit Center on the ground floor of Orchestra Place. The facility provides a home for dozens of long-standing programs while opening the door to increased UM involvement with the community. Eighteen UM units are currently participating in the center. The facility provides offices and space for classes, meetings, exhibitions, lectures, and collaborative work while serving as a home base for students and faculty working on projects in Detroit.
Summer Program in Public Policy and International Affairs
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is proud to encourage diversity in public leadership by hosting a Junior Summer Institute for the PPIA program. PPIA is an intensive seven-week summer program that focuses on preparing students for graduate programs in public policy and international affairs. Courses focus on improving students' communication and quantitative reasoning skills, which are vital to their success in graduate programs. Ford School faculty members teach most courses.
Current MPP students and recent graduates serve as teaching assistants, leading discussion seminars and providing tutorial resources. PPIA fellows take three courses: quantitative methods, economics, and communication skills/policy analysis. Elementary and advanced sections of quantitative methods and economics are offered.
PPIA Fellows attend classes in the morning and spend their afternoons working on problem sets, participating in discussion sessions, and seeking individual assistance in their courses.
June activity highlights
| June. 2, 3 | School of Public: Community Action Against Asthma CAAA Staff Training |
| June. 3 | School of Social Work: Skillman Foundation |
| June. 5, 12, 19, 25, 26 | School of Social Work: Summer long technology training and workshop (funded through knight foundation) series for high school age youth. |
| June. 7 | Residential College: Committee Meeting |
| June. 11, 17 | Non Profit: Community Development Advocates of Detroit CDAD Board Meeting |
| June. 12 | Center for the Education of Women: "Crossing Boundaries 2009: Project Management for Nonprofit Organizations (9-12pm) |
| June. 13, 20, 27 | School of Social Work: Youth Dialogues on Race & Ethnicity in Metro Detroit |
| June. 13 | CAAS: Poetry Reading |
| June. 16 | Admissions Office–Undergraduate Education: Pre-Summer Bridge Orientation |
| June. 16 | Edward Ginsberg Center: AmeriCorps Meeting |