The Winter 2009 Commencement Ceremony for the University of Michigan-Flint will be held on December 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Perani Arena and Event Center . About 200 students are expected to participate in the ceremony.

Four University of Michigan -Flint students have been selected to each receive a $1,000 scholarship as part of an effort to promote higher education within the Hispanic Community.

The University of Michigan-Flint marked Veterans Day 2009 with its 11th Annual Remembrance Ceremony held in the morning, and  the dedication of a new Student Veterans Resource Center.

The Scholarships, Awards and Special Events Committee has announced the graduates selected to receive the Maize and Blue Distinguished Scholar Award, the highest academic award bestowed upon a graduate of the University of Michigan-Flint.  These awards will be given at the December 13, 2009 Commencement.

The University of Michigan-Flint’s MBA program has been ranked among the top 10 part-time MBA programs in the Midwest by BusinessWeek.  The magazine’s latest rankings released on November 5, 2009, also places UM-Flint 41^st nationally among part-time MBA programs.

The University of Michigan-Flint will substantially increase enrollment in its Physical Therapy Program (DPT).  This move comes at a time when the nation is seeing a shortage of physical therapists. The expansion of the DPT Program will allow enrollment to increase by 50%. In the past, only 40 students per year could be accepted.  The program is now planning to increase admittance to 60 students annually beginning in fall 2010. 

The traditional morning Remembrance Ceremony and the afternoon dedication of a new center for student veterans are all part of University of Michigan-Flint’s 2009 observance of Veterans Day.

The 11^th annual Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 11, in the Michigan Rooms (University Center). A light breakfast will be available beginning at 9 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 9:30.

The School of Management at the University of Michigan-Flint is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review.  The education services company features the school in the new 2010 edition of its book, The Best 301 Business Schools.

The University of Michigan-Flint has been selected as the 2009 Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) Education and Government Entities Award. The award was presented at the 26^th Annual MMBDC Awards Dinner on September 29 in Detroit. Other finalists in the category were Wayne State University and Michigan State University.

University of Michigan-Flint history students now have a unique opportunity to take their studies abroad thanks to the generosity of one of the founding faculty. An endowment by Dorothea Wyatt, Ph.D. will also bring celebrated scholars to campus for a “Guest Lecture Series.”