The University of Michigan-Flint is inviting the community to learn more about how to finance a college education during the current economic crisis. A panel discussion on financing college will be presented Tuesday, December 2 in the Ballroom of Northbank Center beginning at 6 p.m.

As the saying goes, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”

            The University of Michigan-Flint Golf Club took that saying and stood it on end, putting in a good performance and bringing back memories to last a lifetime.

            Participating in the first national championship event in school history, the linksters played admirably under adverse conditions at the Collegiate Golf Alliance National Championship Tournament in Las Vegas November 9.

An overwhelming number of students at the University of Michigan-Flint say they are satisfied with their overall educational experience. A national survey found that 85% of First Year students reported a favorable image of the university and 83% of seniors who responded would choose UM-Flint again if they could start their college career over.

The University of Michigan-Flint First Year Experience class takes a bike tour with Professor Steve Landon to some of Flint's most popular cultural attractions  including the Farmers' Market, Kearsley Park & Whalely Historic House.

A new UM-Flint logo now marks the intersection of Kearsley and Wallenberg Streets. Two similar logos were placed at the crosswalk from Housing to MSB.

The University of Michigan-Flint Golf Club has become the first athletic organization in school history to participate in a national championship athletic event. The club is headed to the Collegiate Golf Alliance's National Championship Tournament November 8-9 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Silverstone Golf Course.

The University of Michigan-Flint’s Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. The Wall Street Journal, in an article on child care facilities reported, “The primary gauge of quality has been the accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children… whose seal of approval is regarded as the gold standard by parents, educators and facilities.”

    In honor of the recently held Learn & Serve Challenge,
    Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) has announced that
    the University of Michigan-Flint is a recipient of one of the 
    new Campus Engagement Fellowship (C.E. Fellows)
    grant program.

You probably heard it said...’a picture is worth
 a thousand words.’  But some pictures could
 be worth even more. Find out why from
Jonathan Schroeder, Chaired Professor of Marketing at the University of Exeter Business School, England. He will be the guest speaker
at the University of Michigan-Flint on
October 30.  
Schroeder is a guest of the Student Communications Association and will deliver his presentation at 12:30 p.m. in the Michigan Rooms of University Center. Because of the interest in Schroeder’s research, the event is open
 to the public.

Jeffrey Zaslow, co-author along with Randy Pausch,
of the bestselling bookThe Last Lecture, will
meet with and speak to University of Michigan-
Flint students and faculty on Friday, October 17.
The public is also invited to hear Zaslow’s
9a.m. keynote address at the annual Student Academic Success Summit in the Michigan Room at University Center.