Office of Enrollment Management Fellowship Call for Proposals
Program Overview
The Office of Enrollment Management Fellowship at UM-Flint is a faculty professional development opportunity designed for the mutual benefit of participating faculty and UM-Flint. Participating faculty will further develop skills in communication, decision-making, collaboration, mentoring, and strategic thinking while exploring their interest in pursuing leadership roles in academic administration. UM-Flint will strengthen its pipeline of skilled academic leaders who can lead cross-divisional projects, advance strategic priorities, support shared governance, lead change, and cultivate inclusive, high-performing departments and programs. The Office of Enrollment Management will additionally benefit from ongoing faculty involvement, advice and counsel as each Enrollment Management Fellow will bring their unique ideas and perspectives to our shared work.
2026-27 Academic Year
The Office of Enrollment Management (OEM) anticipates selecting one OEM Fellow to serve in the 2026-2027 academic year. Minimum service will be January 1 – June 30 of 2027. Interested participants may begin shadowing activities as soon as November 1, 2026.
2027-28 Academic Year and Beyond
The Office of Enrollment Management anticipates selecting one Enrollment Management fellow to serve in each subsequent academic year. Fellows may serve for terms of six months to one year depending on their interests and the nature of their leadership development projects and activities.
Eligibility and Support
Any full-time member of the UM-Flint faculty with at least six years of experience in their faculty role, as well as any full-time exempt staff members with at least six years of continuous service, is eligible to serve as an OEM Fellow. Candidates without prior or current administrative experience at or above the level of unit, department or division chair/director will receive priority consideration.
Selected OEM Fellows will receive a stipend of $1,000 for each month of their service. For faculty appointees, the home unit will receive $8,000 per full semester of service in support to cover the cost of instructional replacement that enables a course release or similar workload adjustment. For staff appointees, the home unit will receive $8,000 per full semester to support temporary capacity coverage, professional development backfill, or overtime adjustments necessitated by the fellow’s partial reassignment.
Fellowship Activities
The central activity of the OEM Fellow will be a substantive leadership experience. During each academic term of appointment, OEM Fellows are expected to devote a level of effort to the leadership experience comparable to teaching one course (approximately one day per week). The leadership experience will be project-based. Individuals interested in applying are welcome to contact an appropriate member of OEM to discuss leadership experience interests and opportunities in advance of preparing an application (see Timeline section for information sessions and appointment options for these discussions).
Project-based leadership experience will collaboratively design and lead an initiative that advances one or more strategic priorities defined in the current UM-Flint strategic plan. Through this work, fellows will develop their leadership capacity while contributing to meaningful institutional progress.
Throughout the fellowship period, each OEM Fellow will receive regular mentoring and guidance from the OEM and Vice Chancellor for OEM. Opportunities to shadow other campus leaders will be co-designed with selected fellows based on their personal leadership goals. At the conclusion of the fellowship, each Fellow will submit a final reflective report on the leadership experience, which will serve as the basis for a culminating mentoring conversation with the OEM.
Application and Review
Faculty interested in serving as an OEM Fellow should submit an application via InfoReady that includes the following items.
- Narrative that includes:
- Applicant Information: name, rank, tenure home unit, brief career highlights (no more than half a page)
- Statement of Interest
- Personal Leadership Development Goals
- Preferred leadership experience type
- Identify the strategic priority areas with the current UM-Flint strategic plan of greatest interest and outline potential ideas for one or more potential projects (no more than one page).
- Curriculum Vitae or Resume
- Letter of Support from Dean, Chair, Supervisor, or Unit Head: Letter should describe perceived mutual benefits to the applicant and the home unit.
Review and Selection
Applications for the OEM Fellows program will be reviewed by the OEM and Vice Chancellor for OEM. Selection of applicants to interview will be based on an anticipated high degree of mutual benefits as outlined in the Program Overview section.
Program Timeline
Academic Year 2026-27
- Call for Applications Released: Early September 2026 for Academic Year 2026-27
- Information Session Dates:
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026 from 2pm – 3pm, Happenings Room
- Friday, September 25, 2026 from 10am – 11am, Happenings Room
- By appointment with Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management John Ambrose (request appointments through Jaleece Lavine, jaleece@umich.edu)
- Application Deadline: October 1, 2026
- Review Period: October 1-14, 2026
- Finalist Interviews: During the week of October 19 – 23, 2026
- Selection Notification: No later than October 28, 2026
- Program Start and End Dates: No later than January 1, 2027
Academic Year 2027-28 and Beyond
- Call for Applications Released: February 1 of academic year prior to Fellowship period
- Information Session Dates:
- TBD
- By appointment with Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management John Ambrose (request appointments through Jaleece Lavine)
- Application Deadline: March 1 of academic year prior to Fellowship period
- Review Period: March 1-14 of academic year prior to Fellowship period
- Finalist Interviews: During the week following March 14 of academic year prior to Fellowship period
- Selection Notification: No later than April 1 of academic year prior to Fellowship period
- Program Start and End Dates: Either September 1 or January 1
Contact Information
Office of Enrollment Management
