Office of Enrollment Management Fellowship Call for Proposals

Program Overview

The Office of Enrollment Management Fellowship at UM-Flint is a professional development opportunity designed for the mutual benefit of participating faculty and staff at UM-Flint. Participating faculty and staff 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 leaders who will return to their units with the ability to 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 or staff 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 anticipates selecting one OEM Fellow to serve in the 2026-27 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 department, unit, 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 appointing 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 (one day or eight hours 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 involve the collaborative design and leadership of 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
    • Description of the strategic priority areas within the current UM-Flint strategic plan of greatest interest and an outline of 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

  • Call for Applications Released:
    • Early September 2026 for Academic Year 2026-27
    • February 1, 2027 for Academic Year 2027-28 (and each February 1 for subsequent years)
  • Information Session Dates for Academic Year 2026-27:
    • Tuesday, September 22, 2026 from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Location: Happenings Room
    • Friday, September 25, 2026 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Location: Happenings Room
    • By appointment with Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management John Ambrose (request appointments through Jaleece Lavine)
  • Application Deadline:
    • October 1, 2026 for Academic Year 2026-27
    • March 1, 2027 for Academic Year 2027-28 (and each March 1 for subsequent years)
  • Review Period:
    • October 1-14, 2026 for Academic Year 2026-27
    • March 1-14, 2027 for Academic Year 2027-28 (and each March 1-14 for subsequent years)
  • Finalist Interviews:
    • During the week of October 19 – 23, 2026 for Academic Year 2026-27
    • During the week following March 14 for subsequent academic years
  • Selection Notification:
    • No later than October 28, 2026 for Academic Year 2026-27
    • No later than April 1 for subsequent academic years
  • Program Start and End Dates:
    • No later than January 1, 2027 for Academic Year 2026-27
    • Either September 1 or January 1 for subsequent academic years

Contact Information

Office of Enrollment Management

Jaleece Lavine