The Pulse Newsletter

In this edition

• From the Desk of the Interim Provost
• Academic Unit Featured Stories
• From the Desk of the Vice-Provost of Academic Affairs
• From the Desk of Vice-Provost of Enrollment Management
• Susan Gano-Phillips | Fulbright Program Award
• Faculty Resources
• ODE Corner
• Doug Zytko National Science Foundation Career Award
• Faculty Spotlight
• Staff Spotlight
• Important Dates, Events and Deadlines

From the Desk of the Vice-Provost of Academic Affairs

Dear UM-Flint Colleagues:
I hope you are having a nice summer!
The VPAA office is busy during the summer months, hosting new events and preparing for the fall semester.       

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From the Desk of the Vice-Provost of Enrollment Management

We’re getting ready for Fall! Preliminary freshmen, transfer and graduate enrollment for the Fall Term is looking positive, with a few more orientation sessions to go. We are very optimistic about our fall numbers. Financial aid offer notifications are continuing to be sent weekly to all students. FAFSA filing numbers overall are up at UM-Flint. Regular communication with students is ongoing. 

Lori Vedder
Interim Vice-Provost of Enrollment Management
& Director of Financial Aid

Susan Gano-Phillips | Fulbright Program Award

Susan Gano-Phillips, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan-Flint, recently received a Fulbright Scholar Award for 2025. It is her second time taking home the honor, having done so in 2008. (…)
This time around, beginning in January 2025, Gano-Phillips will be affiliated with the University of Namibia, where she will provide leadership and professional development to the university’s faculty and staff while teaching in its psychology programs.  

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Faculty Resources

At the University of Michigan-Flint, we firmly uphold the principles that empower the faculty to freely conduct research and teach, express their ideas and engage in robust discourse while doing so without reprisal.

The University offers various resources and support to the faculty experiencing threats and/or harassment.

ODE Corner

Review the newest resources provided by ODE! The first is a Video and the Video script with an overview of the ethical use of AI that faculty could use in their classes. The second is an article by Nick Gaspar on the unreliability of AI detection tools. 

Doug Zytko National Science Foundation Career Award

On June 18, Congressman Dan Kildee announced a $567,968 grant, awarded to UM-Flint by the U.S. NSF, to design, develop, and evaluate technology that would help promote safe online interactions through research being conducted by Douglas Zytko, associate professor of computer science in our College of Innovation and Technology. The project is titled: “CAREER: Designing, Developing, and Evaluating Consent Technologies to Reduce Unwanted Interpersonal Behavior.”  

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Faculty Spotlight | Suzanne Knight

(…) In the Office of K12 Partnerships, we communicate to high school students and their families that what we offer is of value to them. What we also offer, though, is of even greater worth to them because, despite its critics, I do not believe we can adequately measure the humanizing impact that higher education can have. And while it might sound cliche, it remains one of the most powerful ways to advance our democratic ideals. I will forever champion higher education for these reasons(…)

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Staff Spotlight | Zachariah Mathew

(…) During my 30 years of working as an educator and administrator for diverse populations, I have come to believe that being an effective educator is a relationship that is founded on trust and stewardship. I believe the core values essential to being an effective higher education administrator and educator are trust, credibility, competency, collaboration, empowerment, and integrity.

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