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The University is nationally renowned for its dedication to community service. Throughout Washtenaw County, students and faculty are lending a hand to senior citizens, school-children and the homeless, as well as to the human services agencies that help those in need.

America Reads

America Reads is a collaborative effort between the Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, the Office of Financial Aid and the School of Education. Undergraduate work-study students are placed in elementary schools, tutoring young children in reading.
Phone: (734) 647-7402
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/areads/
Email: amreadsinfo@umich.edu

Center for Community Service and Learning

The Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning offers service-learning programs for students and faculty, strengthening both the academic environment and the community. The Center's programs include Project SERVE, Project Community, America Reads and the Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program.
Phone: (734) 647-7402
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/
Email: mserveinfo@umich.edu

Community-Based Public Health

The Office of Community-Based Public Health provides a wide range of projects and activities linking School of Public Health students and faculty with community organizations, health departments, other health-related groups and government agencies. Past projects have included local planning for HIV/ AIDS prevention and services, development of community health profiles and understanding and improving minority health in Michigan.
Phone: (734) 936-0936
Web: http://www.sph.umich.edu/cbph/
Email: ocbph@umich.edu

Diversity Matters at Michigan

The Diversity Matters at Michigan website is a portal to the scores of curricular and extra-curricular programs and initiatives, individuals and groups, and other resources available to advance and sustain a welcoming and diverse community.
Phone: (734) 763-4008
Web: http://www.diversity.umich.edu/
Email: greenedm@umich.edu

Global Citizenship

MBA students volunteer their time and talents with area schools and non-profit groups as part of Global Citizenship. The program is a component of the Business School's Leadership Development Program.
Phone: (734) 763-7267
Web: http://www.bus.umich.edu/mlp/globalcitizenship.htm
Email: gcit@umich.edu

Global Citizenship Club

Improving the welfare of the area's less fortunate residents is the catalyst for Global Citizenship, a student-organized club at the Business School. Club members volunteer throughout Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, using their business skills and talents.
Phone: (734) 763-7267
Web: http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/Organizations/gcc/

Law School Office of Public Service

The Law School's Office of Public Service serves as the regional center for Pro Bono Students America/Great Lakes, a nationwide computer database program that helps students obtain volunteer legal experience under the supervision of lawyers in a variety of non-profit offices, government and law firms. Students contribute their legal services to the poor while acquiring practical experience.
Phone: (734) 647-3256
Web: http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/publicservice/
Email: ops@umich.edu

Medical Center Volunteer Programs

Volunteers from the U-M Health System deliver meals to the homebound, offer counseling to senior citizens about housing, provide information about nutrition to the community, assist visitors in the gift shop and visit hospital patients. Volunteers provide services which help bridge the gap between hospital and home.
Phone: (734) 936-4327 ext. 3
Web: http://www.med.umich.edu/chs/vol/volserv.html
Email: UMHS.Volunteer@umich.edu

Michigan Business Assistance Domestic Corps

Non-profit organizations benefit from the work of Business School student interns placed with their organizations. The MBA Domestic Corps develops business strategies, helps with marketing, facilitates entrepreneurship and uses the power of technology to increase productivity.
Phone: (734) 998-6640
Web: http://www.bus.umich.edu/DomesticCorps/
Email: dcorps@bus.umich.edu

Non-profit and Public Management Center

A collaboration of the schools of Business, Public Policy and Social Work, NPM promotes education and research about nonprofit and public management. Graduate students engage in projects to assist non-profit organizations and NPM connects researchers to community organizations.
Phone: (734) 763-4214
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~nonproft/
Email: cfluder@umich.edu

Project Community

Project Community is a series of academically accredited servicelearning courses that involve more than 600 students involved in local community service each year. Students work in schools, health care agencies, correctional facilities and programs that aid senior citizens. The Sociology Department and School of Education coordinate Project Community.
Phone: (734) 647-7402
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/pc/
Email: pcinfo@umich.edu

Project SERVE

Project SERVE, through the Center for Community Service and Learning, places 1,500 students with 150 community agencies and social action groups each year. Students work in areas such as the environment, health, women's issues, criminal justice and urban issues. Project SERVE also coordinates Alternative Weekends and Alternative Spring Break for students interested in performing community service as part of their vacations.
Phone: (734) 936-2437
Web: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/serve/
Email: serveinfo@umich.edu

Project STaR

Graduate students in the School of Social Work interested in leadership careers in Jewish communal service work with Jewish families and local agencies as part of Project STaR - Service Training and Research in Jewish Communal Development. Students work as interns to provide services to senior citizens, families and others in need. The program also provides consulta- tion and technical assistance to agencies.
Phone: (734) 764-5392
Web: http://www.ssw.umich.edu/drachler/
Email: raxelrod@umich.edu

Volunteerism Community Lectures

To learn more about volunteer opportunities at the U-M Health System and about the benefits of volunteerism in general, members of the UMHS Volunteer Service Department visit area schools, service clubs, community organizations and businesses to talk about giving back to the community.
Web: http://www.med.umich.edu/chs/vol/volserv.html
Phone: (734) 936-4327
Email: UMHS.Volunteer@umich.edu

James Kosteva, Director
Office of Community Relations
Fleming Administration Building, 503 Thompson Street,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340
(734) 764-7901 Fax (734) 764-3316