Community Guide:
Work Life
Business and Industrial Assistance Division
Small and medium-sized businesses in need of technical and management
assistance can contact BIAD, which also helps communities.
Staff members are experienced in finance, marketing,
manufacturing, strategic planning, technology transfer,
and communications.
The Division houses a number of programs: the MBA Domestic
Corps, the EDA University Center for Economic Diversification
and the Great Lakes Trade Adjustment Assistance Center.
Phone: (734) 998-6201
Web:http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyResearch/ResearchCenters/ProgramsPartnerships/Biad/default.htm
Email: mjsk@umich.edu
Career Planning and Placement
Area organizations and businesses
in need of new employees or interns can work The Career
Center, which provides employment opportunities for students.
The office posts a wide variety of internships and permanent
positions for local companies. Career counseling and assessment
testing is available for a fee.
Phone: (734) 764-7460
Web:
http://www.cpp.umich.edu
Email:careercenter@umich.edu
Email: mjsk@umich.edu
Center for the Education of Women
The Center for the Education of Women - with its mission of service, research and advocacy - is nationally recognized as a catalyst for change as well as a welcoming place for individuals. CEW provides counseling and educational programs to women and men regarding academic, career and life issues; conducts social research on policy and gender issues; and advocates for improved policy and practice. CEW also offers a library with resources about careers, job hunting, resume writing and interviewing.
Phone: 734.764.6005
Web: http://www.cew.umich.edu
Email: contactcew@umich.edu
Center for Ergonomics
The Center provides introductory
ergonomics training, seminars and job analysis that focus
on reducing occupational musculoskeletal injuries and illnesses.
Projects are also conducted within the manufacturing or
product design facilities of government or corporate sponsors.
The Center is equipped to measure all facets of human perceptual,
information-processing, and motor performance. Services
are state-funded and are offered at no cost to businesses.
Center: 734/763-2243
Web:
http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/ioe/C4E/
Email:kdurham@umich.edu
Challenge Program
Community groups, government agencies
and businesses looking to combine team building with exercise
can tackle the Challenge Program, an experiential program
using various ropes courses. Teamwork, cooperation, communication
and trust are key to the program offered by Recreational
Sports.
Phone: (734) 936-0603
Web:
http://www.recsports.umich.edu/challenge/index.html
Email:uzark@umich.edu
Continuing Education - Ergonomics
Offered in conjunction
with the Center for Occupational Health & Safety, ergonimics
engineers, designers, ergonomists and professionals in
the fields of occupational health and safety can keep up
with the latest news and tools of the trade through continuing
education programs offered. These services are available
on and off campus.
Phone:(734) 936-0148
Web: http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/ioe/COHSE/
Email:ce.programs@umich.edu
Continuing Education - Occupational Health & Safety
Continuing education is available for professionals in
the fields of occupational health and safety. Programs
are available on and off campus through the Center for
Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, operated by
the College of Engineering.
Phone: (734) 936-0148
Web:
http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/ioe/COHSE
Email: ce.programs@umich.edu
Continuing Education - Social Work
Workshops and non-credits
courses are available through the School of Social Work
to clinicians, managers, community organizers, human service
practitioners and policy-makers. Programs are designed
to help professionals update their skills and learn about
new theories and techniques in human services.
Phone: (734) 763-3395
Web:
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/conted/
Email: ssw.conted@umich.edu
EDA University Center for Economic Diversification
Area firms seeking to become more innovative, efficient and
flexible can turn to the University Center for Economic
Diversification, funded in part by the Economic Development
Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The
Center helps with production diversification, industrial
facilities renovations, minority business development,
professional education and training, and global competitiveness.
Phone: (734) 998-6214
Web:http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyResearch/ResearchCenters/ProgramsPartnerships/Biad/EdaCanter.htm
Email:kallen@umich.edu
Engineering Center for Professional Development
The College of Engineering's Center for Professional Development offers
numerous continuing engineering education programs. Graduate
credit courses and non-credit short courses are available
to sponsoring industry sites or designated public sites
through videotape delay, two-way videoconferencing, satellite
broadcast and computer networking.
Phone: (734) 647-7200
Web:http://cpd.engin.umich.edu/
Email:meonline@umich.edu
Engineering Research Relations
The Office of Engineering
Research Relations links the work of College of Engineering
research and graduate programs with industrial partners,
government agencies and commercial ventures. These partnerships
may be in the form of outreach programs, government programs,
funded research or licensing, and business spin-off activities.
Phone: (734)-647-7080
Web:http://www.engin.umich.edu/relations/corporate/Contact_Us/research.html
Email: jmacbain@umich.edu
Ergonomics Job Analysis Software
Preventing whole-body fatigue and low-back injuries is the objective of a software
program that evaluates ergonomic requirements of workplace
manual materials-handling tasks. This computer program,
developed by the Center for Ergonomics, is used to design
work situations that prevent injuries and fatigue.
Phone: (734) 763-2243
Web:http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/ioe/C4E/research_software.html
Email: kdurham@umich.edu
Executive Education
Cutting-edge research, practical applications,
and competitive insights await executives and organizations
at the School of Business Executive Education. A portfolio
of more than 50 programs gives executives the tools to
address the issues they confront every day.
Phone: (734) 763-1000
Web:http://www.execed.bus.umich.edu/
Email: um.exec.ed@umich.edu
Foreign Language Tutor/Translator/Typist Services
Businesses in need of help with foreign language tutoring or translating
can contact the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
The Department maintains a list of people offering their
services for a fee for tutoring, translating, and typing
of French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Phone: (734) 764-5344
Web:http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rll/resources/tutors.html
Email:rll.mailbox@umich.edu
Great Lakes Trade Adjustment Assistance Center
Small to mid-sized manufacturing firms in the area can seek help
from the Center, which provides technical and management
assistance to import-impacted firms in Michigan, Indiana
and Ohio. The Center helps firms to become competitive
in domestic and international markets. The U.S. Department
of Commerce's Economic Development Administration sponsors
the GLTAAC.
Phone: (734) 998-6213, or toll-free: 877-877-5439
Web:http://www.gltaac.org/
Email: gltaac@umich.edu
Health and Safety Training
The Labor Studies Center works
with the UAW to create educational materials promoting
good health and safety practices. The Center offers a Health
and Safety Institute for Workers, which covers topics such
as MIOSHA procedures and appeals, infectious diseases,
investigating hazards, ergonomics, conflict resolution
Phone: (734) 764-0492
Web:http://www.ilir.umich.edu/lsc
Emails:LSC.Info@umich.edu
Health Management Research Center
Getting a handle on
health care costs is a service of the Center, which studies
the link between employee health behaviors, productivity,
absenteeism, job turnover and health care costs. It helps
organizations project future health care costs by tracking
the relationship between lifestyle behaviors and other
variables. The Center helps organizations develop wellness
programs at the work site.
Phone: (734) 763-2462
Web:http://www.umich.edu/~hmrc/
Email:hmrc-contact@umich.edu
Industrial Assessment Center
The Center works to improve
industrial energy conservation and prevent pollution. It
helps small to medium-sized manufacturing industries to
conserve energy resources and reduce pollution while improving
their financial competitiveness. TheCenter's services are
free thanks to support by the U.S. Department of Energy.
It is operated by the College of Engineering's Program
in Manufacturing.
Phone: (734) 764-3312
Web: http://interpro.engin.umich.edu/mfgeng_prog/IAC/
Email:aatreya.umich.edu or mswool@umich.edu
Joint Labor-Management Training
The Labor Studies Center
assists unions and corporations in understanding new forms
of joint labor-management work organizations. The Center
has established a joint educationdevelopment program to
meet the challenges facing both labor and management in
the automobile industry. The program is designed to help
Phone: (734) 764-0492
Web:http://www.ilir.umich.edu/lsc
Emails: LSC.Info@umich.edu
Labor Studies Center
Offers an array of services for the
labor community. Training programs, conferences and workshops
are available for both unions and joint union-management
programs. Programs include training for union participation
and governance, programs for minorities and women, health
and safety training, and assisting unions and corporations
in understanding new forms of joint labor-management work
organizations.
Phone: (734) 764-0492
Web:http://www.ilir.umich.edu/lsc
Emails: LSC.Info@umich.edu
Management Briefing Seminars
Business leaders from automotive,
manufacturing and supply firms can benefit from management
briefing seminars sponsored by the College of Engineering.
Experts from the worlds of government, industry and academe
deliver the seminars, which have been presented for more
than 30 years.
Phone: (734) 647-7171
Web:http://www.engin.umich.edu/relations/corporate/ops/continuinged/mbs.html
Email: borberly@umich.edu
Medical School Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Research
Medical faculty and researchers are working to commercialize
their laboratory and clinical findings for the benefit
of the public. The office identifies and promotes the transfer
of commercially interesting tehnologies and discoveries.
Phone: (734) 763-0614
Web: http://www.techtransfer.umich.edu/
Email:techtransfer@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) 647-0279
Web:http://www.bus.umich.edu/DomesticCorps/
Email:dcorps@bus.umich.edu
Michigan Information Transfer Source
MITS is a fee-based
information service of the University Library for businesses,
industry and individuals not affiliated with the University.
Online database searches, library research, photocopies
of articles and library book loans are available through
MITS. Research areas include business, medicine, science,
engineering, and most other disciplines.
Phone: (734) 763-5060
Web:http://www.lib.umich.edu/mits
Email:mits.mail@umich.edu
Michigan Virtual Automotive and Manufacturing College
A virtual college awaits the auto industry -manufacturers,
suppliers, unions and new employees. The MVAC, formed by
the State of Michigan, Michigan State University, the U-M,
the state's other colleges and universities, and the auto
industry, is a college without walls that offers courses
and convenient and cost effective programs.
Phone: (888) 889-2840
Web:http://www.mivu.org
Email:mivu@mivu.org
Minorities and Women in the Workforce
Helping minorities
and women advance in the work world is the goal of workshops
and conferences hosted by the Labor Studies Center. A Summer
School for Women Workers is offered, as is the Black Men
in Unions Institute and the Hispanic Workers Leadership
Institute. The various programs emphasize improving skills,
community building, labor activism, and political and cultural
awareness.
Phone: (734) 764-0493
Web:http://www.ilir.umich.edu/lsc
Emails:LSC.Info@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/~nonprofit/
Email: nonprofit@umich.edu
Professional Development Programs
The University's Human
Resource Development provides professional development
programs, courses and services to the public when space
is available. HRD offers training and education to employees
who want to improve their skills in planning, communication,
organization and interpersonal relationships.
Phone: (734) 764-7410
Web:http://www.umich.edu/~hrd/
Emails:hraa@umich.edu
Property Disposition
Surplus computers, office furniture,
telephone accessories, copiers and other items are available
for sale through the Property Disposition Office. The warehouse
is open to the public throughout the week.
Phone: (734) 764-2470
Web:http://www.umich.edu/~ofa/PropDisp/
Email:property.disposition@umich.edu
Office of Technology Transfer
Technology transfer is the
business of the TIVIO, which works to bring commercially
promising inventions of the University to the private sector.
Developing marketing plans, negotiating license agreements
and seeking patent protection are among its activities.
The office also helps with start-up companies spurred by
University research and technologies, including assistance
with business planning and venture capital financing.
Phone: (734) 763-0614
Web:http://www.techtransfer.umich.edu
Email: techtransfer@umich.edu
Training for Union Participation and Governance
Training for union members in areas such as negotiations and grievance
handling is available through the Labor Studies Center.
Leadership workshops are offered to union members. The
Center also offers training for union stewards and committeepersons.
Phone: (734) 764-0492
Web:http://www.ilir.umich.edu/lsc/
Emails:LSC.Info@umich.eduLSC.Info@umich.edu
Worker Health Program of the Institute of Labor and industrial Relations
The Worker Health Program of the Institute of
Labor and Industrial Relations studies workplace interventions
and other programs aimed at improving the health of employees.
Employee Assistance Programs, workplace wellness, cardiovascular
and general health promotion are among the areas of research.
Phone: (734) 763-3116
Web:http://www.ilir.umich.edu/
Emails:ILIR-info@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
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Last Updated: 07 August 2006