University of Michigan - Flint

Opportunities for K-12 Students
                              and their Parents and Guardians
The following are opportunities currently available to K-12 Students and their Parents and Guardians. For information about a specific opportunity, click the program title.

 Other K12 Opportunities:     Administrator | Faculty/Staff

[Please click on the Program Title to view complete details]

Program
'Building Careers in Health Care Program' GASC Technology Center
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Eventshealth care programming information, college preparatory information
	The Genesee Area Skill Center's Health Platform students (approx. 500-700 students) will meet at the University of Michigan-Flint various times to meet with the School of Health Professions and Studies faculty and learn of the numerous allied health programs available. Presentations of the programs by faculty, hands-on demonstrations by Physical Therapy and Nursing, campus tours and meetings with Admissions, Financial Aid, the Career Development Center are all highlighted. Each year Senior student enrollment numbers into the University are assessed.
Careers in Desktop Computer Support
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Events
	This program is designed for 9th-12th grade students, who are interested in becoming Desktop Computer Support Technicians. The students will shadow an ITS technician for a day or part of a day (limited to one or two students at a time per technician) onsite at UM-Flint.
Careers in Network and Network Operating Systems Administration and Security Forensics
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Events
	This program is designed to assist 9th-12th grade students who are interested in becoming system administrators and to share with them our experience and knowledge about wired and wireless networks, Unix/Linux and Windows server system support, system and network security, datacenter design as well as public computer lab maintenance. The students will shadow an ITS system administrator (limited to one or two students at a time) onsite at UM-Flint.
Careers in Web 2.0
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Events
	This program is designed to assist students who are interested in careers in Web 2.0 technologies and to share with them our experience and knowledge about Web 2.0 and multimedia technologies. UM-Flint staff is available to demonstrate Web 2.0 technologies at district career day programs. Another option is for students to visit UM-Flint and shadow a web designer for either the morning or the afternoon (limited to one or two students at a time).
Careers in Web Development
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Events
	This program is designed to assist students who are interested in web development careers and to share with them our experience and knowledge about web design and programming technologies. UM-Flint staff is available to demonstrate web technologies at district career day programs. Another option is for students to visit UM-Flint and shadow a webmaster or web developer for either the morning or the afternoon (limited to one or two students at a time).
Chamber Choir Invitational
	Ongoing	Professional Development / Continuing Education / Certificate Program, Student Services / Special Events
	This event takes place annually each October. Area high school choirs are invited to campus for a full day of reherasals as part of the Festival Choir. The University of Michigan-Flint Chamber Singers is the host choir. Each invited choir also sings independently on the evening concert.
Chamber Singers High School Tour
	Ongoing	Professional Development / Continuing Education / Certificate Program, Student Services / Special Events
	Each March, the Chamber Singers tour to area high schools to share thier music. Chamber Singers perform for the student body and conduct workshops with the school's choir.
Choosing to Succeed Enrichment Programs (CTS)
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Events
	The Choosing to Succeed Program is designed to increase the number and preparation of minority students in the Flint, Beecher and surrounding school districts who will graduate from high school, and to encourage and challenge them to pursue post-secondary education. CTS is divided into two components: grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. CTS provides a summer program and a comprehensive series of academic year workshops and enrichment activities.
Freedom To Learn (FTL)
	Ongoing	Curriculum Support
	This program places laptops into the hands of 4th through 8th grade students. Students are able to use the computers in class and at home. To date, Flint schools has placed approximately 3000 laptops into the hands of children. Collaboration with U of M - Flint has provided needed technical assistance to ready the laptops for deployment. Additional collaboration could be possible with the Genesee area Freenet to provide lowcost dialup access to the many children involved with this project. Not only does this make the internet a resource for children, but in many cases it would make it available to the entire family unit.
Math Field Day
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special Events
	Math Field Day is an annual daylong mathematics competition for high school students, held in late February or early March. Each participating high school enters a team of five students and one teacher/advisor. The students compete in a variety of individual and team contests which emphasize problem-solving skills.
Reading and Math Rooms
	Ongoing	Student Services / Special EventsTutoring
	The Reading and Math Rooms are after school tutoring programs for K-3rd graders. These programs are staffed by University of Michigan-Flint students that are trained as literacy and math tutors. Activities in the programs are all hands-on and interactive to increase students' interest and confidence in reading and math.