Anti-racism initiatives, including George Floyd scholarship, coming to the University of Michigan With help from alumnus Marchell Willian, UM also is establishing the George Floyd Memorial Scholarship, officials said. Willian gave the lead endowment to establish the scholarship fund, which will give preference to students who have participated in Wolverine Pathways — the college-readiness program...Read More
To Members of the Wolverine Pathways Community, The University of Michigan has been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) over the past two months and has moved all in-person classes online, and events that convene 100 people or more have been postponed or canceled beginning Thursday, March 12 until at least April 21, 2020....Read More
The middle and high school students who are part of the University of Michigan’s Wolverine Pathways program have the smarts to get to college. They have the desire. They see themselves as college students. But seeing the path to get there and stay there isn’t always clear. Wolverine Pathways formed just over three years ago...Read More
Among the $1.71 billion donated to programs, UM received its largest donation in the history of its health system. The $150 million commitment from longtime donors Richard and Susan Rogel was intended to boost innovative cancer research. It also helped establish the Wolverine Pathways program, which offers a full four-year scholarship to UM to students...Read More
A proud U-M alum and an executive campus champion for the U-M/Accenture partnership, he keeps up with news and events at his alma mater, something made easier by his proximity working as a managing director at the Detroit-based offices of Accenture, the global consulting firm.Read More
UM's Wolverine Pathways program saw its first class of 88 students graduate during the summer. Of the 88 scholars, 80 - 91 percent - are attending a four-year college or university.Read More
The Go Blue Guarantee is one of three full-tuition initiatives UM is pursuing to increase the school’s diversity. Also arriving in the fall are the first students enrolled in UM’s Wolverine Pathways, a program launched by UM in 2015. It offers current sixth- and ninth-grade students the opportunity to join the program as they begin...Read More
Robert Sellers, vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, has announced the appointment of Carla O'Connor as director of Wolverine Pathways. She will replace the program's founding director, Robert Jagers, on June 1.Read More
It's a short 15-minute drive from his office in downtown Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti High School, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel told a room full of promising prospective college students recently.Read More
