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College ready: Wolverine Pathways paved way to higher ed for kids unsure how to get there
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 with the goal of showing them the way.
Examining UM’s record-breaking $5.28 billion fundraising campaign
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 from Ypsilanti, Southfield and Detroit who actively participate in 90 percent or more of program activities and maintain a 90 percent or better school attendance rate.
Accenture connects alumni and company giving to provide Wolverine Pathways room and board scholarships
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.
5 takeaways from UMich’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
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.
UM efforts to aid lower-income students begin to bear fruit
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 the seventh and 10th grade in Ypsilanti and Southfield.
PHOTOS: Scenes from the 2018 Wolverine Pathways Graduation Ceremony
Images from the Wolverine Pathways Graduation Ceremony, May 2018.
Carla O’Connor named director of Wolverine Pathways
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.
University of Michigan wants more than 8 kids from Ypsilanti High enrolled
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.
Application Deadline Extended Through April 10
Application Deadline Extended Through April 10 Student applications for the Wolverine Pathways program have been extended through April 10, 2018. All applicants must live within the boundaries of the city of Detroit, Southfield Public or Ypsilanti...
University of Michigan president honored for Go Blue Guarantee
As part of the plan UM has broken ground on a new $10 million multicultural center at the heart of campus and approved funding for the Wolverine Pathways program, which helps increase under-represented students as it creates a pipeline to the university for students from the Ypsilanti and Southfield communities. The program expanded to Detroit in fall 2017.
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