1. Goals for UM Students |
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Build Character and Integrity by Learning and
Practicing:
- Trustworthiness and responsibility
- Respect for self and others
- Future skills for parenting
- Confidence in personal capabilities
- Adaptability and ongoing learning
- Caring and compassion for others
- Social interaction skills that are wholesome and positive
- Humility and cooperation
- Citizenship
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B. |
Develop Leadership Skills by:
- Listening and communicating well
- Solving problems and resolving conflicts
- Being a teacher, coach, mentor
- Practicing teamwork skills
- Building on assets—personal, group, community
- Being a facilitator, encourager, recorder
- Clarifying personal values and beliefs and respecting those of others
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C. |
Experience Community (which promotes UM student retention)
by:
- Interacting with peers from many colleges and departments in
a noncompetitive setting
- Developing a social conscience: a sense of purpose and personal
responsibility to one’s community
- Building mutually caring relationships; being needed by others
- Developing a wider social group, including several generations,
on and off campus
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2. Methods to Achieve Goals for UM Students
via K–12 Outreach & Community Service |
A. |
Reach Out! Mentoring
- UM students mentor teens and children
- Hands-on science & research within science clubs
- Academic support: math & science focus
- Personal discovery: learning styles, talents &
skills, goals
- College and career exploration
- UM students mentor and “coach” teachers and parents
- Help them start science clubs
- Learn of and utilize UM and community resources for children
and teens
- Find enrichment projects and activities for classes and
after-school programs
- Children and teens, with UM student support, mentor peers and
younger children
- Hands-on science activities and research
- Academic support
- Business and community members mentor UM students
- Family-like relationships for students
- Career exploration for students and youth
- Research projects for students and youth
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B. |
Reach Out! Science Clubs
- UM students coordinate K–12 Science Clubs in schools,
churches, and public housing sites.
- UM students support teachers and parents in coordinating
science clubs at lunch time, after school, on weekends, and
during summers.
- UM students support business, community, and UM faculty or
staff in coordinating science clubs in schools, churches, and
public housing sites.
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C. |
Reach Out! Roundtables and Symposia
- UM students assist with Southeast Michigan Math-Science Coalition
website maintenance. This site includes hands-on science lessons
and activities, community and UM programs, summer camps, resources
for teachers and parents, career resources in communities.
- UM students assist in planning and hosting Career Fairs.
- UM students provide college and career roundtable discussions and
panels for youth, teachers, counselors, and parents.
- UM students develop and facilitate roundtables and presentations
on many “educational” topics, like learning styles,
hands-on learning, project-based learning, alternative assessment
strategies, study strategies, and test-taking skills.
- UM students assist with planning and hosting Coalition community
recognition events and planning forums.
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