Outreach: About Us: Mission & Staff

About Us

Mission & Staff

Annual Report

Mission & Staff

University Outreach Advisory Committee | University Outreach Staff
Regents of the University of Michigan

[A] public university cannot hover 10 feet above the ground, casting a shadow but not leaving a footprint…The university has the responsibility to be a wholehearted participant in the efforts to improve the educational, cultural, and social conditions of the community it serves.

University of Michigan-Flint, Chancellor Juan E. Mestas-excerpt from Inaugural Speech, April 5, 2000

The mission of University Outreach is to utilize the resources of the University of Michigan-Flint to better the quality of life and education of the people of Genesee County.

Although University Outreach is relatively new, having been formed in 1998, our Center for Applied Environmental Research, Center for Service Learning and School Partnerships, Office of Community and Business Partnerships and "Amaizing U" non-credit courses have a total of over twenty years of community service.

While the components that make up University Outreach have very different programs and goals, they do share the same vision to meet the challenges and opportunities of the University of Michigan-Flint service region and the UM-Flint family (faculty, staff, students and alumni) by linking university and community resources, providing programs and services that are learning-centered, promoting the creation and application of knowledge, and engaging the university and community in mutually beneficial relationships.

Last year University Outreach facilitated faculty and students in touching the lives of over 700 community school students, primarily in Flint, and provided over 14,000 hours of service and volunteerism to the Genesee County area.

Over 1,000 university students were engaged in various programs that utilized the expertise of at least 110 UM-Flint faculty. Due to work initiated and coordinated by University Outreach, our streams are cleaner, our businesses and organizations function more efficiently, and more of our children are able to read and stay in school.

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University Outreach Advisory Committee

Corrine Archie-Edwards, Principal, Southwestern Academy

Thomas Bryson, President & General Manager, WJRT-TV ABC12

Renita Coney-Mays, Affirmative Action Officer, Genesee County Affirmative Action Office

Tony Dearing, Editor, Flint Journal

Raymond Hatter, Executive Director, Salem Housing Task Force

Mary Jo Hobart-Parks

Norwood Jewell

Dr. Jack Kay, Provost, Office of the Provost, University of Michigan-Flint

Dr. Harvey Olds

Cindy Ornstein, President/CEO, Flint Cultural Center Corporation

Traki Taylor, Associate Dean, SEHS, University of Michigan-Flint

Renee Zientek, Director, University Outreach

Sharri Newman, Program Manager, Center for Civic Engagement, University Outreach

Brenton Nickola, Program Coordinator, Center for Applied Environmental Research, University Outreach

Melissa Stephens-Farrell, Major Gifts Officer, University Outreach

Joel Rash, Program Manager, Center for Entrepreneurship

Mona Younis, Lead Administrative Coordinator, Center for Applied Environmental Research

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Renee Zientek, Director, University Outreach

Sharri Newman, Program Manager, Center for Civic Engagement, University Outreach

Joel Rash, Program Manager, Center for Entrepreneurship, University Outreach

Brenton Nickola, Program Coordinator, Center for Applied Environmental Research, University Outreach

Melissa Stephens-Farrell, Major Gifts Officer, University Outreach

Barb Urlaub, Administrative Assistant Senior, University Outreach

Kelli Catrell, Administrative Assistant Senior, University Outreach

Pam Zemore, Administrative Assistant Intermediate, University Outreach

Aimee Shreve, Program Coordinator, Amaizing U

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Regents of the University of Michigan

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