Campus Visit Day

Dean's Welcome

I am delighted you are considering joining the Marsal Family School of Education community. We are eager to introduce you to your prospective colleagues, including an accomplished student body, a world-renowned faculty, and an energetic and supportive staff.

As a School of Education with over 100 years of history within an excellent public research university, we can offer you unique and plentiful opportunities to develop both as a scholar and as an individual. Wherever your interests lie, we look forward to helping you explore them deeply, even as we challenge you to broaden your horizons. If you join our community, then you will have the support of leading research centers, access to generous funding and fellowships, individualized mentoring, and a progressive curriculum centered on equity and justice that will develop your capacity to serve as a powerful force of change in education.

Perhaps our greatest strength is the students who choose to call the Marsal Family School of Education their home. Our excellence increases as each student brings to our school community diverse experiences, perspectives, and interests, contributing to the rich discourse and convergence of ideas in the classroom and beyond.

We are honored to support your academic journey, and hope that you will choose to join the Marsal Family School of Education community.

Elizabeth Birr Moje

Dean, Marsal Family School of Education

Program Agendas

Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHPE)

PhD in Higher Education

PhD in Higher Education Campus Visit Day, February 20, 2025
Time	Event
4:30–6:30 p.m.	Jolly Pumpkin

PhD in Higher Education Campus Visit Day, February 21, 2025
Time	Event	Location
9:30-10:00 a.m.	Check-in & Continental Breakfast	Brownlee
10:00-10:40 a.m.	CSHPE Program Welcome	Brownlee
10:40-10:45 a.m.	Transition to PhD Program Info Session
10:45-11:45 a.m.	Program Information for PhD with Lisa Lattuca	Brownlee
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Transition to Lunch
12:00-1:15 p.m.	Lunch as a cohort	CSHPE Conference Room
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Current PhD student Q&A	CSHPE Conference Room
2:30-4:30 p.m.	One-on-one meetings with faculty	Faculty offices
4:30 p.m.	CVD programming concludes

MA in Higher Education

MA in Higher Education Campus Visit Day March 14, 2025
Time	Event Details
9:00-9:45 a.m.	Marsal School Check-in & Continental Breakfast
10:00-10:30 a.m.	CSHPE Program Welcome
10:30-11:45 a.m.	MA Program Overview
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Break
12:00-1:15 p.m.	Lunch and Marsal School Welcome
1:15-2:00 p.m.	Current Student Panel Moderated by Katie Madden
2:00-2:30 p.m.	Being Part of the Marsal Community
2:30-3:00 p.m.	Beyond the Diag (Housing Options)
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Overview of Funding and Financial Aid Kelly Robson
3:30-4:00 p.m.	Campus Tour or Coffee Break (Optional)
4:15-6:00 p.m.	Master’s GOSHE Social Event

Educational Studies (ES) and Ed. Leadership and Policy (ELP)

PhD in Educational Studies

PhD in Educational Studies Campus Visit Day, March 13, 2025
Time	Event
5:00–7:00 p.m.	Dinner at Slurping Turtle w/Current ES PhD Students

ES PhD Campus Visit Day March 14, 2025
Time	Event Details
9:00-9:45 a.m.	Check-in
9:00-9:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast w/Ed. Studies Faculty
9:45-10:00 a.m.	Ed. Studies Program Welcome
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	PhD in Educational Studies Program Session
12:00-1:15 p.m.	Lunch and Dean’s Welcome
1:15-2:00 p.m.	PhD in Educational Studies Resource Session - 1:1 Advisor Meetings
2:00-2:30 p.m.	Joint Resource Session - Being Part of the Marsal Community w/Tyler Theel & Associate Dean Debbie Rivas-Drake
2:30-3:00 p.m.	Joint Resource Session - Beyond the Diag (Housing) w/Mark Simmonds
3:00-3:30 p.m.	BREAK
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Optional: Campus Tour
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Optional: Coffee Break

MA in Educational Studies and MA in Ed. Leadership and Policy

Campus Visit Day, March 14, 2025
Time	Event Details
9:00-9:45 a.m.	Check-in
9:00-9:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast with Educational Studies Faculty
9:45-10:00 a.m.	Educational Studies Program Welcome
10:00-10:45 a.m.	MA Programming (welcome and introductions by program area)
10:45-11:45 a.m.	MA Current Student Panel
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Break
12:00-1:15 p.m.	Lunch and Dean’s Welcome
1:15-1:30 p.m.	Break
1:30-3:30 p.m.	Marsal School Informational Sessions 1:30-2:00 Opportunities in the Marsal School of Education 2:00-2:30 Being Part of the Marsal Community 2:30-3:00 Beyond the Diag (Housing) 3:00-3:30 Overview of Funding and Financial Aid
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Campus Tour (optional)
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Coffee Break (optional)

Educator Preparation Program (EPP)

Master of Arts with Elementary Teacher Certification (ELMAC)

ELMAC Campus Visit Day, February 6
Start Time	Event Details
8:30 a.m.	Check in, Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome
9:30 a.m.	Travel to Mitchell
10:00 a.m.	Mitchell school visit
12:00 p.m.	Travel to Marsal
12:15 p.m.	Lunch with faculty & staff
1:00 p.m.	ELMAC session - TBD
2:00 p.m.	TIP, ELD, Financial aid
3:00 p.m.	Conversation with students
4:00 p.m.	Q&A and wrap up
4:15 p.m.	Optional tour

Master of Arts with Secondary Teacher Certification (SecMAC)

SecMAC Campus Visit Day, February 6
Start Time	Event Details
8:30 a.m.	Check in, Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome
9:30 a.m.	Travel to Scarlett
10:00 a.m.	Scarlett school visit
12:00 p.m.	Travel to Marsal
12:15 p.m.	Lunch with faculty & staff
1:00 p.m.	Content area meetings
1:30 p.m.	Overview of clinical experience w/Kevin
2:00 p.m.	TIP, ELD, Financial aid
3:00 p.m.	Conversation with students
4:00 p.m.	Q&A and wrap up
4:15 p.m.	Optional tour

Travel & Lodging

Up to $300 in travel reimbursement is available for those traveling at least 200 miles, and up to $700 is available for those traveling at least 500 miles to join us for visit day. Please complete the reimbursement request form and save travel receipts if you plan to submit for reimbursement, as we will need copies.
If you’re driving to campus, the parking structure closest to the Marsal School with visitor parking is the city of Ann Arbor’s Forest Avenue Parking Garage.
Ann Arbor has lots of great hotel options in a variety of price ranges.
Flying in? We recommend flying into the Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) and taking the Michigan Flyer bus from the airport to downtown Ann Arbor. Uber and lyft are also available out of the DTW airport.

Connect with us

Higher Education

Melinda Richardson
[email protected]
(734) 647-1981

Educational Studies

Lisa Hawkins
[email protected]
(734) 647-4513

Educator Preparation Program

Mariella Ortiz-Reyes
[email protected]
(734) 615-9322

Admissions & Recruitment

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