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GSCO Equity Conference
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023

Campus Visit Day

Campus Visit Day is a wonderful opportunity to experience all that the University of Michigan has to offer. You will be able to connect with faculty, current students, and other members of the community to learn about your program and the ways you’ll be supported at the Marsal Family School of Education.

Elizabeth Moje portrait

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 Marsal Family 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 Marsal Family School of Education 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

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. This lot charges $1.20 per hour and has multiple payment options.
  • 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.
  • Review University of Michigan’s most recent COVID-19 policy.

Program Agendas

Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHPE)

PhD in Higher Education
Campus Visit Day Agenda—Friday, March 10
Time Activity
9:00–10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Check-in
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
10:00–10:45 a.m. CSHPE Program Welcome
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
10:50–11:30 a.m. Overview and Q&A with Director Lisa Lattuca
CSHPE Conference Room - SEB 2114
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Conversations with Current Students
CSHPE Conference Room - SEB 2114
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch and Dean’s Welcome
Blau Hall, 5th floor
1:45–2:15 p.m. Breakout Session 1
  • Travel and Research Funding (SEB 2218)
2:15–3:45 p.m. Individual Meetings with Faculty
SEB CSHPE Faculty Offices
2:25–2:55 p.m. Breakout Session 2
  • Marsal School and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:05–3:35 p.m. Breakout Session 3
  • Marsal School and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:45–4:30 p.m. Campus Tour (optional)
Depart from Tribute Room - SEB 1322
4:45 p.m. Dinner Reception (optional)
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
MA in Higher Education
Campus Visit Day Agenda—Friday, March 10
Time Activity
9:00–10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Check-in
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
10:00–10:45 a.m. CSHPE Program Welcome
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
10:50–11:30 a.m. Conversations with Current Students
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Concentration Sessions
  • Diversity and Social Justice; Student Access and Success (Prechter Lab - SEB 2202)
  • Public Policy; Institutional Research; Management & Organizations, and Dual (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch and Dean’s Welcome
Blau Hall 5th floor
1:45–2:15 p.m. Breakout Session 1
  • Making the Most of Graduate School (Brownlee Room - SEB 2327)
  • Marsal School  and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
2:25–2:55 p.m. Breakout Session 2
  • Making the Most of Graduate School (Brownlee Room - SEB 2327)
  • Marsal School  and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:05–3:35 p.m. Breakout Session 3
  • Making the Most of Graduate School (Brownlee Room - SEB 2327)
  • Marsal School  and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
3:45–4:30 p.m. Campus Tour (optional)
Depart from Tribute Room
4:45 p.m. Dinner Reception (optional)
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
The CSHPE Graduate Student Organization of Students in Higher Education (GOSHE) will host an optional in-person social event this evening. More details will be shared soon.

Educational Studies (ES)

PhD in Educational Studies
Campus Visit Day Agenda—Friday, March 10
Time Activity
9:00–10:00 a.m. Check-in and continental breakfast with faculty 
Tribute Room - SEB 1332
10:00–10:30 a.m. Educational Studies Program Welcome
Tribute Room - SEB 1332
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. PhD Program Introduction and Conversations with Current 
Students
SEB 2228
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch and Dean’s Welcome
Blau Hall 5th Floor
1:45–2:15 p.m. Breakout Session 1
  • Travel and Research Funding (SEB 2218)
2:25–2:55 p.m. Breakout Session 2
  • Marsal School  and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:05–3:35 p.m. Breakout Session 3
  • Marsal School  and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:45–4:30 p.m. Campus Tour (optional)
Depart from Tribute Room - SEB 1332
4:45 p.m. Dinner Reception (optional)
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
MA in Educational Studies
Campus Visit Day Agenda—Friday, March 10
Time Activity
9:00–10:00 a.m. Check-in and continental breakfast with faculty 
Tribute Room - SEB 1332
10:00–10:30 a.m. Educational Studies Program Welcome
Tribute Room - SEB 1332
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Concentration Sessions and Conversations with Current Students
ELP: Brownlee Room - SEB 2327
DATL: Tribute Room - SEB 1322
PEIR: Tribute Room - SEB 1322
EEJST: Educational Studies Conference Room - SEB 4020
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch and Dean’s Welcome
Blau Hall 5th Floor
1:45–2:15 p.m. Breakout Session 1
  • Making the Most of Graduate School (Brownlee Room - SEB 2327)
  • Marsal School and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
2:25–2:55 p.m. Breakout Session 2
  • Making the Most of Graduate School (Brownlee Room - SEB 2327)
  • Marsal School and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:05–3:35 p.m. Breakout Session 3
  • Making the Most of Graduate School (Brownlee Room - SEB 2327)
  • Marsal School and U-M Resources for Graduate Students (Schorling Auditorium - SEB 1202)
  • Off Campus Housing Options (Tribute Room - SEB 1332)
  • On Campus Housing Options (SEB 2320)
3:45–4:30 p.m. Campus Tour (optional)
Depart from Tribute Room - SEB 1332
4:45 p.m. Dinner Reception (optional)
Prechter Lab - SEB 2202
ADMITTED STUDENTS

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Connect with us

CSHPE

Melinda Richardson
mmrichar@umich.edu
(734) 647-1981

Educational Studies

Chauna Meyer
chauna@umich.edu
(734) 764-8324

Marsal Family School of Education

610 East University Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1259
(734) 764-9470