The Program in American Culture offers students an opportunity to explore a range of topics from American history and literature and ethnic studies to popular culture, including African–American, Arab–American, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, Latina/o Studies and Native American Studies. The Program in American Culture frequently collaborate with MESA for interdisciplinary work, particularly with regard to creating links between faculty and students and developing educational and cultural programs.

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CAAS is an academic department in the areas of African, African–American and Afro–Caribbean Studies, covering the study of people and cultures of the Diaspora. CAAS co–sponsors cultural, social and educational events for students in conjunction with various campus offices. MESA and CAAS are active partners during the planning and scheduling of Black History month events, working with students and student groups of African descent in other initiatives that raise campus awareness about race and ethnicity.

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Did you know that any student can affiliate with CSP to take advantage of free tutoring services? There is a range of programs available to assist in student success and MESA actively encourages students to visit CSP in order to improve study skills in a welcoming and nurturing academic environment, particularly over the course of orientation and mentorship programming.

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The Department of Near Eastern Studies is part of LSA. This department includes Arab, Armenian, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic Studies. Other topics include Egyptology, Judaic, and Biblical Studies. As a comprehensive resource on the language, culture, and history of the Middle East, Near Eastern Studies provides opportunities for students to explore their interests in this region.

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Among the greatest assets of the University of Michigan are an openness to an interconnected world, an outstanding faculty with broad international expertise and experience, and an extensive network of global partnerships. The Centers for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast Asian Studies provide opportunities for students to expand their knowledge in each region's cultures. Asian Languages and Cultures have courses including, but certainly not limited to, Bengali, Filipino, Indonesian, Thai, and Urdu.

• Asian Languages and Cultures
• Center for Chinese Studies
• Center for Japanese Studies
• Korean Studies Program
• Center for South Asian Studies
• Center for Southeast Asian Studies

OAMI coordinates and implements various multicultural programs for the University including the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, Black Celebratory, and La Celebracion Latina. In addition, the office initiates pre-college programs, leadership development, and offers funding opportunities for student programs and initiatives. OAMI and MESA collaborate on projects and activities throughout the year.

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OSCR provides a variety of programs and services designed to suupport a safe, just and peaceful community, and to help Michigan Studetns learn how to manage and resolve conflict peacefully. OSCR manages the U-M community's response to student misconduct and administers the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, a community-owned expression of Michigan's values that outlines both the rights that U-M studetns enjoy as well as responsibilites they accept as members of this commuinty. OSCR also provides mediation and alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") services to all Michigan students, free of charge.

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Students should contact the Ombuds Office when there is a serious dispute with some part of the University over academic, administrative or other issues.

The Ombuds Office provides confidential and informal dispute resolution services and helps students develoop and evaluate options to resolve disputes. With student permission, we may also discuss the situation with other parties to the dsipute, such as faculty and staff, and help those parties consider resolution options. Referrals and other resources are available. The Office operates independently within the University and is an advocate for fairness in the resolution of problems. It is not an advocate for either side.

Finally, the Office helps the University identify policies, procedures and patterns that can be improved and seeks to facilitate those improvements.

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SAPAC provides prevention education to the University community on issues of sexual assault, datin/domestic violence, stalking and sexual harassment. SAPAC also provides crisis intervention and advocacy to survivors of sexual violence, their friends and family. SAPAC offers a variety of volunteer opportunities in teh Peer Education Program, Networking/Pulicity/Activism Program, and Men's Activism Program.

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By providing a comprehensive range of education, training, and advocacy services, the Spectrum Cetner focuses on creating an open and inclusive campus climate for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Ally-indentified community.

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The U-M International Center provides a variety of services to assist international students, scholars, faculty and staff at the University of Michigan, as well as U–M U.S. students seeking opportunities to study, work, or travel abroad. MESA/TMC works with the Internation Center to support international students on campus and encourage studetns to study abroad.

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The Center for Educational Outreach works to identify and recruit a diverse student population through rigorous outreach and educational efforts. MESA/TMC works with CEO to further strengthen ties with the student population and augment retention rates among students of color.

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SSD provides services to studetns with visual impairments, learning disabilities, mobility impairments, hearing impairments, chronic health problems, and spychological disabilities. Services include accessible campus transportation, adaptive technology, sign language interpreting, readers, and guidance regarding course accommodations. Faculty often refer studetns to SSD in order to determine if the student has a disability and what accomodations are appropriate. SSD publishes a Faculty Handbook.

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More than 1,900 udergraduate and graduate students participate in the Center's curriculum-based and co-curricular service-learning programs. The Center is also a campus-wide resource for faculty, offering workshops, roundtable discussions, distinguished lectures, grants, a lending library, and consultation and technical assistance related to integrating community service into an academic course. It maintains an inventory of community-based organizations seeking studetns, and makes available to U-M faculty complimentary copies of the Michigan Jouranl of Community Service Learning, a peer reviewed journal published by the Center.

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The Program on Intergroup Relations is a social justice education program that utilizes dialogue as a way to promote understanding across social identities. Through Intergroup Dialogue courses, CommonGround Workshops, Growing Allies retreats, and other curricular and co-cirrcular programs, IGR works to increase awareness, knowledge, and skill around issues of social justice, power, prifilege, social identiry, and oppresion. IGR is partnership between the Division of Student Affairs and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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UHS is a comprehensive outpatient clinic located on central campus. Enrolled students pay a health service fee, included as part of tuition, which covers most services. Faculty and staff are also elgible to use UHS on a fee-for-services basis or through billable insurance. Appointments are recommended, but walk-in services are available for urgent health matters. Language interpretation is also available.

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CAPS is committed to providing multicultural and multidisciplinary expert that caring therapeutic support at no charge for currently enrolled University of Michigan-Ann Arbor campus students. Clinical services include brief personal therapy for individuals, couples and groups, and crisis intervention. CAPS also provides outreach and education through consultations, presentations, workshops, and liaison relationships, and they have six training programs for advanced graduate and medical students in the mental health fields.

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SAL provides resources and education for students, faculty, and staff associated with and/or interested in student organizations, student organization advising, and leadership education. Leadership education work emphasizes intercultural communication and social change. Resources include curriculum development, as well as written materials on a variety of leadership and organizational development topics. Services include Diag scheduling, "Festifall" and "Winterfest" (Michigan's fall and winter activities fairs) as well as advising support of the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) and the University Activities Center (UAC), U-M's central student government and programming board, respectively.

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If you live in a res hall, you probably know or have heard MPA’s mentioned. Who are they? They’re trained student staff who assists in advising and counseling responsibilities related to retention and support of students of color. MPAs have an opportunity to assist in the education of students and staff to promote diversity and plan and implement cultural programs each month as part of their responsibilities. The MPA program is useful to MESA in its access to diverse populations and in its assistance in MESA/TMC in communicating its services, particularly during orientation, heritage month celebrations and overall programs that promote awareness for students living in residence halls.

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The Career Center hosts a myriad of recruitment fairs for companies that seek to employ students and graduates, and is a useful place for resources about finding internships, jobs, applying to graduate school and career counseling and advising. The Career center frequently works with MESA/TMC to raise awareness about career fairs for students of color, as well as scholarships and fellowship opportunities.

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