Community
Want to know what the UM of the future could be like for you as a member of the wider community that UM serves? Read on!
As a community member you may have one or more relationships or interactions with the University, including:
- Employing UM students or graduates
- Donating time, money or resources to UM students, programs or activities
- Providing experiential learning opportunities for our students
- Family members studying or working at UM
- Working at a business, nonprofit or government organizations that engages with UM on research, civic, economic development or other community initiatives
- Attending Grizzly Athletics event, arts and cultural offerings or other UM events and programs open to the wider community
UM aspires to continue to engage you in our future! Below we have outlined some initiatives and aspects of the UM of the future and highlighted where and how you might engage with UM.
We also encourage you to read the other sections of this website that will help you understand how UM of the future will look for students, faculty and employees and hence how you might contribute, collaborate or engage in realizing that future.
Designing the Future for the Community
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UM understands that for many students, their rationale for pursuing a degree or returning to gain additional qualifications is to set them on the path to a successful and rewarding career. We also hear from employers that seek to recruit interns or graduates who can hit the ground running and have the skills to help them succeed in the workplace. UM is focused on ensuring our students have access to programs and resources that help them become “career-ready.”
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In today’s dynamic world, new opportunities and challenges arise on an almost daily basis, presenting employers, whether businesses, government or nonprofits, with new and evolving workforce needs.
UM is committed to working with employers to provide learning and training solutions that equip learners (who might be their existing employers or prospective recruits) with the skills and competencies needed to help your organization succeed and grow.
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UM’s faculty, students and staff engage in a wide range of activities including research, economic development and civic engagement that focus on solving complex challenges in today’s world and society. Whether it’s with respect to a local community challenge such as homelessness or hunger or with respect to a global issue such as climate change or refugees, UM is committed to research, creative scholarship and teaching that furthers our understanding or ability to solve these complex issues. Engaging with the community in this work helps ground our work in the “real world” and create the potential for community and global impact.
Read about our Draft Design Principles: Impact, Inquiry & Internationalization
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UM seeks to ensure that systemic racism, gender discrimination are eliminated from our campus and University community. We identify and strive to remove other factors that can make accessing higher education challenging for many current or prospective students. We also seek to engage UM in wider community dialog and programs that are committed to creating a more inclusive and equitable society.
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UM offers a tremendous range of associate's, bachelor's and graduate degree programs. Students can also enhance their education and skills by adding a minor or pursuing one or more certificates from many different disciplines and fields. However, UM recognizes that these many options may not be right for many people. As a community member perhaps you:
- Are not ready, or are concerned about committing to the two, four (or more) years of study required by these programs.
- Already have a degree and are interested in adding some specific education or skills in a particular area – to help advance your career, or simply out of personal interest and curiosity.
If that sounds like you – or think that might be you at some point in the future – UM is ready for you. UM is offering a rapidly expanding range of learning paths and options that recognize the changing needs and goals of learners not just in their early adult life but throughout their lives!