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Applications open March 10, 2023: Join the Vice President for Student Life's Student Advisory Board

The Student Advisory Board is a group of approximately two dozen undergraduate and graduate students from across the schools and colleges who provide advice on pressing student issues to Dr. Martino Harmon, the Vice President for Student Life. Meetings throughout the academic year encourage discussion on new initiatives and emergent issues. The application for the 2023-2024 academic year runs from March 10th to March 31st, 2023. All U-M students are eligible to apply. 

VP Harmon's 2021-22 Student Advisory Board

Winter Break Hours

Saturday, December 24 – Monday, January 2

  • The Office of the Vice President for Student Life (OVPSL) will be closed for the Winter Break. We will reopen with staff members in the office at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 

For the holiday hours of other offices within the Division of Student Life, please refer to their specific websites. 

If you have an emergency, please contact the University of Michigan Police Department at 734-763-1131

Three U-M students throw snowballs amid a flurry of light snow in the courtyard of North Quad.

Addendum to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities

Published August 31, 2022

Dear University of Michigan Community:

Welcome Home for the 2022-2023 academic year. As Wolverines, we have continued to cultivate a caring community for self and others and will continue to do so as we look forward to a year together in Ann Arbor. As we look toward the 2022-2023 academic year, it is right for us to reflect on the values we hold as individuals and the values we embrace as a community. The University values outlined in the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities are: Civility, dignity, diversity, education, equality, freedom, honesty, and safety.  These values stand as long-held community-defined commitments rooted in diversity, equity and inclusion and put into practice through a restorative approach. 

U-M's Scorecard for the INSPIRES (INterfaith, SPIritual, REligious, and Secular) Campus Climate Index

Published August 31, 2022

The INSPIRES Index is a tool that measures, evaluates, and represents an institution’s efforts toward establishing a welcoming climate for students of differing religious, secular, and spiritual identities. It is a collaboration between researchers at The Ohio State University and North Carolina State and was informed by data collected from students through the Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS). A team of Student Life staff completed a questionnaire on behalf of U-M, and responses were used to determine a ‘star level’ that reflects the level of welcome, both overall and in seven specific domains. View the U-M scorecard in PDF format. 

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Tip of the Month: Student Legal Services

Updated July 14, 2022

Take it from Student Life's Student Legal Services (SLS): Renters insurance is worth it, and it may save you from problems in the future. And if you have concerns about housing, criminal, family, consumer, or traffic law, be sure to schedule an appointment with Student Legal Services.

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