“The evidence is in: a diverse learning environment engenders a heightened and more valuable teaching and learning experience for everyone, and produces alumni who are equipped to lead our state and nation into the future.”
—Lester P. Monts
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Senior Counselor to the President for the Arts, Diversity, and Undergraduate Affairs
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology)
Alumni participation is vital in providing enhanced personal outreach to admitted underrepresented minority students—including African American, Latino, and Native American students—that encourages them to enroll at U-M.
The Alumni Association continually seeks underrepresented minority alumni who value an active, engaged and diverse student body and can underscore the importance of this U-M legacy to students. The program provides meaningful insight to students who are able to hear firsthand accounts of what years at Michigan mean to alumni and how it moves them in their careers and avocations.
The Alumni Association’s goal is simple—to positively impact the number of underrepresented minority students enrolling at U-M by having them matched with correspondingly underrepresented alumni who can speak about their U-M experience. Alumni participation may be the deciding factor for these students considering attendance at Michigan.
If you are interested in volunteering as a minority recruiter or would like to stay informed, please complete the online registration. An Alumni Association representative will contact you with details when alumni recruitment needs arise.
