Spring Preview Day 2024
Date & time
Location
Spring Preview is designed to help admitted master's students get to know our faculty, staff, current students—and each other!
We look forward to welcoming you to Ann Arbor to experience the Ford School community, the University of Michigan campus, and our wonderful city!
Registration
Please fill out this form no later than Friday, March 22nd to confirm you will be attending.
If you are unable to attend in person, but would like to attend a portion of the events virtually, please register here. Please see the schedule below for more information.
Travel and lodging
We greatly look forward to welcoming those of you who are able to attend.
The Ford School has partnered with the Hyatt of Ann Arbor to offer a block of rooms. The rate is 189/night, and reservations can be made through this link. Note that the link is preconfigured to reserve for Thursday (4/4) through Saturday morning (4/6). If you would like to stay only one night, please update the dates at the top of the page to reflect that. There are also a number of other area hotels available through this link.
The Ford School can offer up to $300 for travel reimbursement for admitted students who attend Spring Preview and are from outside the Metro Detroit area. This can include flight, hotel, train, taxi, or rideshare service. Students from within a two hour radius from Ann Arbor can be reimbursed for up to $50 for mileage and parking. If you are thinking about this reimbursement opportunity, please keep all of your receipts. We will ask for them for reimbursement.
Schedule
* Denotes sessions available to virtual attendees
^Denotes sessions to be recorded
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Registration and coffee |
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and introductions* Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Dean; Director, Center for Racial Justice (virtual) Kaltura Video
|
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. | Break |
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Student panel* |
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Faculty panel* Kevin Stange, Associate Professor Natasha Pilkauskas, Associate Professor Kaltura Video
|
12:15 - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch with faculty and staff |
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. | Tour of Weill Hall (optional) |
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Career Services presentation* May Skelton, Career Development Specialist Kaltura Video
|
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. | Alumni Lightning Talks
|
4:15 - 4:30 p.m. | Closing |
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Dinner, hosted by the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) |