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Personalized career services

Meeting students where they are The Ford School places a high priority on the career development of students. Students have access to a seasoned team of strategic career counselors, a deeply committed alumni base, and faculty with real-world...
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The Last Word: Peter Vasher, director of career services

Dec 19, 2022
This fall, after a national search, the Ford School selected Peter Vasher as the school’s director of career services. Vasher has been with the school since 2017 and served as associate director of graduate career services for three years. During...
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2022 Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellows named

Jan 13, 2022
The 2022 winter semester will look a little bit different for two second-year Ford School graduate students. Bethany Haddad (MPP ‘22) and Kate Randall (MPP ‘22), were selected from a very competitive pool of applicants for the prestigious Riecker...
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January Career Expo taps Ford School’s global community

Jan 29, 2021
Finding opportunity among the continued challenges of the coronavirus, the Ford School’s traditional career trip to Washington, DC took on a new and expanded approach this year in the form of a three-day virtual January Graduate Student Career Expo...
Students and alumni networking at the Ford School's DC trip
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Students Learn & Explore Careers in Detroit

Nov 16, 2018
MPP students got the opportunity to explore careers in Detroit over fall break through a trip sponsored by Graduate Career Services. On Tuesday, October 16, around 25 Ford School students gathered at the U-M Detroit Center, at the southwest corner...
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2010 Class Gift Campaign Soars

Apr 22, 2010
One hundred paper airplanes ascend the grand staircase at Weill Hall. What do they mean? They mean that "Don't Let the Ford School Fly Solo," a $20,000 campaign organized by the school's 2010 Class Gift Committee, has been soaring—literally. Each...

Annual D.C. trip connects students, alumni

Feb 1, 2007
Ann Arbor lies a short distance by air from a key hub of the public policy world in Washington, DC. Each February the Ford School's Graduate Career Services Office organizes a trip aimed at tapping, strengthening, and expanding the network of Ford...
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Welcome Week

Fall 2022 incoming master's welcome week

Aug 22-26, 2022, All Day
Weill Hall (1st & 2nd floor)
The official start of the school year, welcome week and orientation activities at the Ford School give new master's students the opportunity to meet and engage with peers, faculty, and staff, and begin the process of preparing for the academic year.
Weill Hall north entrance
Career Development

Graduate student career expo

Feb 3, 2022, 6:00-8:00 pm EST
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Feb 4, 2022, 9:00 am-3:00 pm EST
Virtual & hybrid
The graduate student career expo offers opportunities for career exploration and alumni engagement through a series of virtual career programs that participants can attend either remotely or in-person in Weill Hall.
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Welcome Week

Fall 2021 incoming master's welcome week

Aug 23-27, 2021, All Day
Weill Hall (1st & 2nd floor)
The official start of the school year, welcome week and orientation activities at the Ford School give new master's students the opportunity to meet and engage with peers, faculty, and staff, and begin the process of preparing for the academic year.
Weill Hall north entrance

Policy Pitch Competition

Sep 12, 2018, 6:00-7:15 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Returning Ford School Master's students completing summer internship experiences will have the opportunity to reflect/and pitch their policy impact and skills gained during their summer internship experience to a panel of esteemed judges.
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Policy Pitch Competition

Sep 17, 2019, 5:30-6:30 pm EDT
Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall)
Returning Ford School Master's students completing summer internship experiences will have the opportunity to reflect on their internship experience and celebrate the start of the upcoming school year.

Graduate career services

An overview of servicesAs a professional school, we offer a variety of programs, services, and resources to help students grow and develop in their careers. Graduate students are encouraged to begin working with Career Services early on to create a...

From here to career

Apr 4, 2023 0:49:11

Learn how the Ford School’s Career Services team and the Leadership Initiative accelerate career development, support internship and job searches, and prepare students to be leaders in public service. April, 2023.

Ford School students in discussion with community leaders

The Internship Search Group

Apr 24, 2019 0:03:49

Five MPP students reflect on their experiences working with Internship Search Groups and how the commitment of the groups kept them accountable to do the work required to successfully find a summer internship.