Give to University Career Center
The University of Michigan is committed to transforming our students’ education by extending academic excellence from the classroom into real-world experiences that develop a global purview and a creative, entrepreneurial mindset.
The University Career Center (UCC) is committed to helping students enhance their educational experience and transition confidently into the post-college world beyond the University of Michigan. The UCC provides a dynamic space for students to access information, resources, and guidance that will prepare them for future internships, jobs, and graduate and professional degree programs. Beyond just resume building, it is important to provide students with the opportunity to explore careers, build skills, and develop professional networks. The UCC is well positioned to address the career needs of all our students given its cross-disciplinary connections to students, its multifaceted work with employers across many industries, and its established partnerships within the University.
Opportunities
Internships
An endowment of $50,000 or an annual gift of $5,000 will allow the University to:
- Establish an internship scholarship fund, which will provide financial resources for students who otherwise might not be able to sacrifice summer earnings or afford to the expenses of an unpaid internship.
- Enable top students who secure unpaid, professional work to be able to accept and take advantage of the opportunity, regardless of their financial situation.
- Support students’ professional development and education growth in career roles— corporate and nonprofit, at home and abroad.
- Assist students as they seek out real-world experiences that will help them to build the knowledge, skills, and networks to be successful in the working world.
Career Immersions
An annual gift of $20,000 would allow the University to:
- Provide career immersions to Michigan students in cities coast to coast. These immersions are a unique opportunity for students to:
- “See the space. Meet the people. Do the job.”
- Visit workplaces across sectors and geographic locations.
- Engage with professionals ands tour companies, view a typical workday, and explore their interests.
- Experience a variety of employment settings and compare and contrast work settings and cultures.
- Better understand the world of work and the expectations of employers.
Technology
An annual gift of $20,000 would allow the University to:
- Buy one of the Key Career Assessment Tools. These resources would be available to all students to help them better understand their strengths and talents, identify potential jobs, and enhance the career decision process. Each gift of $20,000 would allow the University to:
- Purchase the Strong Interest Inventory (SII), which is a career interest inventory that is used to:
- Offers students 24/7 access to resume feedback via a state of the art platform that uses a benchmarking algorithm that improves students' application materials.
- Expand the use of Clifton Strengths, which can be used to:
- Help students discover their top talent themes. By becoming aware of these talents, students can leverage them into strengths, which can be utilized in all aspects of life, including career planning and during the career planning/search process.
- Acquire VMOCK, which uses machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI to:
- Identify students’ core competencies from students’ self-reported profiles, which helps them to optimize the skills needed to fulfill their future career goals.
- Encourage students to improve their career decision-making in a manner that promotes forward movement to attain the career clarity they are seeking.
- Purchase the Strong Interest Inventory (SII), which is a career interest inventory that is used to:
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