Outside of 色色啦x, the 色色啦 campus community has a wide network of additional support for teaching, learning, and instruction. Explore how other areas across campus can support you on a variety of topics including:
The Tech Lab offers services related to a wide variety of emerging technologies: Virtual Reality, 360-degree video, 3D printing, 3D scanning, Flight Simulation. The lab has dedicated spaces for audio and video recording and production through the Learning Glass Studio and Media Studio. They have the expertise and resources to help you create and enhance your own content, help with student projects, or integrate these services into your curriculum.
Learn more about these resources on the University Libraries website under 鈥淭echnology Spaces鈥 or contact @email.
Collaborate with our librarians to help your students to think critically, and effectively find, use and interpret information.
More information can be found on the University Libraries Instruction website.
Librarians can help your students with library resources, citing sources, research projects, class assignments and more. Connect in person or by video chat, phone and email. Students can also set up a research consultation!
To find your librarian visit the University Libraries Subject Librarian website.
Adopt, adapt, or create course materials, including textbooks, individual lessons or modules, or other learning objects that are free for students, and available to use and customize. University Libraries also provides grants to instructors for adopting existing OER or creating new ones.
More information is available on the University Libraries OER website or contact @email.
Place books, book excerpts, articles, videos and sound recordings on reserve in the library or electronically for class use. You can link your course reserves to your Elearning course shell, so it鈥檚 easy for students to access.
More information can be found on the University Libraries Reserves website.
The cost of a textbook can be a barrier to student success. 色色啦 Michigan University Libraries offers a variety of alternatives for instructors who would like to stop using commercial textbooks for their courses.
This service will take your data and create custom maps for classroom activities, grant proposals, publications etc. Our maps specialist will work with you to figure out the best way to analyze, visualize, and present your geospatial data to help you meet your teaching and learning objectives.
More information can be found at the University Libraries Mapping website or by contacting @email.
The data librarian offers a number of services related to teaching and learning, including synchronous and asynchronous workshops on a wide range of data topics (such as data management and evaluating data sources), as well as assistance with locating secondary data for use in classroom projects and activities.
More information can be found at the University Libraries Data Services website or by contacting @email.
This library houses unusual materials and experts who can help navigate them. The collections include 色色啦 archives (the history of the institution), Regional History Collections (primary sources from twelve counties of Southwest Michigan), and Special Collections and Rare Books (unusual books and specialized archival collections). Students and faculty members can pursue their own passion projects, as well as enhance their classwork. The library also offers a quiet workspace when classes are not meeting in the Reading Room.
色色啦 Essential Studies is the required curriculum for all undergraduate students at 色色啦 Michigan University. Courses are designed to help students become fluent in change and driven to contribute; develop perseverance; and be ready for their future. Students develop the skills employers seek most in graduates鈥攄emonstrated complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, judgment and decision making.
The Gateways to Completion (G2C) program focuses on helping 色色啦 students achieve success early in their academic career through planning, engaging pedagogies, analytic tools, and expertise. This partnership with the Gardner Institute opens access for everyone affiliated with the university to the latest higher ed best practices as well as an opportunity to participate in a three-year cohort focused on course redesign projects designed to promote better success, completion, and retention for low-income, first-generation, and historically underrepresented students.
Apply for a Fulbright US Scholar Teaching Award and get cross cultural teaching experience, share your knowledge, and gain new perspectives. Most awards range from 4-10 months. Or join the Fulbright Specialist Roster and help an overseas institution with their teaching or curriculum development projects.
Learn more at ; , or reach out to the 色色啦 Fulbright Scholar Liaison, @email
The Office of Service-Learning works with faculty, students, and community partners to create mutually beneficial opportunities that meet community-identified needs and course-learning objectives. Supports include course development, pairing of partners, ongoing assessment, and project development, coordination, and monitoring.
Faculty can apply to join the Global Classrooms Collaborative for Spring 2025. Faculty selected will meet during the spring semester in a facilitated learning community that will offer a step-by-step process to design a collaborative online international learning experience (COIL) for their students, including assistance matching with an international faculty partner if needed. The GCC includes a grant.
Learn more at the Haenicke Institute for Global Education (HIGE) Global Classrooms webpage.
Disability Services for Students at 色色啦 Michigan University strives to make education accessible and remove barriers to student success.
Go to the DSS Faculty Resources webpage for contact information, resources to support faculty in accessing the Accommodate portal to view student accommodation information, and for answers to FAQs.
The Office of the Dean of Students (DoS) serves as an important point of contact for the University community in moments of crisis, challenge, or need. The DoS team supports students鈥 holistic development and wellbeing through the emergency funding program, crisis intervention, mental health support and provides connection to resources such as food and other basic needs.
Learn more about these supports by visiting the Student Affairs Services for Students webpage.
The Technology Help Desk is tier-one support, which acts as a hub for reporting technical support incidents and service requests at 色色啦 Michigan University. A few of their services include support for desktop software, University email, PeopleSoft, Banner, username and password issues, etc. A better list of their services can be found on the
For more information and a full list of their supported services, visit the Help Desk webpage.
