The Ginsberg Center
The Ginsberg Center embodies one of the University of Michigan's greatest legacies: community service. Established in 1996, Ginsberg is one of the largest, most comprehensive service-learning centers in the nation. Each year, close to 1,900 U-M students take part in at least one of our programs. We also support faculty teaching service-learning courses, students seeking community service experiences and student organizations involved in the community. We are named in honor of U-M alumnus Edward Ginsberg, whose life exemplified the values of community involvement and active citizenship.
The Ginsberg Center includes several leading community service programs, including one of the largest Alternative Spring Break programs and one of the longest-running service-learning courses in the country. We are currently home to five programs and three initiative areas - students, faculty, and community - that encourage U-M students and faculty to work with communities in Michigan, across the country, and abroad.
SPOTLIGHT: Danielle Bober
Urban Planning student Danielle Bober earns recognition for her work with Detroit neighborhoods... (read more)
U-M's Aria Everts works to expose sweatshop practices and bring justice to the world's workers... (read more)
U-M senior participates in four Alternative Spring Break projects, helping others and learning about root causes... (read more)
Student Aditi Sagdeo spends her senior year planning Semester in Detroit, where students will live, learn, and volunteer in the community... (read more)
SPOTLIGHT: Danielle Buechler
U-M student Danielle Buechler awarded a Ginsberg student fellowship to develop a self-sustaining tool to evaluate health programs in Ghana... (read more)
A new chapter of student-run NOURISH at U-M is raising money to support sustainable projects around the globe... (read more)
SPOTLIGHT: Emily Penprase
U-M graduate Emily Penprase spreads her zeal for community service to the next generation of students... (read more)
SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer Kellman Fritz
Ginsberg alumna Jennifer Kellman Fritz uses service-learning in her classes at Eastern Michigan University... (read more)
U-M graduate who founded student organization on human rights joins Ralph Nader's watchdog group Public Citizen... (read more)
Former Project Community intern uses lessons on combining social work and community organizing at domestic/sexual violence center... (read more)
U-M Alum Aaron Hurst Creates the Largest Non-profit Consulting Firm in the Country... (read more)
Sponsored by the Ginsberg Center, University alumnus and AmeriCorps graduate Josh Sirefman shared career experiences focused on balancing social and economic issues in New York City... (read more)
Larry Gant works to make big cities better, focusing on program evaluation of human service and social action organizations in urban communities... (read more)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics Janet Gerson teaches her University of Michigan students the basic principles of economics... (read more)
Senior Lecturer in Screen Arts and Cultures Terri Sarris proves you don't have to be Steven Spielberg to make a movie... (read more)
SPOTLIGHT: Larissa Larsen
Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Larissa Larsen knows first-hand that if something counts, it has more meaning... (read more)
Julie Lumeng knows that physicians can provide more than immunizations and a weight check–they can encourage reading... (read more)
Associate Professor of English Petra Kuppers has spent her career looking at the intersection of disability and performance art... (read more)
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9th Annual John Dewey Lecture, Gary Delgado
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