Building thriving communities through equitable community-university partnerships

Siddarth Kaushik, a recent U-M alumnus and an America Reads tutor through the Ginsberg Center, received recognition from Ann Arbor Public Schools for his efforts to improve students’ literacy skills.

The Ginsberg Center Student Advisory Board provides guidance, support, and feedback that advances the work of the Ginsberg Center and broader community engagement at the University of Michigan. In 2024-25, the Center welcomed 13 graduate and undergraduate students who worked on a variety of initiatives.

The Ginsberg Center is excited to announce new student internship opportunities made possible by our recently launched Community-Based Internship Fund! Undergraduate and graduate students can apply for paid internships funded by Ginsberg Center at a range of community organizations throughout southeast Michigan. Apply today!

The Ginsberg Center invites you to make visible your commitment to service and community engagement by wearing a Ginsberg service cord during graduation. Our goal is to recognize students that have—through voluntary service, activism and advocacy, or other forms of civic engagement—helped address or make positive change around a specific social issue with off-campus communities or groups.

The Ginsberg Center is pleased to announce that the President’s Year of Democracy, Civic Empowerment, and Global Engagement initiative has awarded $20,000 to support the Building Our Solidarity Economy Conference and $100,000 to fund community-based internships supported by Ginsberg.

Learn more about the experiences of three Ginsberg Center students: Jordyn Coury, Opeyemi Ojubanire, and Justin Wentnick. Through their work with the Center, these students have been able to transform their interests and passions into action in our local communities. Get involved with the Ginsberg Center.

Turn Up Turnout (TUT), a student organization sponsored by the Ginsberg Center recently concluded its busiest period with the 2024 presidential election. Since its founding in 2017, TUT has been the University of Michigan’s foremost nonpartisan student-led organization dedicated to civic engagement. TUT works to increase voter education, registration, and turnout among all eligible University of Michigan students and in the surrounding communities of our Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses.

The Ginsberg Center is seeking Full & Auxiliary Community Advisory Board (CAB) members! CAB members are community champions willing to provide the Ginsberg Center with feedback and insight on community priorities, and their perspectives reflect diverse experiences, backgrounds, professions, and fields of interest.

We’re excited to share highlights of our Community Engagement and Match work from the Fall semester! With the dedication of our team, we’ve connected students, academic partners, and campus groups with opportunities and resources to build meaningful partnerships and create real impact. We’re proud of these collaborative efforts and look forward to strengthening connections and fostering engagement as we continue through the year!

Our Academic Partner team has accomplished so much this Fall semester, working diligently to connect faculty and campus units with resources and opportunities to deepen their community-engaged learning. Their collaborative efforts have strengthened partnerships and supported meaningful academic initiatives. We’re inspired by their impact so far and can’t wait to see what they achieve in the months ahead!

We’re thrilled to share our Fall semester review of student engagement at the Ginsberg Center! It highlights the incredible work and dedication of our team to empower students and deepen community impact. We’re proud of what’s been accomplished and excited to see how we’ll continue building momentum for the rest of the year.

The Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF) is a cherished annual tradition that brings free and ticketed performances to Ann Arbor, Michigan every June. Beyond its well-loved events at Top of the Park and venues like Hill Auditorium, A2SF continually strives to understand and serve its audience better. In 2024, this effort was bolstered by a partnership with the Ginsberg Center’s Community Technical Assistance Collaborative (CTAC).

Recently, the Ginsberg Center and the U-M Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) collaborated on a networking event centering issues and research related to women's health. The event, "Women's Health: Listen and Explore" brought together partners to gain funding for women's health initiatives. The event also served as a networking opportunity for researchers and thought partners to connect and brainstorm, and cultivate opportunities for new research and collaborations.