Campus in Focus: Spring is here

May 4, 2026

Images reflecting the season include Spring Open House, the faculty/staff alumni lunch and Athletics senior days.

A group of women in white and blue softball uniforms hug each other following a win on the softball field.
Seniors Onyckah Ulik and Claire Muehlbrandt, center, are surrounded by softball teammates as they celebrate Senior Day on March 29. They played a doubleheader against Cleary University. UM-Dearborn lost the first game, 6-3, and won the second, 6-5.

It’s time to think spring — and that includes outdoor sports, celebratory gatherings and transitions to new beginnings. In this month’s Campus in Focus, university photographer Matthew Stephens captures Spring Open House, an alumni lunch event and senior days for UM-Dearborn Baseball, Men’s Lacrosse and Softball.

UM-Dearborn men's lacrosse team members hug one another and cheer after scoring a goal. They are wearing maize and blue helmets and white jerseys with maize and blue accents.
UM-Dearborn sophomore Zachary Berwald celebrates after scoring an unassisted goal off a faceoff during the fourth quarter of the men’s lacrosse team’s 15-9 win against Siena Heights on Senior Day. The game took place April 25 at Crestwood High School.
Two males stand together and one places a UM-Dearborn on the other's suit jacket
Doctoral candidate in computer and information science Sambathchatovong Na is pinned by Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Hafiz Malik during the CECS Doctoral Pinning Ceremony on April 16 in the Michigan Room.
Two women hug inside of a doorway. They are entering a room for a lunch meeting.
Alumni Engagement Specialist Diane Sigler hugs Office of Trio Programs Program Manager Rachel Leonard as guests arrive for the UM-Dearborn Faculty/Staff Alumni Campus Lunch on April 15 in Kochoff Hall C at the James C. Renick University Center. Leonard graduated from UM-Dearborn in 2018.
A male baseball player holds out his arm and the white ball is nearly in his baseball mitt.
UM-Dearborn third baseman Beck Kjeldbjerg reaches for a ground ball during the first game of a doubleheader against Aquinas College on Senior Day on April 12 at Ray Fisher Stadium in Ann Arbor. UM-Dearborn lost both games, 5-2 and 4-3. Game No. 2 went into extra innings.
Baseball team players gather on the field to celebrate with their bats and gloves.
UM-Dearborn senior Alex Schmitt, center, is greeted by teammates near the dugout after scoring in the bottom of the ninth to tie the second game of a doubleheader on  April 12.
A photo of the UM-Dearborn campus that includes white flowering trees, the exterior of a building that has floor to ceiling windows and many students walking on campus walkways
The UM-Dearborn Spring Open House took place April 11. The event included student-led campus tours and opportunities for prospective students to meet faculty, staff and students while learning about more than 100 majors and 130 student organizations. 
Two women - one professor and one student - talk about the majors UM-Dearborn offers at a campus event. The professor has on a plaid jacket and a light blue shirt. The student is wearing a navy blue Barcelona football shirt with a sweater around her shoulders.
Joan Remski, interim vice provost for research and dean of graduate studies, assists a prospective student during the 2026 Spring Open House.
Two women, one wearing a red sweater and the other wearing a black and blue blouse, embrace in a tight hug.
College of Arts, Sciences and Letters student Nila Hooper, left, receives a hug from Office of Trio Programs Assistant Director Latresa Rice during the Campus Student Employment Celebration on April 10. Hooper is the recipient of the Wolverine@Work 2026 Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year for Social Impact and Belonging award and the 2026 Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators Award for Student Employee of the Year for Social Impact.
A woman softball player catches a yellow softball in her mitt.
UM-Dearborn freshman shortstop Hannah Cornell throws to first base to complete a double play during a Senior Day doubleheader against Cleary University on March 29 at The Hawk in Farmington Hills. UM-Dearborn lost the first game, 6-3, and won the second, 6-5.

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