11/4/2024
Campus Colleagues: Erin Vestrand
Leadership Annual Giving Officer Erin Vestrand talks about switching career paths to help give opportunities to students, meeting her puppy Sherlock Bones and growing up with a love for maize and blue....
7/31/2023
Casandra Ulbrich’s other passion: training search and rescue dogs
UM-Dearborn’s Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement is at the ready should police need her and her dogs to find a missing person....
1/18/2023
'Pay attention to the world around you'
A new full-feature online experience for UM-Dearborn’s “History 387: Aspects of the Holocaust” course — made possible by a Ravitz Foundation grant — includes recorded Holocaust survivor testimony from UM-Dearborn’s archive collection, renowned expert talks...
5/3/2022
Campus Colleagues: Sarah Dorchak
You’ve probably noticed Sarah Dorchak’s work across campus: The new Engineering Lab Building events, the Chancellor’s inauguration, the Alumni Awards and more. In this month’s Campus Colleagues, the Senior Development Associate and Event Specialist talks a...
7/5/2021
'Was there a place for me in college?'
Dearborn Wolverine Helen Morrison, ‘78 B.A., shares lessons she learned through earning her degree during a time of social change, persevering after personal tragedy and witnessing how advocacy can change hearts and minds....
3/8/2021
March 10 is Giving Blueday
For 24 hours, the entire university will come together and support the causes that make us the leaders and best. One of campus’ Wolverines — who’s worked for NBC, Dreamworks and Illumination Entertainment — shares why he gives....
1/13/2021
Will do: Make an important long-term plan in 2021
UM-Dearborn financial planning experts share five things people can do to ensure wishes are followed when it comes to wills, planned gifts, advanced directives and estate planning....
5/17/2019
Casandra Ulbrich leads Institutional Advancement as new vice chancellor
Ulbrich, who started May 15, brings nearly 20 years of higher education development experience to the role....
3/28/2019
Casandra Ulbrich named vice chancellor for institutional advancement
Ulbrich has served as vice president for college advancement and community relations at Macomb Community College since 2011. Her appointment, which was approved by the Board of Regents Thursday, begins May 15....