The Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan

05/18/2026

We're hiring a Student Administrative Assistant Senior! This full-time role is a backbone of IGR, coordinating course enrollment operations and academic minor advising, supporting recruitment and national programs, and managing our student space.

Apply by May 31: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/277719/student-admin-asst-senior

05/06/2026

24th annual IGR Award Ceremony and Graduation Celebration

At the 24th annual Award Ceremony and Graduation Celebration, IGR honored the classes of 2026 and the recipients of the minor in intergroup relations education, certificate in dialogue for community change, Patricia Gurin Certificate of Merit, and liberatory education cord. Rackham Assembly Hall, April 30, 2026. More: igr.umich.edu

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05/05/2026

04/28/2026

📚 University of Michigan undergraduates—Add "Pop Culture and Dialogue" or "Foundations of Intergroup Relations" to your spring or summer schedule!

View all courses: igr.umich.edu/courses

04/28/2026

From Forbes: "The curriculum encourages students to make the most of all that the school's programs have to offer. A course called Making the Most of Michigan is facilitated by upper-level students to help underclassmen navigate a new environment, connect with other first-year students, and build skills for career and leadership opportunities."

"Making the Most of Michigan" is an IGR course taught through the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Learn more about it: https://igr.umich.edu/article/making-most-michigan-helps-students-flourish

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor joins the for its rigorous academics and student-centered approach to career preparation. Programs like "Making the Most of Michigan" ensure that graduates—joining an alumni network that includes JetBlue co-founder David Barger and Sasha Obama—are ready to meet the high standards of today’s employers.
Read how the University of Michigan make the list here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2026/04/08/the-new-ivies-20-great-employer-friendly-colleges-embracing-ai/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

04/16/2026

In courtyards and classrooms, University of Michigan faculty, staff and students are navigating difficult conversations and asking for more ways to build skills for engaging across difference.

Effective immediately, the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Division of Student Life are taking important structural steps to deepen their long-standing partnership through IGR and strengthen coordination through a new campus dialogue leadership structure.

As part of this change:

➡️ Donna Rich Kaplowitz, currently IGR’s LSA co-director, will become senior director for campus dialogue education, reporting jointly to LSA and Student Life. In the role, she’ll provide strategic leadership across a campus dialogue portfolio that includes IGR, Dialogue Michigan, a growing partnership with Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center, and related initiatives.

➡️ Roger Fisher will become IGR’s program director and serve as senior associate director of campus dialogue education. Previously an associate director, Fisher has been IGR’s Student Life interim co-director since August 2025.

➡️ Christina Morton, currently IGR’s LSA associate director, will become the IGR curriculum and instruction program director and associate director for campus dialogue education.

Read more: https://myumi.ch/mRbDG