Home About Rackham Office Directory Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence (PACE) Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence (PACE) The PACE team’s work is guided by the goals of creating access to higher education and sustaining supportive communities at U-M to help students fulfill their potential and goals of excellence. Our Initiatives We build and strengthen partnerships with U-M graduate programs, Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) eligible students from the undergraduate stage through doctoral completion. Bridges to the Doctorate The Bridges to the Doctorate programs aim to increase the number of graduate students from a broad range of backgrounds and equip them to be highly competitive candidates for admission to Ph.D. programs at U-M or other peer universities. Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program (MICHHERS) The Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program was launched in 2015 to increase opportunities for students interested in pursuing doctoral degrees in the humanities. PACE Fellowship for Graduate Student-Faculty Pairs The PACE Fellowship recognizes accomplished doctoral students and faculty mentors who have demonstrated commitment to program climate and student success. Students and faculty are nominated together by their department representatives. Graduate students are selected based on their scholarly accomplishments and efforts to increase student climate, success, and community building within their field. Faculty mentors are selected based on their efforts to increase student success and climate within their department. Rackham Merit Fellowship The Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Program helps sustain the academic excellence of the Michigan graduate community, one that embraces students with a range of experiences, backgrounds, and goals. By offering this named prestigious fellowship to students, we encourage students to accept admission who represent a broad array of life experiences and perspectives, because this enhances the quality of the intellectual environment for all students. Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Connection The Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Connection is a program designed for newly admitted master’s and doctoral students who are recipients of a Rackham Merit Fellowship. Rackham Recruitment Grants The Rackham Recruitment Grants program supports the innovative efforts of faculty, staff, and students in recruiting highly qualified graduate students with a wide breadth of experiences and interests. Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) The University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) is designed for outstanding undergraduate students who are underrepresented in their field of study. Our Team Sonya Dal Cin Associate Dean [email protected] 734.763.0172 Cherie Dotson Director of Access and Partnerships [email protected] 734.764.4985 Virggie Lowe Administrative Project Coordinator [email protected] Richard Nunn Academic Program Officer for Outreach [email protected] 734.647.6122 Chloe Secor Academic Program Specialist [email protected] 734.647.7019 Ida Faye Webster Director of Program Review and Director of RMF Evaluation & Administration [email protected] 734.615.5670 Contact Us Hours: Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays and on university holidays. Location 1530 Rackham Building 915 East Washington Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 Contact Email: [email protected] Phone: 734.936.0360
Bridges to the Doctorate The Bridges to the Doctorate programs aim to increase the number of graduate students from a broad range of backgrounds and equip them to be highly competitive candidates for admission to Ph.D. programs at U-M or other peer universities.
Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program (MICHHERS) The Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program was launched in 2015 to increase opportunities for students interested in pursuing doctoral degrees in the humanities.
PACE Fellowship for Graduate Student-Faculty Pairs The PACE Fellowship recognizes accomplished doctoral students and faculty mentors who have demonstrated commitment to program climate and student success. Students and faculty are nominated together by their department representatives. Graduate students are selected based on their scholarly accomplishments and efforts to increase student climate, success, and community building within their field. Faculty mentors are selected based on their efforts to increase student success and climate within their department.
Rackham Merit Fellowship The Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Program helps sustain the academic excellence of the Michigan graduate community, one that embraces students with a range of experiences, backgrounds, and goals. By offering this named prestigious fellowship to students, we encourage students to accept admission who represent a broad array of life experiences and perspectives, because this enhances the quality of the intellectual environment for all students.
Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Connection The Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF) Connection is a program designed for newly admitted master’s and doctoral students who are recipients of a Rackham Merit Fellowship.
Rackham Recruitment Grants The Rackham Recruitment Grants program supports the innovative efforts of faculty, staff, and students in recruiting highly qualified graduate students with a wide breadth of experiences and interests.
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) The University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) is designed for outstanding undergraduate students who are underrepresented in their field of study.
Ida Faye Webster Director of Program Review and Director of RMF Evaluation & Administration [email protected] 734.615.5670
