News

September 9, 2013

Jean and Tynishia are both Education & Training Assistant Coordinators and Mical is the Professional Development Coordinator. They are pictured above, left to right: Tynishia, Jean, Mical.

May 22, 2013

On May 1, our office celebrated the Grand Opening of the David Bohnett CyberCenter with an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony. Speakers included: Director, Jackie Simpson; Vice President for Student Life, Royster Harper; Video Team Lead, Evan Hoye; Founder of the David Bohnett Foundation, David Bohnett; and Alumni Relations Coordinator, Allie Harte.

May 22, 2013

Our snapshot for the 2012-2013 is complete. It was a very busy year for us at Spectrum, and we're happy to report some of the work we've accomplished as a team! You can read or download the snapshot here.

April 16, 2013

March 20, 2013
 

February 21, 2013  |  By Will Sherry

February 20, 2013  |  By David Clair

My name is David Clair;  I am a Gay Cisgender male at the age of 19.  Just this year I got the opportunity to experience MBLGTACC for the first time. Attending This Pro Equality and Social Justice Conference helped me to remember. Remember my voice and the extent of the power and potential it contains. I was allowed to wonder often, and I did. The space given definitely left a mark on my Conscious, a mark that will remain.

February 18, 2013

Emily Byl

Year of Graduation and Concentration: 2012, Public Policy

First Job: Field Organizer for the Obama Campaign

Current Job: Law school student

Advice to current UM students:

January 11, 2013

January 11, 2013
 

December 7, 2012

October 11, 2012

Starting this month, the Spectrum Center will be hosting a series of Brown Bag Skype sessions bringing students and alumni together. The first session of AlumniConnect will be held on Wednesday,October 24 from 11:30am-12:30pm in the Spectrum Center lounge. The alumni featured for October is Barbara Timmer.

October 11, 2012

October 11, 2012  |  By Chloé Gurin-Sands, community engagement coordinator

The first day of the conference, we heard the opening remarks of NBJC Executive Director, Sharon Lettman-Hicks and OOTH National Chair (and ESPN/CNN journalist) LZ Granderson. We then heard from a panel of political activists and government employees about several legislative issues that are currently in the works.

October 9, 2012
 

David Bohnett

Year of Graduation and Concentration:
1980, M.B.A. in Finance

First Job:  
Staff consultant with Accenture (then Andersen Consulting)

Current Job:
Founder and managing member of the early stage technology fund, Baroda Ventures, LLC

September 6, 2012

Student Body President, Manish Parikh, welcomed the LGBTQ and Ally Community to Gayz Craze 2012 and to the University of Michigan! Read Manish's welcome message below or watch him speak on YouTube.

The Spectrum Center: Jim Toy - his story, his legacy from Filmic Productions on Vimeo.

Click here to watch the video.

May 30, 2012

We are proud to present Nicholas Rinehart as the first ever recipient of the annual Chris Armstrong scholarship. The scholarship was founded to support LGBTQ student advocates and activists at the University of Michigan.

February 2012One week during the month of March is dedicated to celebrating diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions through various student-led programs and events.

January 19, 2012