The program seeks to join education, skill development and service in the pursuit of this goal. Decision making abilities are enhanced through field experiences and hands-on internship assignments. The Ken Morris Scholarship Application is available for download. To view and print this scholarship, you must have adobe acrobat reader installed on your computer. Earnings from an endowment fund established by Ken Morris are earmarked for use by the Center to emphasize and support the opportunities for students, primarily of Oakland University, to engage in practical learning experience within the labor movement.
Scholarships support directed studies, field work or internships.
A Board of Advisors oversees the scholarship fund and makes the final selection of scholarship award recipients. The faculty coordinator of the Center is Michael P. Long, J.D., Associate Professor of Human Resource Development. This program may be particularly useful to individuals interested in the operational aspects of employment including the law, collective bargaining, personnel practices, and the dynamics of staff, leadership and participative roles. This minor is open to any student who has been admitted to the University. Students who seek to apply credits toward a degree must contact an advisor to design a degree plan and to select appropriate courses.