The University calendar is prodigious in the diversity of offerings and activities, as many hundreds of speakers, conferences, symposia, workshops, concerts, performances, recitals, films and readings take place each year. The campus is linked not only through the constant motion of people, but through a remarkable infrastructure of digital and video communication. As well, around 700 clubs and organizations provide innumerable opportunities for faculty, staff and students to take part in the University community. As a public university, Michigan is dedicated to service in the larger world. Through extending fundamental understandings and by advancing innovations in technologies, University scientists and engineers contribute to remarkable advances that are transforming life and contributing to building the economy of the state, region, and nation.
Students take part in community-based service and learning projects.
The University collaborates with other universities, colleges, and K-12 schools, as well as provides research and other services for a variety of state and private agencies. Institutional compliance with the criteria of and requirements for accreditation The President has charged the Provost with the responsibility for organizing and conducting the institutional self-study and preparing the University for reaccreditation. This effort consists of two parts. First, the University has prepared an institutional self-study report that addresses an area of key concern. The University of Michigan was a founding member of NCA in 1895, and has been continuously accredited by it since 1913.