This is the last SC Digest until it restarts on January 16, 2019. Have a great break!
December 12, 2018
Spectrum Center Updates
Spectrum Center closed for break

The Spectrum Center will be closed during the semester break beginning on Dec. 24 - Jan 1. The Center will reopen with regular hours on Jan 2.

Accessibility: https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/article/accessibility
MaPPS Recruitment Winter 2019

Spectrum is happy to recruit new mentors and mentees for our Mentoring and Personal/ Professional Support (MaPPS) program for the winter semester.  If you're interested in being staff/faculty mentor, you can apply at bit.ly/mappsment. Interested student mentees can apply at: bit.ly/MAPPSstudent.

Student interest: bit.ly/MAPPSstudent
Staff/Faculty interest: bit.ly/mappsment
Peer-Led Support Group Feedback

The LGBT+ Peer Led Support Group is looking for feedback on when to have meetings next semester. If you are interested in attending an LGBT+ sexual assault survivors group please complete this doodle. All information is confidential. 

Doodle: https://doodle.com/poll/k9b2faqixsf9tba2
APPLY NOW to serve as the Midwest BLGTA College Conference Co-Chair for 2021!

The Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC) is the largest annual LGBTQ college student conference and U-M is bidding to be the host location. 

Apply to co-chair the planning committee!

Application: http://bit.ly/2FwW1Jf

 
Happening today, come and join us!

Please join Spectrum’s Programming Board for their annual Home for Break, an event focused on creating a safe and welcoming space for folks before leaving campus for winter break. There will be free food, discussion, games, resources for going home for the holidays, and good company. 

Date: Dec. 12, 2018
Time: 11am-2pm 
Location: Undergrad Science Building (204 Washtenaw Ave.)
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/276204259765577

What is Happening at Michigan?
Join SC, MESA and Mark Chung Kwan Fan for the first QTPOC Dinner of Winter Semester!

Mark Chung Kwan Fan (he/him/his) currently serves as the Assistant Director for Engagement at the Spectrum Center at University of Michigan. Born and raised in Mauritius, he immigrated to the U.S. his freshman year of college. As a queer, brown, immigrant man, Mark is a social justice warrior and Asian food lover while being vegetarian for 354 days a year on a leap year. He enjoys staying active indoors and outdoors, traveling to new places worldwide, and getting to know other QTPOC . He obtained his bachelor's of Arts in Spanish and French from Adrian College followed by a master's degree from Michigan State University in Student Affairs Administration.
FREE dinner will be provided to the first 15 students who sign up. Complete this form to reserve your spot: http://bit.ly/2Enpz6N

When: Jan 30, 5:30-7pm
Where: Trotter Multicultural Center (1443 Washtenaw), Ground flr
Visit: http://bit.ly/QTPOCdine​
Register: http://bit.ly/2Enpz6N

 
Leadership Opportunities
Are you an LGBTQ Leader?

Are you an LGBTQ student seeking to grow your leadership skills? Come be alongside LGBTQ peers and develop leadership competencies! Spectrum Empowerment Leadership Retreat (SELR) is the first annual LGBTQ retreat that was initially rescheduled.

Visit:  http://bit.ly/SELRetreat
Sign up: http://bit.ly/SELRstudent
When: Sat. Feb 9, 9am-5pm
Location: Eastern Michigan University (900 Oakwood St, Ypsilanti), Student Center (Rm 310A)
Creating Change 2019 Student Delegation

Spectrum Center is collaborating with Central Student Government (CSG) in bringing a delegation of 28 students to Creating Change Conference 2019 -- the largest LGBTQ conference in the country. The conference is Jan. 25-27, 2019 in Detroit, MI. Students are asked to provide a $25 fee to secure their place on the delegation. For more information about Creating Change Conference go to www.creatingchange.org. Apply to be on the University of Michigan student delegation by January 14, 2019 at http://bit.ly/UMCC19

When: Jan. 25-27
Location: Detroit, MI
Registration Fee: $25
Deadline to apply: Jan. 14, 8am
Apply: http://bit.ly/UMCC19
More Info: www.creatingchange.org
LGBTQ+ student interested in business?

Out For Undergrand is a non-profit organization which puts on career-development conferences in Marketing, Engineering, Business, and Tech for LGBTQ+ college students. Applications for the Business conference are open and the first round closes Dec. 14. The other conference applications will open in the spring. You can apply to up to two conferences. The 2019 O4U Business Conference will be this Spring (April 12-14).

Application Deadlines:
Round 1: Dec. 14
Round 2: Jan.4
Round 3: Jan. 25

Apply: www.outforundergrad.org/apply
Questions? Email the Admissions Director, Teri Tan, at teri.tan@outforundergrad.org
GSP deadline extended to December 16, 2018!

Be a part of an International Community without leaving campus!

Applicants will be notified of their status no later than Friday, December 21, 2018, @ 5 pm (earlier for Winter 2019 applicants).

Students extended offers to join GSP are asked to confirm their acceptance by Friday, January 5, 2019, @ 12 (noon).

Please contact the GSP Office @ globalscholars@umich.edu  if you have any additional questions.

GSP Application: http://bit.ly/2AC6Gy1
GSP WEBSITE: https://lsa.umich.edu/globalscholars/students.html
Get involved in a new student organization: Multiethnoracial Student Association (MERSA)

This organization is committed to forming a network of biracial, mixed, and multiracial students to establish multiethnoracial awareness at the University of Michigan through active discussions and community events. 

Students who are interested should RSVP to mersaboard@umich.edu
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The Spectrum Center envisions an inclusive campus community free of discrimination in all forms where social justice inspires community engagement and equity.
 
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(734) 763-4186 | spectrumcenter@umich.edu
Spectrum Center
1443 Washtenaw Ave, 3rd Flr
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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