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Wolverine Pathways
The Wolverine Pathways cohort consists of U-M students that hail from one of the University’s premiere college-preparatory programs which promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing underserved students with academic and career opportunities. WP scholars hail from Ypsilanti, Detroit, and Southfield and as enrolled U-M students, they continue their pathways to success through participation in OAMI’s SuccessConnects program. Building on the connections, experiences and opportunities at the pre-college level, the WP cohort engages as a community to mobilize around projects, resources, success strategies, and a diverse array of resources to enhance their leadership, academic, and pre-professional trajectories.
Detroit Promise
The Detroit Promise is a scholarship that ensures all eligible Detroit residents have a tuition-free path to an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or technical certificate at participating academic institutions. The Detroit Promise Cohort at Michigan is composed of students who were awarded the Detroit Promise Scholarship. The Detroit Promise Cohort is administered by the SuccessConnects program which provides Detroit Promise scholars access to academic support, community building activities, one-on-one coaching, and professional development services. Students in this cohort will have the opportunity to engage with other Detroit Promise students and take advantage of exclusive networking opportunities only available to Detroit Promise scholars.
LSAMP NxtGen
The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) NxtGen program is an alliance-based program designed to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce by increasing the number of STEM bachelor’s and graduate degrees awarded to populations historically underrepresented in these disciplines. The NxtGen Cohort at Michigan is composed of students who were awarded LSAMP funding. The NxtGen Cohort is administered through SuccessConnects in partnership with the College of Engineering which provides LSAMP scholars access to academic support, community building activities, one-on-one coaching, and professional development services. Students in this cohort will have the opportunity to engage with other NxtGen scholars and take advantage of exclusive networking opportunities only available to NxtGen scholars.
Gates Millennium Scholars
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program is designed to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential. The GMS Cohort at Michigan is composed of students who were awarded funding through the GMS program. The GMS Cohort is administered through SuccessConnects which provides scholars with access to academic support, community building activities, one-on-one coaching, and professional development services. Students in this cohort will have the opportunity to engage with other GMS students and take advantage of exclusive networking opportunities only available to GMS scholars.
Michigan Hispanic Collaborative
The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative (MiHC) was created with the intent to distinctively teach, mentor, and support academically ambitious first-generation Hispanic high-school and college students in under-resourced Michigan Hispanic communities, and work to eliminate equity barriers that stall academic and employment opportunities. MiHC’s vision is to accelerate Hispanic economic mobility and reduce the growing poverty in the Detroit Hispanic community and poverty throughout Michigan’s Hispanic communities. Through the program, students are able to create community with other students of similar ethnic and geographic identities on college campuses and form connections with faculty, staff and other professionals that serve as aid to the students’ success. Students of the MiHC cohort will work directly with mentors through SuccessConnects and MiHC while simultaneously engaging in community building with other MiHC students.
The Wolverine Pathways cohort consists of U-M students that hail from one of the University’s premiere college-preparatory programs which promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing underserved students with academic and career opportunities. WP scholars hail from Ypsilanti, Detroit, and Southfield and as enrolled U-M students, they continue their pathways to success through participation in OAMI’s SuccessConnects program. Building on the connections, experiences and opportunities at the pre-college level, the WP cohort engages as a community to mobilize around projects, resources, success strategies, and a diverse array of resources to enhance their leadership, academic, and pre-professional trajectories.
The Detroit Promise is a scholarship that ensures all eligible Detroit residents have a tuition-free path to an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or technical certificate at participating academic institutions. The Detroit Promise Cohort at Michigan is composed of students who were awarded the Detroit Promise Scholarship. The Detroit Promise Cohort is administered by the SuccessConnects program which provides Detroit Promise scholars access to academic support, community building activities, one-on-one coaching, and professional development services. Students in this cohort will have the opportunity to engage with other Detroit Promise students and take advantage of exclusive networking opportunities only available to Detroit Promise scholars.
The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) NxtGen program is an alliance-based program designed to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce by increasing the number of STEM bachelor’s and graduate degrees awarded to populations historically underrepresented in these disciplines. The NxtGen Cohort at Michigan is composed of students who were awarded LSAMP funding. The NxtGen Cohort is administered through SuccessConnects in partnership with the College of Engineering which provides LSAMP scholars access to academic support, community building activities, one-on-one coaching, and professional development services. Students in this cohort will have the opportunity to engage with other NxtGen scholars and take advantage of exclusive networking opportunities only available to NxtGen scholars. 
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program is designed to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential. The GMS Cohort at Michigan is composed of students who were awarded funding through the GMS program. The GMS Cohort is administered through SuccessConnects which provides scholars with access to academic support, community building activities, one-on-one coaching, and professional development services. Students in this cohort will have the opportunity to engage with other GMS students and take advantage of exclusive networking opportunities only available to GMS scholars. 
The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative (MiHC) was created with the intent to distinctively teach, mentor, and support academically ambitious first-generation Hispanic high-school and college students in under-resourced Michigan Hispanic communities, and work to eliminate equity barriers that stall academic and employment opportunities. MiHC’s vision is to accelerate Hispanic economic mobility and reduce the growing poverty in the Detroit Hispanic community and poverty throughout Michigan’s Hispanic communities. Through the program, students are able to create community with other students of similar ethnic and geographic identities on college campuses and form connections with faculty, staff and other professionals that serve as aid to the students’ success. Students of the MiHC cohort will work directly with mentors through SuccessConnects and MiHC while simultaneously engaging in community building with other MiHC students. 
