“The Letter M” by The University of Michigan
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet… but only one can forever change you.
Michigan Brasileiros: Meet the Brazilian Student Association at U-M
Above: BSA Board Members (L-R) Yoav Amaral, Bruno Stortini, Hablon Barbosa, Gabriela de Araujo and Fernando Schnaidman. Photos by Eva Menezes.
Brazilians like to say that they run into each other in every part of the world, so it’s safe to assume that, with nearly 1500 student organizations at the University of Michigan (U-M), there would be a Brazilian group on campus. And there is. But, after its founding members graduated and left the university about 7 years ago, the Brazilian Student Association (BSA) became inactive for a while. “The people who were organizing it went home and sort of ended the association because there weren’t enough members,” said Fernando Schnaidman, current president of BSA.
Around two years ago, a newly arrived wave of Brazilian students decided to bring the organization back to life. It has been growing since then and now has almost 70 members in its Facebook group [closed to members only]. “Our main role is to be a home for Brazilians,” said Fernando, a junior in industrial and operations engineering at U-M originally from the city of São Paulo. “The other is to promote the Brazilian culture on campus,” he added.
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman just left for Brazil for a couple weeks. You can follow along with their tumblr—mgobrazil.com—for updates.
Legend has it that every morning University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman spins The Cube to get the day started. Finally, we’ve captured it on video for the world to see. — Produced by student group, and former #UMSocial interns, Filmic Productions (on Twitter #filmicprods).
Mary Sue is the best.
Game day! Go Blue! Beat Bama!
Photo mosaic of ‘Denard kneel’ composed of Eric Upchurch’s photos from the 2011 Michigan-Ohio State game. Click for higher resolution.
New York Times article “Michigan’s Denard Robinson Tries to Leave Mark” about his promise to his brother. Click photo to read.
Really wish these Michigan themed Pop Tarts were Michigan themed Wheaties so I could say ‘Those Who Stay Will Eat a Breakfast of Champions.’
And they couldn’t do Blueberry or some filling that wasn’t bright red?
