Affiliated Programs

Avery Hopwood graduated from the University of Michigan in 1905. He became a successful Broadway playwright, by most accounts the "richest" of his era, and at his death endowed the prize that bears his name. The first awards were offered—and the inaugural lecture delivered—in the academic year 1931-32. Since that time, the Hopwood Awards Program has continued its mission to promote excellence in collegiate writing—and no other program in the nation equals it; no other system of institutional reward has recognized so many with so much and for so long.
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NELP is a University of Michigan academic program that takes place off campus during the Spring half-term. UM faculty and other instructors teach the courses, and students earn regular UM credit.

The program takes place at Camp Wohelo on Sebago Lake in Maine. For six and a half weeks, 40 students and 13 UM instructors live and work together closely, reading New England authors, writing, and exploring the New England countryside, its people, culture, and history.

In addition to formal academic work in literature and writing, instructors and students offer non-credit instruction in canoeing, camping, art, and nature studies. Students teach or co-teach classes as part of their NELP experience.
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The Prison Creative Arts Project's mission is to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression.

We believe that everyone has the capacity to create art. Art is necessary for individual and societal growth, connection and survival. It should be accessible to everyone. The values that guide our process are respect, collaboration in which vulnerability, risk, and improvisation lead to discovery and resilience, persistence, patience, love and laughter. We are joined with others in the struggle for social justice, and we make possible spaces in and from which the voices and visions of the incarcerated can be expressed.

PCAP is a student/faculty/community organization based in the Department of English Language and Literature.
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The Bear River Writers' Conference is defined by its own particular geography, situated as it is at the intersection of the natural and creative worlds. Populated by an eclectic collection of writers of all levels of experience, it offers community members a hiatus from daily routine and the chance to find a space for themselves and their words.
Find your place at Bear River.
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Camp Davis
Nestled in the mountains just south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming and tucked  between the Hoback River and Bridger Teton National Forest, the Department of Geological Sciences Rocky Mountain Field Station has provided an unparalleled learning experience each summer, since 1929.  Camp Davis hosts courses in Introductory Geology, Geological Mapping, Ecosystem Science and the History and Literature of the West. Located within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and nearby Grand Teton National Park, our location provides a wealth of instructional opportunities. Students from the University of Michigan as well as other colleges and universities are invited to attend.
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Biological Station
The University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) was founded in 1909. UMBS students and faculty have been studying environmental change since day one. Today, UMBS students engage in and learn about biology and environmental science by studying directly in the field and by developing relationships with some of the world's most respected experts. UMBS is a highly interactive community where students, faculty and researchers come together to learn about the natural world, to examine environmental change, and to seek solutions to the critical environmental challenges of our times. UMBS inspires collaboration and cross-disciplinary interactions, both of which help foster a greater understanding of the natural world.
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