students are informed about
the guarantee. The University
has
promoted
the
Go
Blue
Guarantee online through social
media platforms and emails to
prospective students in lower
income communities. In addition,
the
Office
of
Undergraduate
Admissions has incorporated the
information about the guarantee
into tours for Michigan high
school students.
In an interview with the
Daily in October, Kedra Ishop,
the
University’s
Vice
Provost
for
Enrollment
Management,
said reshaping public perception
was one of the purposes of the
guarantee.
“One of the premises of the
Go Blue Guarantee was to recast
our message, in the sense that we
have aid available for students at
the University of Michigan and
we wanted to make sure that the
public understands we have that
aid available for students at the
University of Michigan,” she said.
Andrew Xhelilaj, a sophomore
at Michigan State University,
found out about the Go Blue
Guarantee when one of these
advertising emails was sent to
his sister. Since then, Xhelilaj
has applied to transfer to the
University in part because of
the free tuition the Go Blue
Guarantee would grant to him.
Xhelilaj said he is a second-
generation immigrant and first-
generation college student, and
wants to alleviate his family of
some of the financial burdens of
college.
Xhelilaj’s
sister
received
ample financial aid when she
attended the University because
his family was less financially
stable than they are currently.
Xhelilaj would not have gotten
the same level of financial aid
as his sister did had he attended
the University freshman year.
“My sister went to Michigan
and she usually checks up on
the school, and one day she
had an email or had something
sent to her (about the Go Blue
Guarantee),”
Xhelilaj
said.
“She showed me and I was
like, ‘Oh, this is good,’ because
my family makes just under 65
(thousand dollars a year) and it
seemed viable to actually attend
Michigan again.”
Xhelilaj sees the Go Blue
Guarantee as a step in the right
direction for the University, and
has been spreading the word to his
friends and fellow classmates.
“I’ve
told
many
people
actually that Michigan’s financial
aid package is very nice for
underprivileged people,” Xhelilaj
said. “That’s one of the reasons
everyone wants to go there.”
LSA freshman Trenton Cox
is a student who should qualify
for free tuition under the Go Blue
Guarantee. Cox is from Jackson,
Michigan, and is paying for college
with scholarships and loans. He
agrees the Go Blue Guarantee
is an encouraging sign from the
University, but is concerned about
whether or not he would actually
receive the free tuition. Cox said
he hasn’t obtained any personal
notification his tuition will be
covered, and is confused about the
details.
“I’m happy about the Go Blue
Guarantee being a thing, but I’m
really worried that the University’s
going to give me a hard time about
it,” Cox said. “For having such a
large endowment, Michigan is
known to be like that sometimes.”
Cox said his family income for
2016 was above $65,000, but this
year it fell below that threshold.
Even with a family income just
about $65,000, Cox said he did not
receive any need-based aid for last
semester.
“I would argue that me and a lot
of other people really could’ve used
financial aid from the University,”
Cox said.
2A — Monday, January 8, 2018
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
The
first
2,500
fans
at
Saturday’s men’s basketball game
against the University of Illinois
received “emoji towels,” featuring
16 members of the University of
Michigan men’s basketball team
in emoji form, as part of teams
Social Media Day.
The first 500 Maize Rage
members also received emoji
t-shirts and Big Heads, large
posters of the players’ emoji
heads. Attendees were given
other opportunities to win prizes,
such as an autographed basketball
from
the
University’s
head
basketball coach John Beilein and
M Den gift cards.
The giveaways were all part of
the second annual Social Media
Day for the basketball team. In
the lead up to Saturday’s game,
the Michigan Men’s basketball
Twitter and their other social
media accounts boosted posts
and live broadcasts of the players
getting ready for the big day.
Throughout the game, fans were
encouraged to share photos from
their social media accounts for the
chance to appear on the Crisler
Center video board.
“RT if you want emoji heads
on all of our photos today!” the
team’s Twitter account posted in
the lead-up to the game.
Fans who received the emoji
towels and other giveaways left
the Crisler Center thrilled with
their souvenirs and Michigan’s
79-69 win over Illinois.
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Teaching from each of the Universityʼs 19
schools to help them develop
school-specific programs.”
“Washtenaw County has a median income
of $66,040, 14.6 percent of the population
is under the poverty line and 8.5 percent
of the population receives food
stamps/SNAP benefits.”
“The University of Michigan has appeared
in 12 alleged incidents of sexual harassment
and assault taken from a crowd sourced
database circulating in academic
communities.”
“Since December, over 2,000 individuals
from academic institutions in the United
States and abroad have responded to the
sexual harassment survey created by
Karen Kelsky.”
“The University would need to spend a
minimum of $4.7 million of capital to
make the home usable and would
need to fund approximately $550,000
on an annual basis to operate the property.”
“6% of continuing-generation college
students come from homes making
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2017 report from the Institute of
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