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This special section of the Rackham Graduate School website is designed to keep you, our alumni and friends, connected to the graduate community at the University of Michigan. Please explore the links on the right to learn more about how you can support the work of our outstanding graduate students.

Today, the University of Michigan faces intense competitive pressure from peer institutions, which are directing unprecedented financial support to graduate student recruitment and retention. This challenge, combined with the high cost of graduate education and the ongoing need for advanced learning technologies, calls for a strong and unified response from all of us in the Rackham community.

The University of Michigan is in the midst of the most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history: The Michigan Difference, seeking to raise $2.5 billion in support of students, faculty, facilities, programs and research. The Graduate School's part of this campaign goal is $35 million. Funds raised will enable Michigan to maintain its eminence as a center of graduate education by providing ample support--in the form of grants, fellowships and state-of-the-art resources--for our graduate students.

Graduate students occupy an important niche in the University community. By examining difficult questions in new and exciting ways, graduate students challenge assumptions and push intellectual frontiers. The University's ability to recruit and retain the best faculty is tied inextricably to the quality of the graduate students who will work with them on cutting-edge research. Graduate students enhance the quality of the undergraduate experience at Michigan by demonstrating exceptional ability and creativity as teachers and mentors in their own classrooms. To sustain the excellence of a Michigan education, we must provide sufficient support for our graduate students.

Join the Campaign!

We invite you to join with us in this endeavor. Your gift to The Michigan Difference Campaign may be designated for direct support of Rackham graduate students. Every gift received will be a wise and urgently needed investment not merely in the best in graduate education, but in the future well-being of our society and the world. Today, as always, a well-educated citizenry and a well-trained work force are crucial for human survival and progress. Just as the world currently benefits from your skills and talents, so the world will need the same from future generations of Michigan graduate students.