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Welcome to the School for Environment and Sustainability!
We are so glad that you will be joining us in the fall.
This website has information that will help onboard and transition you to SEAS. We encourage you to bookmark this site as a repository of useful resources you can refer to in the future. If you have any questions about Orientation, please email
seas-orientation@umich.edu.
Orientation Schedule*
SEAS orientation will take place in-person in Ann Arbor, Michigan and at the Biological Station in Pellston, MI. Housing, transportation, and meals at the biostation will be provided and the associated costs covered by SEAS.
- Tuesday, August 19 - First day of Orientation - Ann Arbor, MI
- Wednesday, August 20 - Second day of Orientation - start in Ann Arbor, travel, end day at the Biostation in Pellston, MI
- Thursday, August 21 - Third day of orientation - Biostation in Pellston, MI
- Friday, August 22 - Fourth and last day of orientation - start at the Biostation, travel, end the day in Ann Arbor.
*You will receive a personalized schedule as we get closer to orientation
Required for All Graduate Students
- Request your campus ID (MCard)
- The Mcard is your official University of Michigan identification card. The UMID number is the cardholder's eight-digit student number listed on the card. MCards are required to access the Dana Building for class and can be used as a bus pass on campus
- Get your MCard here
- Vaccines
- PEERS-RCRS Training
- All graduate students are required to take the PEERS Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship (PEERS-RCRS) online training.
- Masters students only need to do the online training. It is approximately 3 hours. This course introduces the key concepts and elements that foster ethical research and scholarship practices.
- PhD students need to complete the online training and a minimum of 8 instructor-led contact hours of training before advancing to candidacy.
Necessary Resources
Our incoming student guide contains resources to help you during your first semester at the University of Michigan. You can find information about Advising Resources, Curriculum, Housing, International Student Resources, Student Organizations, Transportation, and more. Make sure you are signed into your UM email account to view the guide.
Student Leadership
- Each specialization elects two or three student representatives every year. You will get emails from the track leader for your specialization over the summer and can reach out to them at any time with questions about starting at SEAS. Their names are listed here:
- Behavior, Education, and Communication (BEC) - Melika Sizar and Isabela Lovelace
- Environmental Justice (EJ) - Tiffany Harris and Myrcella-Selene Bowen
- Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP) - Jack Day and Shannon Turner
- Ecosystem Science and Management (ESM) - Paul Cirillo and Natalie Nieman
- Geospatial Data Sciences (GeoSci or GDS) - Sarah George and Mary Kelly
- Landscape Architecture (MLA) - 2nd Year Track Leader: Adam Kaminsky, 3rd Year Track Leader: Emily Carra
- Sustainable Development (SusDev) - Adriana Nieto, Licieli Olivo, and Jenny Zhang
- Sustainable Systems (SusSys) - Bennet Doherty, Katie Kowal, and Owen Baldwin
- SEAS Track Leaders put together their SEAS Top 3s. Their top 3 restaurants, bars, stores, and more. They also have this recommendation map, with places you may want to visit.
Quantitative Review with Dana Jackman
August 11 - August 15, SEAS Alum and US EPA employee, Dana Jackman, will host a workshop series for students who do not have a strong statistical background or have been out of school for a while and would like a refresher. It is a crash course that covers basic data analysis, data analysis in Microsoft Excel, graph interpretation, functions (linear, polynomial, log, power, hyperbolic), and algebraic equations. As we have more information about these review sessions, we will email you.
If you have any questions, please email seas-orientation@umich.edu.