Note: subject to change
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Day One
Monday, May 4th
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7:00 a.m.
Detroit
Depart for Dr. Benjamin Carson High School (BCHS)
8:15 a.m.
Arrive at BCHS
 Brenda Belcher, Principal, BCHS
 Charles Grant, VP Student Curriculum, BCHS
9:15 a.m.
Depart for Ponyride
9:30 a.m.
Arrive at Ponyride
10:45 a.m.
Depart for Lafayette Gardens/Greening of Detroit
11:00 a.m.
Arrive at Lafayette Garden
11:50 a.m.
Depart for UM Detroit Center
12:00 p.m.
Arrive at UM Detroit Center (Lunch catered by Fresh Corner Café)
1:15 p.m.
Depart UM Detroit Center for Neighborhood Services Organization
3:30 p.m.
Depart for Lansing
5:00 p.m.
Arrive Hotel
6:30 p.m.
Community Reception (1st Floor of Marriott Hotel)
7:00 p.m.
Legislative/Policy Dinner
 Karla Henderson, Executive Director, Ponyride
 ___________________, The Empowerment Plan
 Tepfirah Rushdan, Director of Urban Agriculture, Greening of Detroit
 Ken Weikal, Weikal Associates (Designer of Lafayette Gardens)
 Noam Kimelman, Fresh Corner Café
 Dr. Addell Anderson, Director, UM Detroit Center
 Craig Register, Semester in Detroit
 Moderator: Jim Kosteva, Director of Community Relations, Government Relations, UM
 Panel:
9:00 p.m.
Daily De-Brief
Note: subject to change
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Day Two
Tuesday, May 5th
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7:30 a.m.
Lansing
Breakfast Program
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Virg Bernero, Mayor, City of Lansing
Nathan Triplett, Mayor, City of East Lansing
9:10 a.m.
Depart Hotel for State Capitol Building
9:25 a.m.
Arrive at State Capitol Building (Photo op on the Capitol steps)
9:30 a.m.
Tour of the State Capitol Building
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Kerry Chartkoff, Historian
10:40 a.m.
Depart for Alpena
12:00 p.m.
Box Lunches on Bus (grab one when you want – rest area stop along the way)
2:30 p.m.
Alpena
Arrive at NOAA - Thunder Bay Sanctuary
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Jeff Gray, Superintendent, NOAA
Russ Green, Deputy Superintendent, NOAA
3:30 p.m.
Boat Tour leaves NOAA
5:15 p.m.
Leave for Hotel
6:45 p.m.
Leave for NOAA
7:00 p.m.
Alpena Community Reception
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NOAA officials
Alpena community leaders
Alpena Community College officials
8:45 p.m.
Bus departs for Hotel
9:00 p.m.
Daily De-Brief
Note: subject to change
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Day Three
Wednesday, May 6
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6:30 a.m.
Alpena
Breakfast at the Hotel
7:30 a.m.
Bus departs for Alpena Community College
7:40 a.m.
Arrive at Alpena Community College
9:00 a.m.
Onaway
Depart for Moran Iron Works
10:00 a.m.
Arrive at Moran Iron Works
11:00 a.m.
Depart for Mackinac Bridge
12:00 p.m.
Arrive at Mackinac Bridge for Lunch
1:00 p.m.
St. Ignace
Depart for Museum of Ojibwa Culture
1:15 p.m.
Museum of Ojibwa Culture
 Bob Sweeney, CEO, Mackinac Bridge Authority
 Shirley Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture
 Sue St. Onge, Youth Services Coordinator, Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
2:45 p.m.
Depart for Traverse City
5:00 p.m.
Arrive at Hotel
6:00 p.m.
Depart for Chateau Chantal
6:30 p.m.
Winery Tour and Dinner
9:30 p.m.
Daily Debrief
Note: subject to change
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Day Four
Thursday, May 7
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6:45a.m.
Traverse City
Breakfast @ Hotel
7:45 a.m.
Depart for Hagerty Insurance
8:00 a.m.
Arrive Hagerty Insurance
9:00 a.m.
Gas and Oil Industry in Michigan Presentation
 Carmen Stevens, VP Corporate Communications and Community Relations
 Pat Gibson, VP West Bay Exploration
10:00 a.m.
Depart for Goodwill Inn
10:20 a.m.
Arrive at Goodwill Inn
10:45 a.m.
Visit Goodwill Retail Store and Food Processing Operations
12:15 a.m.
Depart for Kalkaska
1:00 p.m.
Arrive Kalkaska Screw Products
2:30 p.m.
Depart for Grand Rapids
5:00 p.m.
Arrive @ Hotel
6:15 p.m.
Leave for GR UM Alum Club Scholarship Dinner
6:30 p.m.
Dinner with Scholarship Recipients and Families
8:30 p.m.
Daily Debrief
 Cecil McNally, Executive Director
 Kevin Schluter, President
Note: subject to change
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Day Five
Friday, May 8
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7:30 a.m.
Grand Rapids
Depart for City Bus Tour
 Bill Culhane, Architect, VP Healthcare, Rockford Construction
8:15 a.m.
Arrive at Bluescape Lab
9:15 a.m.
Depart for Mercy Health
9:30 a.m.
Arrive at Mercy Health Clinical Trial Unit
11:30 a.m.
Depart for Kalamazoo
12:30 p.m.
Arrive at the Eccentric Cafe for Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Depart for Bell’s Brewery
2:00 p.m.
Tour Bell’s Brewery
3:30 p.m.
Depart for Battle Creek
4:00 p.m.
Arrive at Fire Keepers Casino
5:00 p.m.
Bus Departs for Ann Arbor
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Ann Arbor
 Jennifer Boezwinkle, VP of Business Development
 Susan Hoppouch, Executive Director
 Bill Baer, Medical Director
 Larry Bell,
Overnight Accommodations:
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