The Kulula Project is a culturally enriched tutoring and mentoring program for Black students in Miami-Dade. The programs aims to enhance academic performance through teaching study skills, increasing awareness of African heritage and culture, raising self-worth and confidence, developing relationships and interpersonal skills, promoting civic and community engagement, developing leadership skills, and enhancing college preparedness skills.
School of Education
Dr. Guerda Nicolas
305-284-9124
nguerda@miami.edu
The Federal Appellate Clinic provides upper-level students with the opportunity to plan, research, and draft pending federal appeals for indigent criminal defendants referred by the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida. Pairs of students are assigned to a case and required to produce a top-quality brief on strict deadline. Professor Ricardo J. Bascuas, a former Assistant Federal Public Defender, supervises each team in conjunction with the Federal Public Defender’s Office and guides the class through the briefing process.
School of Law
Ricardo J. Bascuas
rbascuas@law.miami.edu
The clinic is designed to allow students to represent a client from the beginning of a case until its completion and primarily involves clients being evicted from public and subsidized housing, receiving Section 8 terminations, and having their affordable housing applications denied. The clinic is based at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
School of Law
Jeffrey Hearne
JHearne@LSGMI.ORG
The Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic at UM Law offers pro bono legal services to low-income individuals who are dealing with bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida established the clinic. Clients are referred to the clinic by the Dade County Bar Association, and sitting judges of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
School of Law
Patricia Redmond
predmond@law.miami.edu
HMI: Outbound is a community engagement program that brings a cross-genre orchestra with a distinctive blend of stylistically diverse music to Miami-Dade Public Schools and community venues such as Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Adrienne Arsht Center, and UM Gusman Concert Hall. School concerts expose students to new forms of music, teaching them how relevant open musical expression is to the development of a connected world.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Partnership with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Arts for Learning, The Children’s Trust, and other educational partners using music is used as a bridge to guide at-risk students towards college. Freshman students are partnered with seventh graders and continue the partnership throughout the mentors’ undergraduate career.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Student musicians perform at local hospitals, primarily to benefit children. The interactive sessions help patients and families cope with the stress of being hospitalized as well as offer students the opportunity to take part in meaningful community outreach. Performances take place 2-3 times each semester.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
The UM chapter of this international program has worked on several community-driven development projects, including a solar panel initiative for a rural community in Peru and the creation of a drainage system and improved hygiene education for the village of Las Mercedes in Ecuador.
College of Engineering
Solo-Gabriele, Helena M
305-284-2908
hmsolo@Miami.edu
David Poole
305-284-4773
dtpoole@miami.edu
Through volunteerism, our student-athletes, coaches and staff strive to serve our community and present positive role-models throughout the year. Program highlights include speaking to youth groups about developing a positive winning lifestyle, charity games at local fields, staff & team service projects.
Athletics
Stephen Pugh
305-284-3382
s.pugh@miami.edu
A select group of more than 300 business, professional, and civic leaders who actively support the University’s philanthropic efforts and promote UM programs. Since its inception, the Citizens Board has raised over $339 million for the University.
University Advancement
Liza Winkeljohn
305-284-5251
ewinkeljohn@miami.edu
Provides mentored research experiences to undergraduates across all disciplines and supports research at Miami Dade College as well as in public and private school systems while encouraging student diversity in science.
Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach
305-284-5058
ugrinfo@miami.edu
The Launch Pad is a career guidance program, providing resources to entrepreneurs and inventors at the University of Miami. They serve students and alumni from every school and college to support and encourage entrepreneurial innovation by facilitating consultations with trained advisors, hosting educational events, workshops and other community based training.
Toppel Career Center
305-284-2789
thelaunchpad@umiami.edu
The University of Miami is the only higher education institution in the country to maintain an emergency response program that is strictly comprised of and run by undergraduate students and can spring into action at a moment’s notice. The team is trained to respond to large-scale disasters affecting the Miami area and is also a valuable resource for the University of Miami Police Department during non-disaster times.
Student Affairs
Keith Fletcher
305-284-GIVE (4483)
Outreach@umcert.com
Students volunteer their time in locations across the country. Instead of taking part in more traditional Spring and Fall break activities, they are engaged in meaningful endeavors designed to give back to the community. From Los Angeles to New Orleans, past trips have included assisting with HIV/AIDS programs, children’s issues, environmental clean-up and rebuilding/reconstruction.
Student Affairs
Andrew Wiemer
305-284-GIVE (4483)
umalternativebreaks@gmail.com
Participants in the S.T.R.I.V.E. program are committed to civic engagement, volunteer service and leadership endeavors. Residents participating in this highly selective community commit to a number of service and leadership hours each week, a mentoring relationship, plan a year-long service project, and share a number of experiences and campus programs.
Student Affairs
Andrew D. Wiemer
305-284-4483
leadandserve@miami.edu
The Butler Center offers resources on volunteerism for students, student organizations, faculty, staff and members of the Miami community. Service days, donation drives, long-term partnerships and many other initiatives are supported by the office to promote service in the community. Also, through their many programs such as Women’s Leadership Symposium, Leadership Summit and IMPACT Leadership Retreat the Butler Center encourages the development of leadership skills in UM students.
Student Affairs
Andrew Wiemer
305-284-4483
leadandserve@miami.edu
Students collaborate with South Florida organizations to raise community awareness of heart disease, breast cancer, leukemia and other current health issues. These organizations also support underserved local communities through fund-raising efforts.
Nursing and Health Studies
Marina Alvarez
305-284-4011
m.alvarez@miami.edu
Nursing and Health Science students lead sessions on diabetes, heart and cardiovascular disease, nutrition, vision screenings and other health issues for local communities.
Nursing and Health Studies
Marina Alvarez
305-284-4011
m.alvarez@miami.edu
In partnership with international hospitals and universities, students travel abroad to gain a global perspective on health care. Recent trips to Chile, Australia, Taiwan and Spain engaged students in activities including assessing needs in rural areas and establishing action plans to address those needs, administering immunizations, and leading prevention and education sessions on health care issues for each community.
Nursing and Health Studies
Johis Ortega
305-284-1269
j.ortega10@miami.edu
Supervised by Professor Sharpless, students participate in cases from start to finish. The clinic handles cases for low-income immigrants of all nationalities in the full range of immigration matters, including asylum claims and deportation defense. Students also collaborate with local and national legal and community organizations on projects to advance the cause of immigrant rights.
School of Law
Rebecca Sharpless
305-284-3576
rsharpless@law.miami.edu
Provides information, guidance, and training to law students dedicated to community service and advocacy. The center oversees more than 25 different projects each year, reaching various underserved and at-risk populations locally and abroad. HOPE partners with community agencies, law firms, bar associations, non-profits and non-government organizations to enhance the delivery of services to others.
School of Law
Marni Lennon
305-284-2599
umhope@law.miami.edu
This Medical-Legal Partnership with the Miller School of Medicine provides health and elder rights representation to underserved communities. Students represent clients in federal and state administrative hearings and prepare wills, durable power of attorney documents and guardianships.
School of Law
JoNel Newman
305-284-4125
jnewman@law.miami.edu
A statewide public interest project that advocates for children and families in poverty. Law students handle client interviews, court and administrative hearings, and a variety of other legal service on behalf of children and adolescents in dependency, foster care, disability, education, immigration and other civil proceedings.
School of Law
Bernard Perlmutter
305-284-4132
bperlmutter@law.miami.edu
Kele Williams
305-284-8827
kwilliams@law.miami.edu
An interdisciplinary clinical program that provides in-house legal representation to low income communities in children’s rights, public health entitlements, and nonprofit economic development.
School of Law
Anthony Alfieri
305-284-2735
aalfieri@law.miami.edu
Medical Students in Action: An organization dedicated to providing quality health care, including primary, subspecialty, and dental care to impoverished communities in the Dominican Republic during annual mission trips with an emphasis on providing health education and developing public health infrastructure.
Miller School of Medicine
Michael Spertus and Janki Amin
MedicalStudentsinAction@gmail.com
A student run, non-profit organization that provides health screening and education services, weekly clinics for underserved communities in South Florida and annual health fairs. 250 medical student and 50 faculty physician volunteers with the DOCS program.
Miller School of Medicine
Raysa Christodoulou
305-243-4898
umdocs at med.miami.edu
Provides medical students with a broad overview of the major themes of social medicine and health equity. Students receive training in public health principles, coupled with real world learning by participating in community-based health projects in underserved or disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Miller School of Medicine
305-243-8893
jayweisscenter@med.miami.edu
Providing the opportunity for community organizations to participate in Hurricanes athletics, the Nike Future Canes Program invites at-risk youth, disadvantaged children and the disabled to attend sports events.
Athletics
Stephen Pugh
305-284-3382
s.pugh@miami.edu
The UM Athletic Department and UHealth have partnered with Miami-Dade Parks summer camps to help teach campers how to live a healthy life. Medical students from the Miller School of Medicine set up health fairs specifically designed for kids to provide them with overall wellness information. UM student-athletes from various sports interact with campers in a variety of activities and share how being active has benefited their lives.
Athletics & the Miller School of Medicine
Shira Kastan
305-284-2618
skastan@miami.edu
The Rosenstiel School offers free educational programs throughout South Florida including tours of laboratories and research vessel, scientific presentations in classrooms and assemblies, participating in career day programs and educational booths at fairs. Community partnership programs include Fairchild Tropical Garden’s Environmental Immersion Day, Miami Science Museum’s IMPACT/Upward Bound Program, and the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
RSMAS
Laura Bracken
305-421-4207
lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu
This freshman class is designed to promote corporate social responsibility and business ethics. Students are placed in teams, mentored by upper-classmen, as they undertake semester long community-based projects. Program accomplishments have included implementation of greening initiatives and the development of social and traditional media activities for entrepreneurial ventures and non-profit enterprises.
Business Administration
Ellen McPhillip
305-284-4641
undergraduatebusiness@miami.edu
A summer internship where students work with area nonprofit organizations to help with basic business functions, from accounting and financial planning to supporting human resources and marketing.
Business Administration
Anita Cava
305-284-5084
acava@miami.edu
An undergraduate student organization that focuses on developing business projects and assisting existing business owners in under-served communities. Training focuses on best practices particular in the areas of accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship and business ethics which help sustain personal and financial success.
Business Administration
Ellen McPhillip
305-284-4641
undergraduatebusiness@miami.edu
Each year, students build and launch an interactive web site as a stage for all journalistic coverage of the Special Olympics. The site allows athletes, friends, families, classmates and caring people across the globe to share the experience of the games.
School of Communication
Rich Beckman
305-284-2726
The School of Communication’s student-run public relations and advertising agency.
School of Communication
Alyse Lancaster
305-284-2843
pradumagency@gmail.com
The School of Communication provides content and guidance to this on-line news exchange designed to allow Coral Gables residents to shape their community through an interactive exchange of ideas.
School of Communication
Robert S. Hosmon
305-284-1870
