Program Associate
About
In her position with DAAS, James assists with the department's many programs and objectives, in addition to performing as its outreach coordinator. She schedules and coordinates events, as well as publicizes various campus activities. She also helps coordinate DAAS outreach programs through its Community Engaged Learning (CEL) component including study abroad programs and working with the Center for Educational Outreach's Future U and the Wolverine Express initiatives.
James was named a 2014 Harold R. Johsons Diversity Service Award recipient, as well as Advisor of the Year by the Office of Student Affairs and has been awarded the Cornerstone Award from the Black Celebratory, among other honors for her service and dedication to DAAS and the student community. James says she most cherishes her extracurricular work as the Black Student Union Adviser, serving as a committee member for the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, and working with Camp Michitanki, the U-M's Transplant Center for young recipients like herself, as the resident storyteller.
