Transfer Bridges to the Humanities (TB2H) at the University of Michigan is a program for GRCC students who want to study the humanities and humanistic social sciences and then transfer to U-M Ann Arbor’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts to complete their bachelor’s degree. The program also includes summer program components, and other co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities so students will get to know their U-M professors and fellow students before transferring from GRCC to U-M Ann Arbor. TB2H students at GRCC will have the opportunity to take part in programming on their campus and in Ann Arbor with the following TB2H partners. 

To learn more about the humanities and humanistic social sciences and the support available on GRCC's campus, visit the Transfer Bridges to the Humanities website at Grand Rapids Community College. 

Make Connections with U-M Faculty and Departments

Do you have questions about specific majors, research, graduate school, or just academic planning in general?  Transfer Bridges students can meet directly with faculty and staff in academic departments to explore their interests, even before you are admitted to U-M.

Learning and Social Experiences

optiMize
optiMize is a student-led organization that offers workshops, mentorship, and funding for students to create self-directed projects that make a positive impact. Transfer Bridges students can take part in storytelling workshops, visits to Ann Arbor, and participation in social innovation challenges while they are still enrolled at GRCC.

optiMize moMentum is for community college students pre-transfer. optiMize aMplify is for transfer students at Michigan. Both are led by UM students who recently transferred, and both connect you with some of Michigan's most valuable resources.

The moMentum fellowship gives you the opportunity to spend two days exploring the University of Michigan—either in Ann Arbor or at a site closer to you—exploring everything that UM has to offer in the way of resources, social innovation, and entrepreneurial skills. Plus you will meet a lot of amazing fellow community college students and receive a $500 stipend for participating.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
UROP engages students in research and creative inquiry by providing opportunities to work on research and creative projects with U-M researchers and community partners in all academic disciplines. UROP offers three research fellowship programs for community college students that you can apply to.

Community Leadership Fellowship
The Community Leadership Fellowship provides funding for students to complete an internship at a non-profit of their choosing. Each year the ESJF supports up to 10 undergraduate students from UM-LSA and Transfer Bridges to the Humanities students who propose mutually beneficial projects with a local partner organization.

Detroit River Story Lab
A one-day experience in which you will join UM-faculty to explore the Detroit River aboard a schooner with a focus on the river as a vital natural resource and a cornerstone of Detroit's community heritage.

Great Lakes Arts, Culture, and Environment Summer Fellowship (GLACE)
GLACE is an interdisciplinary humanities program located in Northern Michigan where you will spend the summer earning six college credits that focus on exploring concepts such as place, natural history, and cultural identity in collaboration with the University of Michigan Biological Station.

Culture Corps
Culture Corp gives you the opportunity to explore careers in the arts and humanities by participating in paid internships within arts and cultural organizations in Michigan.
 

Program Eligibility

• This program is open to any GRCC student interested in transferring to U-M's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
• Participation in the Transfer Bridges program does not guarantee your admissions to the University of Michigan.

How to Join

Let us know that you are interested by completing the Transfer Bridges declaration. 

Elena Wong, the LSA Transfer Bridges advisor for GRCC, will then contact you to schedule an appointment to get you started on your transfer plans.

Want to Learn More?

Connect with Elena Wong, the LSA transfer advisor for GRCC students

1. Complete and submit the Transfer Bridges declaration of interest.

• Elena will then contact you to schedule an appointment to get you started on your transfer plans.

2. Chat with Elena on GRCC's campus

• From 1-3pm at the Transfer Fair on 10/02/2024
• From 10 am- 5pm on 10/14 & 10/15/2024
  
• From 10 am - 5pm on 11/18/2024
• From 8 am -2pm on 11/19/2024 
• From 10 am-5pm on 12/03/2024 
• From 8 am -2pm on 12/04/2024

3. Attend an online LSA Transfer Information Session  

• These online group information sessions cover all the basics about transferring.