Careers / Jobs:Trailblazing Together: Championing LGBTQ+ Belonging at General Mills
2024-09-12 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit)
We invite you to join us for a 60-minute session to hear about how we promote LGBTQ+ diversity, empowerment, including, and belonging in the workplace. Are you interested in growing your careerat the Company of Champions?!? You may find yourself working on some ofthe most iconic brands like Annie’s Mac & Cheese, Fruit Roll-Ups, and Lucky Charms. Not only is General Mills home to these beloved brands, the company is also the largest provider of packaged natural and organic food in the US! General Mills is a place that prioritizes being a force for good in the world. We look for people who want to bring their best—bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. At General Mills we intentionally embrace each person's diverse identity, background, viewpoints, and talents. We are serious about advancing representation and are looking for the next generation of diverse talent to welcome to our table! This event is tailored to juniorsand seniors that see themselves in the above mission, but all are welcome to attend. We’re honored to welcome Lee Anderson, vice president of Government Affairs at General Mills and an executive sponsor of Betty’s Family, our LGBTQ+ employee network. Lee will delve into our company's rich history of LGBTQ+ support and advocacy, exploring the impactof fostering inclusivity and championing belonging through our Betty's Family network. The second half will feature an engaging panel discussion with General Mills employees who came in through our internship and full-time campus recruiting opportunities. Through their experiences, they'll speak about the professional growth and sense of belonging at General Mills that Betty’s Family has helped facilitate. At the endof the session, we hope that you are even more excited about General Mills and you feel more confident in your career search. Don't miss this chance to learn, connect, and celebrate the diversity that powers our workforce. Secure your spot by registering now! Note: For our summer 2025 internships, we typically see those who intend to graduate in Winter 2025 or Spring 2026. For our full-time opportunities, we typically see those who intend to graduate in Winter 2024 or Spring 2025. We have internships in the following areas: Finance, Sales/Marketing, Digital & Technology, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Research & Development, Food Safety, and Packaging.

Workshop / Seminar:Ziwet Lecture III: Lorentzian Polynomials, Matroids over Hyperfields, and Related Topics
2024-09-12 16:00 - 17:00 | East Hall - 4448
Lorentzian polynomials serve as a bridge between continuous and discrete convex analysis, with tropical geometry providing the critical link. The tropical connection is used to produce Lorentzian polynomials from discrete convex functions, leading for example to a short proof of Mason's conjecture on the number of independent sets of a matroid. This lecture series will explore the intricate relationships among Grassmannians over hyperfields, dequantization processes, and the theory of Lorentzian polynomials. In ongoing collaborative work with Matt Baker, Mario Kummer, and Oliver Lorscheid, we extend the connection between Lorentzian polynomials and discrete convex functions to matroids over triangular hyperfields, as introduced by Viro. This extension deepens our understanding of the space of Lorentzian polynomials, revealing a complex interplay among analysis, combinatorics, and geometry.

The three lectures in this series are designed to be accessible to a broad audience and appropriate for a Department Colloquium.

Among his many honors, Prof. Huh is a recipient of the Fields Medal (2022), the MacArthur Fellowship (2022), and the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize (2019). He received his PhD in Mathematics from U-M in 2014.

Lecture / Discussion:Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman
2024-09-12 16:30 - 17:30 | Earl V. Moore Building - Glenn E. Watkins Lecture Hall
What can an indigenized ethnomusicology contribute to knowledge production, musical knowledge, and knowledge about musical practice by, about, and especially for [in the service of] indigenous people? My title raises two questions:

1) Starting from a general perspective of asking how soundscapes and sonic intimacies are experienced by indigenous people, and to bring this within an explicitly ethnomusicological framework, how are musical soundscapes and musical sonic intimacies experienced by Indigenous peoples?

2) How are musical soundscapes and musical sonic intimacies archived in indigenous bodies? My tactic, here, is to work outward from my own positionality as a Native Hawaiian woman raised in a Hawaiian household and shaped by decades of research on Hawaiian music and dance performance. I propose to outline my thoughts by strolling down a path of discovery. I invite you to join me as we gather bits and pieces along the way, so that we might work together toward a view of an ethnomusicological practice that is resonant with Indigenous ways of being in the world.

Amy Kuʻuleialoha Stillman is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of American Culture and Musicology, and Director of Native American Studies at the University of Michigan. She has published widely on historical aspects of Hawaiian and other Polynesian musics and dance. She has also curated and co-produced nine CDs, and is recipient of the Hawaiʻi Music Award as well as two GRAMMY awards in Hawaiian music. Her current project, nearing completion, is a critical edition of Hawaiian repertoire which will appear as one volume in the Music of the United States of America series published by the American Musicological Society.

This program is organized by the Department of Musicology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. For questions, including those pertaining to accessibility, please contact Dr. Diane Oliva, olivad@umich.edu or Dr. Charles Lwanga, clwa@umich.edu

Social / Informal Gathering:LGBTQIA2S+ Graduate Student Mixer
2024-09-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Michigan Union - Spectrum Center (3020)
Calling all graduate, doctoral, and professional students! Stop by the Spectrum Center to mix and mingle with other LGBTQIA2S+ grads across campus. It’s a casual vibe, drop-in style. Grub, build community and spread fall queer joy!

Open to all U-M graduate, doctoral, and professional students.

Fair / Festival:Council for Nontraditional Students Resource Fair & Dinner
2024-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Library Gallery, Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100
Come learn about campus resources and grab some dinner at the Council for Nontraditional Students Resource Fair & Dinner. Children, families, and friends are welcome! We will have food, a play area, and campus partners available to discuss resources.

No registration is needed.

Co-sponsored by UM-Libraries and COUNTS (Council for Nontraditional Students), a university-wide council comprised of faculty, staff, and students focused on supporting the success of underserved students through resource sharing, collaboration, and tracking emerging needs.

Fair / Festival:COUNTS Resource Fair & Dinner
2024-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Library Gallery, Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100
Come learn about campus resources and grab some dinner at the Council for Nontraditional Students Resource Fair. Children, families, and friends are welcome! We will have food, a play area, and campus partners available to discuss resources.

No registration needed!

Co-sponsored by UM-Libraries and COUNTS (Council for Nontraditional Students), a university-wide council comprised of faculty, staff, and students focused on supporting the success of underserved students through resource sharing, collaboration, and tracking emerging needs.
