This is a story about the University of Michigan before it really began, and about a road it did not take. Was the road not taken better or worse? It depends on the eye of the traveler. But the moment of choice had a definitive impact on how the University would look, at first and ever after.
campus history
The Michigan Union was founded in 1903 as a club for all University of Michigan students, faculty, and alumni — all, that is, except women.
women at Michigan
The carillon bells in Burton Memorial Tower on U-M’s campus are played or their original keyboard thanks to an unlikely savior: a U-M Egyptologist.
campus history
Learn the how and why of the iconic boulder’s journey to its spot on one of Ann Arbor’s main roads — and the surprising possible origin of the painting tradition.
campus history
Over the past 50 years, U-M’s Spectrum Center has helped LGBTQ+ students to come out, accept themselves, and flourish. Delve into this Center's history of inclusion and community here.
LGBTQ+ History
Born in 1878, Santiago Artiaga (class of 1904) had come to Michigan among a cadre of students called the Pensionados. Despite losing most of his material belongings – including his treasured Michigan Union pin – during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Artiaga's time at Michigan stayed with him throughout his life of service to the Philippines.
Michigan Union
