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OFFSITE TOUR: Robotics Building, U-M North Campus
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Enrollment: This tour is limited to 20 attendees. A waitlist will be available.
The University of Michigan Robotics Department is located at the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus. Opened in 2021, the complex houses the first Robotics Department among top-ten engineering schools, including one of the first undergraduate programs in robotics alongside its graduate programs. On the tour, you will see where Michigan roboticists are designing, testing, and deploying robots to improve everyday life and to tackle the most pressing issues facing society, including:
- Three-story fly zone for autonomous aerial vehicles
- An outdoor obstacle course for walking robots
- High-bay garage space for self-driving cars
- Indoor water tank for testing underwater autonomous systems
- A rehabilitation lab where lower-limb robotic prostheses and exoskeletons are designed and tested
- A robotics maker space with CNC, 3D printers, and other shop tools
- An outdoor Mars Yard with imitation Martian rocks and soil for testing rovers
Visitor parking space is provided across the street from the Robotics Department.
Driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.
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Fee: $15.00
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Instructor(s): UM Robotics Department Staff Docent
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Dates: 9/13/2024 - 9/13/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Building: Offsite
Room: Robotics Bldg., U-M North Campus
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Come join us for a fun and rewarding experience!
OFFSITE: Food Gatherers Facility, 1 Carrot Way, Ann Arbor
Enrollment: This volunteer opportunity is limited to 20 attendees. A waitlist will be available.
Fee: This volunteer opportunity is FREE, but you must register.
Required: A Group Member Volunteer Waiver Form and more information will be sent to all registrants a few days prior to the tour. Please bring the form with you when you come to volunteer.
Food Gatherers rescues several tons of food daily that volunteers help process, inspect, and sort. Since Food Gatherers relies on donations from the community, they cannot predict what they will be getting from one day to the next; therefore, specific tasks are often not determined until the day of the shift.
There is no heavy lifting involved. Food Gatherers recognizes that we are a group of senior citizens!
Please be on time with your waivers filled out. (If you decide to fill out a waiver on site, please arrive a few minutes early.)
NOTE: Volunteers must wear sensible closed-toed shoes (no sandals) and a shirt with t-shirt length sleeves or longer (no tank tops, sleeveless shirts, or crop tops). A head covering (hat, beanie, bandana, etc.) is required for most tasks. Hairnets will be provided if you need one. You may be in the Green Room which is temperature controlled around 50oF, so it’s a good idea to bring an extra layer such as a sweatshirt. Also, keep in mind you may be working with open food and things can get a bit messy. If you are wearing clothing that does not comply with these guidelines, you will not be able to volunteer.
Driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the class.
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Fee: $0.00
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Instructor(s): Professional Staff Food Bank Program, Food Gatherers
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Dates: 9/23/2024 - 9/23/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Building: Offsite
Room: Food Gatherers Facility
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OFFSITE TOUR: Dexter-Huron Metropark, 6535 Huron River Drive
Enrollment: This tour is limited to 15 attendees. A waitlist will be available.
Note: Vehicles without a Metropark seasonal pass will be charged a $10 park entry fee.
Enjoy the natural areas of Dexter-Huron Metropark with botanist Beverly Walters. High quality open woodlands along the Huron River will be seen on our way to exploring wildflowers in the prairie areas. Brilliant yellow sunflowers and goldenrods will be blooming along with lavender blazing stars and white and purple asters, all nestled in among the tall prairie grasses. The B2B trail we will follow is paved, but we will also venture onto narrow footpaths for part of the walk, so sturdy footwear is advised.
Beverly Walters has experience both as a field botanist and a Museum Collections Manager at the University of Michigan Herbarium. Now retired, she helps maintain and improve the Herbarium's Michigan Flora Online website (https://michiganflora.net), a popular resource for plant identification. Bev pursued her botanical studies at Michigan State University.
Driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.
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Fee: $15.00
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Instructor(s): Beverly Walters
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Dates: 9/25/2024 - 9/25/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Building: Offsite
Room: Dexter-Huron Metropark
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OFFSITE TOUR: The Michigan Flight Museum, Willow Run Airport
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Enrollment: This tour is limited to 20 attendees. A waitlist will be available.
Fee: Member $20 Nonmember $25 Includes $10 entrance fee
This new exhibit, Women Answer the Call, at the Michigan Flight Museum (formerly the Yankee Air Museum), provides an interactive experience, showcasing the millions of women who left their homes to enter the workforce during World War II. Willow Run Airport was home to the famed Ford Willow Run Bomber plant, which transformed and simplified production of the B-24 Bomber to an assembly-line format. Claire Kitchin Dahl will lead the tour of the Rosie Exhibit, and another docent will finish the tour of the museum. During the tour, Claire will teach attendees how to rivet! This tour is in partnership with the class: HI12 Rosie the Riveter – “We Can Do It!” at the Elderwise classroom on Tuesday, Sept. 17.Claire Kitchin Dahl began her teaching career in 1971 and retired from Ann Arbor’s Pioneer High School in 2009. Armed with a master’s degree in women's studies, she has always championed the strong women in American history. Claire volunteers as a Tribute Rosie at the Michigan Flight Museum.
Driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.
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Fee: $15.00
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Instructor(s): Claire Kitchin Dahl
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Dates: 10/9/2024 - 10/9/2024
Times: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Building: Offsite
Room: Michigan Flight Museum
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OFFSITE TOUR: 1850 Newport Road, Ann Arbor
Enrollment: This tour is limited to 12 attendees. A waitlist will be available.
Bird Hills Nature Area is the largest park in Ann Arbor. Its hilly woods are a sanctuary for hikers and nature lovers; the trails are closed to bicycles. No facilities are available, but a large parking lot is located on Newport Road. The wide-to-narrow unpaved trails wind through hills and ravines dominated by beech, sugar maple, flowering dogwood, oak, hickory, and other woody plants, both native and planted/naturalized. We will focus on features that identify tree species, including form and size, bark, twigs, leaves, flowers, fruits, and fall colors. We will also discuss soils, geographic ranges, invasive species, diseases, parasites, burls, shade tolerance, logging, and several other related topics. Appropriate footwear is recommended. Tour members are welcome to supplement the outing with phones/cameras, including the several excellent tree identification apps now widely available.
Tom Friedlander is a retired University of Michigan trained tree-and-shrub taxonomist who spent 38 years teaching and coaching at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor.
Driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.
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Fee: $15.00
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Instructor(s): Tom Friedlander
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Dates: 10/11/2024 - 10/11/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Building: Offsite
Room: Bird Hills Nature Area
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