K-14 Resources

OUTREACH

One of our priorities is to encourage and facilitate partnership and collaboration with local schools and educators. The University of Michigan's European Union Center of Excellence is a facilitator of the THE EURO CHALLENGE competition for high school students (grades 9 and 10) to learn about the European Union (EU) and the EURO, the single European currency.

 

The Euro Challenge is a program created and run by the Delegation of the European Commission, with assistance from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and support from The Moody's Foundation, Credit Suisse and Deloitte & Touche. Euro Challenge is managed by Working In Support of Education (W!SE). Regional expansion has been achieved through the support and participation of the Federal Reserve banks of Chicago and Boston, as well as the European Union Centers of Excellence at the Florida International University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the European Union Center at the University of Illinois.

 

CES-EUC facilitates many lectures and programs that are open to the public and encourages participation of local teachers/educators and students. Many of our past and current outreach programs are supported by the grant from the European Commission.CES-EUC offers two signature lectures series. "Conversations on Europe" is a forum to which we invite distinguished public figures and intellectuals to address significant issues facing Europe and its place in the world.  Papers from the lecture series are disseminated in the Michigan Papers Series. Past speakers include Sir Peter Stothard, Times Literary Supplement; John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the United States; Joan Wallach Scott, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton; Walter Van Gerven, former Advocate General of the ECJ; Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland and Ian Buruma, professor and author. "Distinguished Lecturer on Europe." This distinguished lectureship welcomes engagements that bring students and scholars, leaders of American organizations invested in European affairs, and the public together to discuss topics introduced by our guests. Past speakers include: Dr. Dieter Zetsche, former President and CEO of Chrysler Group,; Göran Therbörn, Uppsala University, Sweden; Joschka Fischer, former German Foreign Minister; Neal Ascherson, prominent British journalist and Donatella della Porta, European University Institute. Lectures are open to the public. CES-EUC lectures are now available on U-M iTunesU under "International" subject; CES-EUC Playlist on U-M's YouTube Channel; and on CES-EUC Facebook page.

TEACHER RESOURCES

 

WEB RESOURCES ON EUROPE AND THE EU

 

European Countries

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON EUROPE

(new web content highlighting rich European cultural heritage; documentary film "The Rape of Europa," etc.)

 

Network of the European Union Centers of Excellence Outreach materials

 

European Union Education Websites

 

European Union Teaching Resources

 

Swedish Presidency of the EU

Visit Sweden

 

 

U-M LIBRARIES

 

The U-M Libraries, with over 8.4 million print volumes and more than 8 million microform, map, and multimedia units, comprise one of the largest research collections in the country. Print holdings related to EU member and candidate countries total more than 830,000 titles in English and more than 840,000 in other languages. The libraries together spend more than $1.8 million annually on materials directly related to current members and candidates of the EU. The overall acquisition budget remains one of highest of all US research libraries, and provides significant opportunities for additional purchases to meet the research and instructional needs of campus scholars. Eleven subject specialists coordinate collection development and user services (reference, instruction and outreach) relating to EU members and candidates. Remote access to library materials is supported for faculty, staff, and students, while in-building use is free to all, so that visitors can easily obtain full access to library holdings, databases and services. For more information on European and European Union holdings please contact Beau Case.