Speaker

Nicholas Smith

Nicholas Smith

Director, Center for Campus Involvement & Associate Director, University Unions, University of Michigan

At the University of Michigan, I provide leadership to the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI), a comprehensive student engagement department responsible for campus programming; student organization development and support, including the IdeaHub: Student Organization Collaborative Coworking Space open to all 1600+ student organizations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and, campus resources, including campus-level coordination for student protests and controversial events. Through CCI, I co-created and provide strategy for Student Life's integrative leadership education approach called MLEAD. Also, I provide leadership to Pierpont Commons, one of three student union buildings, with multiple retail, meeting places, and essential services. I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Higher Education Leadership at Colorado State University with research interests in the physical learning environments of college unions and multicultural centers, and how co-curricular spaces facilitate students’ development of multicultural competence.

Nicholas Smith

Director, Center for Campus Involvement & Associate Director, University Unions, University of Michigan