DATE: 4-5:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 2009.

EVENT: In 2004, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm charged the Lieutenant Governor’s Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth with identifying strategies to improve postsecondary attainment and completion in Michigan. To mark the five-year anniversary of the Cherry Commission, leaders of the education and business communities in Michigan will participate in a panel to address the past, present and future of higher education and economic growth in Michigan.

The panelists are:

• The Honorable John Cherry, Lt. Gov. of Michigan.
• Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan president.
• Michael Hansen, president, Michigan Community College Association.
• Mark Murray, president, Meijer Inc.

The event is free and open to the public.

LOCATION: Michigan Union Pendleton Room, 530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor. Central Campus map: http://www.umich.edu/~info/mapsAndDirections.html#anchor_centralCampus

SPONSORS: Center for Local, State and Urban Policy and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public. Policy

CONTACT: Bonnie Roberts, (734) 647-4091, [email protected]

Related Links:

• CLOSUP
• Webstream of event