The School of Education

The School of Education (SOE) Graduate Student Emergency Fund is intended to help meet the financial needs of SOE graduate students who encounter an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, or unforeseen expense during their degree programs.

We encourage students to seek support from Rackham Graduate School, the Center for the Education of Women, and/or the Office of Financial Aid prior to utilizing SOE funding.

Rackham Graduate School: 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070; 734.764.8119, flwships@umich.edu or http://www.rackham.umich.edu/funding/emergency-funds  

The Center for the Education of Women (CEW): 330 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; 734.764.6005 or http://www.cew.umich.edu/critical-difference-grants . The center requires that each student set up a counseling appointment by either walking into their office or calling.

The Office of Financial Aid (OFA): 2011 Student Activities Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; 734.763.6600 or https://finaid.umich.edu/emergency-assistance/. The OFA requires each student to set up a counseling appointment by either walking into their office or calling.

Situations that warrant funding may include:

• Medical, dental or mental health emergencies for the student
• Major accidents and events such as fire and natural disasters
• Expenses related to the dealth of an immediate family member
  • The immediate family consists of a student's spouse or other qualified adult; the son, daughter, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister (or the spouse of any of them), of either the student, the student's spouse, the other qualified adult or any other related person living in the student's household
    • The definition of other qualified adult may be found at https://hr.umich.edu/benefits-wellness/health/benefits-enrollment-eligibility/benefits-eligibility/eligible-dependents
  • The Office of Student Affairs has the discretion to extend these privileges to additional family members
• An unexpected event that has occurred beyond the student's control

Situations that do not warrant funding include: 

• Normal living expenses such as rent, car repairs, child care, utilities, taxes, insurance, and pet-related expenses are generally not covered by this fund.  Please contact Eileen F. Brussolo; Student Affairs Program Manager, via e-mail at efc@umich.edu or 734.936.1829 if you are experiencing financial difficulties that exceed the scope of this fund.  

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