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The Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti community has benefited greatly from the local colleges and universities providing path to developing job skills and career paths.

While WCC has never had any formal programs to support recovering people, there has always been a critical mass of recovering people to engage others into school and provide support while they are there.

UM’s Students for Recovery student organization was formed in 2009 and has led to a similar student organization at EMU as well as a funded university program at UM.

College students should not have to sacrifice college for their recovery, or recovery for college.

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan has a Collegiate Recovery program (which is a university program to support students in recovery) and Students for Sobriety (which is a student organization for recovering students). Collegiate Recovery Program (Published September 14, 2011 in the Michigan Daily By Elyana Twiggs) A young woman, newly sober and in recovery, is ready…

Eastern Michigan University

(originally posted at emich.edu) Addiction recovery is more than a topic of study for Aaron Suganuma (BS’13) and Miriam Shabazz (BA’08), graduate assistants in Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. The trail blazing duo, poised to earn their master of social work degrees this spring, took their dedication to the next level by co-founding…

Washtenaw Community College

While Washtenaw Community College does not have a collegiate recovery program or a student organization, but it has become a heavily used pathway to University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University—an organic community among people in recovery has developed there. Jake’s Story (Published January 13, 2013 in the Michigan Daily by Paige Pearcy) “Early in my…

Public School Systems

The Ann Arbor area has several public school systems that frequently invite treatment and recovery programs to meet with students. It’s important to note that these visits do not emphasize “scared straight” messages. Rather, they educate students about addiction and recovery. One of the goals is to normalize recovery so that students who experience substance…

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