The College encourages well-rounded personal growth and service to society. Students and faculty are encouraged to participate in personal-development, leadership and outreach opportunities. Current examples of these opportunities include:

Malawi Orphan Care Center - BLUE Lab (Better Living Using Engineering) is collaborating with a local teacher to design orphan care centers in Malawi, Africa, that use sustainability principles and encourage youth entrepreneurship.

http://www.engin.umich.edu/soc/BLUElab/projects/index.html

U-M Flint Partnership - The College of Engineering and UMFlint College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) formed a partnership to foster success among promising students and increase the number of science, technology, engineering and math degrees granted by both institutions to non-traditional students.

http://www.engin.umich.edu/news/transferadmissions

Ethics Study - The College is part of a multi-institutional team undertaking a four-year study of ethics education for engineering undergraduate students. The study unites Michigan Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and specialists in ethical development. The coalition is assessing curricular and extracurricular activities that relate to ethics to determine how to improve the ethical decision-making capabilities of engineering undergraduates.

http://www.engin.umich.edu/news/e3ethics