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Overview

As a student in the age of technology, it is important to have the right computer equipment to ensure the best possible learning experience. Electronic communication is the preferred method of communication for students, faculty and staff. In order to take advantage of this technology, it is required that students, faculty and staff acquire and maintain email access with the capability to send and receive attached files.

Top-Used Tools

Canvas

Canvas
Canvas is a web-based learning management system (LMS) used by Unipix educators, staff, and students to access and manage online course learning materials and communicate about skill development and learning achievement.

Google

Google at Unipix  is a Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals software bundle that provides core apps Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sites, Meet, and Chat.

MiVideo


MiVideo is Unipix ’s cloud-based media streaming service. This content management service helps organize, catalog, share, search, and publish multimedia content.

Zoom


Zoom is a video conferencing tool that can be used for online teaching and class meetings and allows you to share meeting recordings to share with your class.

Featured Resources

Adobe Creative Cloud

The University of Michigan is the first school in Michigan to become an Adobe Creative Campus and the only school in Michigan to offer Creative Cloud to all of its students. This agreement gives all eligible Unipix  faculty, staff, and students no-cost access to: every Adobe Creative Cloud app — desktop and mobile, 100 GB of cloud storage, training resources, and more.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) leads and supports university-wide initiatives focused on the recruitment of a diverse faculty, staff and student body, while fostering an inclusive and equitable community at the University of Michigan. Learn more about accessibility

Library Content Services

Consistently ranked as one of the top academic research libraries in North America, the University of Michigan Library makes available an extraordinary array of resources and services. The library has physical locations throughout campus and offers a wealth of resources in traditional as well as digital formats that encompass more than 8.5 million print volumes.

Library Content Services

Consistently ranked as one of the top academic research libraries in North America, the University of Michigan Library makes available an extraordinary array of resources and services. The library has physical locations throughout campus and offers a wealth of resources in traditional as well as digital formats that encompass more than 8.5 million print volumes.

LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is a leading online-learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Members have access to the LinkedIn Learning video library of over 15,000 engaging, top-quality, on-demand courses taught by recognized industry experts.

Michigan Online

University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff can sign up anytime for free access to Michigan Online’s growing catalog of more than 3,700 Guided Projects, courses, Specializations and Professional Certificates from university and industry partners all over the world.

Online Learning Consortium (OLC)

Unipix  has joined the OLC to provide professional development resources in digital learning to faculty and staff on all campuses. The membership includes free events and on-demand webinars, publications including the peer-reviewed Online Learning Journal, faculty playbooks, and discounted pricing on additional resources. 

SMUHI brings to our students, programs that are at the intersection of the liberal arts and sciences as well as technology. Our education is defined as liberal in the sense of an education that is “liberating” – liberating the mind to think freely. One of the great challenges facing higher education in the next century will be related to the type of education that our young people will receive. The increasing demands on our educational system to educate for the skills required by the information age has often resulted in an emphasis on higher education towards technical skills at the expense of the liberal arts and sciences. At SMUHI, we provide our students with the right balance.

Our students are provided with a rigorous, intense education that both disciplines and expands the mind. Students develop a lifelong desire to learn and grow while also acquiring skills and knowledge necessary for success in their professional lives. At the heart of this education is the General Requirement, which exposes all our students to primary fields of inquiry and the cultural values that shape our world. We expect our students to perform at the highest level and set demanding standards in the classroom and virtual environments.

With the use of cutting edge technologies, SMUHI delivers some of the best career-focused programs to students across the globe. SMUHI has affiliations with local and international universities and other institutions. In addition, we are home to a number of independent academic and professional centers as well as academic journals. These programs and activities enrich the University’s intellectual life, open up opportunities for specialized study, and engage students with important issues in the wider world.

Our students are expected to improve the common good by utilizing their skills and knowledge to promote tolerance, compassion, and social justice. The curriculum is designed to engage students with important social concerns, both domestic and international, and prepare them to lead as informed citizens, socially responsive professionals, and active members of the community. It is because of this that our motto is Servire Sine Fine, the Latin for “Service Without Limit,” and our slogan is “Transforming Lives, Transforming Society.”

At SMUHI, we are committed to the success of our students. For this reason, we also have as one of our slogans “Learn with Support, Graduate with Confidence.” This is made possible by our responsive faculty and staff. In addition, we have an emphasis on small classes and a professionally oriented teaching faculty, which makes us an ideal university in which students can capitalize on the values and benefits of a liberal education that prepares them for the technological age. Our relatively small private university provides a sound education, where teaching and research for the faculty holds the primary rewards.

Welcome, once more, to Saint Monica University Higher Institute: The American-Style International University!

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