Kessler Scholars Program

  1. September 12, 2022

    LSA event marks naming of Kessler Student Center

    Students, faculty and staff gathered Sept. 9 for the official naming of the Kessler Student Center in the newly renovated LSA Building. It provides a space for students at LSA and across the university to study, learn and connect. 

  2. October 28, 2021

    $40M Wilpon gift endows program for first-generation students

    A $40 million gift from the Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation will endow the Kessler Presidential Scholars Program at U-M in perpetuity. The program aids first-generation college students.

  3. May 13, 2020

    Other institutions join U-M effort to aid first-generation students

    The Kessler Scholars Program, founded at U-M to transform the first-generation student experience, will expand to five other colleges and universities through a new collaboration.