Ideas for Speakers & Field Trips
"A good company delivers excellent products and services. A great one delivers excellent products and services, and strives to make the world a better place." Bill Ford
Click here to download a blank template you can use to arrange Coordinated Learning Experiences for your students.
Click here to download a Ford PAS speaker request template that you can use to request speakers through the Ford Volunteer Corps program.
The following contact information is provided to help facilitate the arrangement of CLE's for your students.
General Tours University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road Dearborn, MI 48128 (313) 593-5000
Contact – Office of Admissions & Orientation, (313) 593-5100 admissions(at)umd.umich.edu
Environmental Interpretive Center University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road Dearborn, MI 48128 (313) 593-5338 www.umd.umich.edu/eic/
Rick Simek, Program Supervisor Dorothy McLeer, Program Coordinator/Interpreter
The Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/visit/general.asp
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn, MI 48124-4088
(313) 982-6100, 9:00am-5:00pm, EST 24 Hour Recorded Information: (313) 982-6150
Group Tickets and Tour Information
9:00am-5:00pm, EST
In Metro Detroit: (313) 982-6001
Outside Metro Detroit: 800.TELL.A.Friend
Ford Rouge Tour Contact the Call Center at (313) 982-6001 www.hfmgv.org/rouge/
Ford Volunteer Corps
https://www.volunteer.ford.com/
Created in February 2005 by Chairman and CEO Bill Ford, the Ford Volunteer Corps connects Ford employees, retirees and others in the extended Ford Family to a wide range of projects in their communities. Please contact Millie or Janet at Ford PAS.
The Engineering Society of Detroit
http://ww2.esd.org/general/contact.htm
2000 Town Center, Suite 2610
Southfield, MI 48075-1307
Ron Smith Teacher Liaison rsmith(at)esd.org
MotorCities National Heritage Area
www.experienceeverythingautomotive.org/
200 Renaissance Center, Suite 3148 Detroit, MI 48243
Phone: (313) 259-3425, 1-877-66AUTOH
Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov/fbci/
Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE)
www.scoredetroit.org
SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration dedicated to aiding in the formation, growth, and success of small business nationwide. (313) 226-7947
Local, County or State Bar Association
Dearborn Bar Association, Michael Orris (517) 241-6680 orrism(at)michigan.gov
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Pres James T Heimbuch (313) 393-7579 jheimbuch(at)bodmanllp.com
Executive Director Lorraine Weber weber(at)detroitlawyer.org
You may also want to contact local, county or state chambers of commerce, business organizations, government offices as well as volunteer, civic, and/or service organizations in your area.
Inventors Clubs, Associations, National Society of Inventors
http://deafandblind.com/inventors.html
Members of the U of M Dearborn BEAC including:
Raymond James and Associates
http://www.raymondjames.com/index.htm
23400 Michigan Ave. # 130, Dearborn, MI 48124
Carl J. Meyers, Senior VP, Investments (313) 274-6800 Carl.meyers(at)raymondjames.com
Hy-Vac Technologies Inc.
http://hyvacgroup.com/hyvactech/
15701 Glendale Ave. Detroit, MI 48227
Jim McClelland, VP, (313) 838-2800 jmcclelland(at)hyvacgroup.com
Fairlane Ford Dealership
http://www.fairlaneford.com/
14585 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI 48126
Julie Turla, President, (313) 846-5000 ext. 104 jturla(at)fairlaneford.com
Ford Motor Company
http://www.ford.com/
36020 Plymouth Rd. Livonia, MI 48154
Angelo Rinaldi , Supervisor Quality Methods, (734) 266-1042 arinaldi(at)ford.com
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
http://www.dearborn.hyatt.com
600 Town Center Drive, Dearborn, MI 48126
David French, Director of Human Resources, (313) 982-6825 dfrench(at)hyatt.com
Uof M–Dearborn Ford PAS Professors can help find speakers and/or serve as speakers. For more information see our web page: http://www.soe.umd.umich.edu/fordpas/
FORD PAS Personnel – Ford World Headquarters, Dearborn
Mitchell, Millie, Administrative Manager, (313) 248-7561, mmitch84(at)ford.com
Janet Padilla, Ford PAS Manager, (313) 248-3044, Jpidil18(at)ford.com
Poledink, Paul, Program Development Manager, (313) 845-3052, ppoledink(at)ford.com
EDC – Ford PAS Technical Assistance, help desk for web page
Contact us at fordpas@edc.org or call toll free at 1-888-338-3267
The Ford PAS website can be found at www.fordpas.org
