▁fight ▁song ▁is ▁also ▁s ung ▁during ▁gradu ation ▁comm enc ement ▁cer emon ies . ▁The ▁university ' s ▁al ma ▁mater ▁song ▁is ▁" The ▁Y ellow ▁and ▁Blue ." ▁A ▁common ▁r ally ▁cry ▁is ▁" Let ' s ▁Go ▁Blue !" ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁complement ary ▁short ▁musical ▁arrangement ▁written ▁by ▁former ▁students ▁Joseph ▁Carl , ▁a ▁sous aph on ist , ▁and ▁Albert ▁A hr on heim , ▁a ▁drum ▁major . ▁ ▁Before ▁" The ▁Vict ors " ▁was ▁officially ▁the ▁University ' s ▁fight ▁song , ▁the ▁song ▁" There ' ll ▁Be ▁a ▁Hot ▁Time ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁Town ▁Ton ight " ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁school ▁song . ▁After ▁Michigan ▁tempor arily ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁Western ▁Conference ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁a ▁new ▁Michigan ▁fight ▁song ▁" V ars ity " ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁because ▁the ▁line ▁" ch amp ions ▁of ▁the ▁West " ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁appropriate . ▁ ▁Al umn i ▁▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁U . S . ▁president ▁Ger ald ▁Ford , ▁the ▁university ▁has , ▁ ▁produced ▁thirty - six ▁Pul itzer ▁Prize ▁w inners , ▁twenty - se ven ▁Rh odes ▁Sch ol ars , ▁and ▁at ▁least ▁eight ▁Nobel ▁la ure ates . ▁, ▁the ▁university ▁has ▁almost ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁living ▁al umn i . ▁ ▁More ▁than ▁ 2 5 0 ▁Michigan ▁gradu ates ▁have ▁served