New programs at UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science
Four doctoral degree programs are set to debut this fall at the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. The programs are in computer and information science, electrical and computer engineering, industrial systems engineering and mechanical sciences and engineering. All four programs are accepting applications for the 2017-18 school year. Students will conduct research with faculty involved in innovative translational research and original fundamental research in broad areas of engineering and computer science.
University Record publishing schedule
The University Record will not publish a printed edition Feb. 27 due to winter vacation. Weekly publication will resume March 6. The Record’s morning email will not be sent the week of Feb. 27 through March 3, although major news items may be posted to the Record website, record.umich.edu. The email will resume March 6.
Stamps professor earns VentureWell grant
Stephanie Tharp, associate professor of art and design, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, has received a $30,000 2017 VentureWell Faculty Grant for “Hacking Health,” a new project that combines a design charrette and a studio course for cross-disciplinary student teams to design solutions to change the delivery and experience of health care. “Hacking Health” will address challenges in health monitoring, in the hopes to lower barriers to effective self-management of personal care. Through Faculty Grants, VentureWell funds faculty members to make new or modify existing courses and programs where students develop inventive, STEM-based ideas and get the entrepreneurial skills they need to take them to market.
TFA Interim Certification Program to launch as M-ARC
This fall, the School of Education will relaunch the Teach for America Interim Certification Program as the Michigan Alternate Route to Certification, or M-ARC. This expansion reflects a commitment to supporting students in learning the work of teaching in urban educational contexts. M-ARC will include a new additional endorsement pathway that will allow practicing teachers in Detroit and surrounding areas to broaden their impact by adding endorsement areas to their provisional certificates without leaving the classroom. This option will allow schools to fill critical vacancies with experienced, current staff members. Participants in the additional endorsement pathway will begin teaching under interim certificates in their new content areas immediately upon entrance to the program and will receive ongoing, content-specific training and development from School of Education teacher educators for three years before earning their provisional endorsements. For more information, visit tfa.soe.umich.edu or call 734-764-9712.
School of Nursing earns grant to help nurses get Ph.D.s
The School of Nursing is one of 28 nursing schools nationwide to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses who have a Ph.D. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Future of Nursing Scholars program will provide financial support, mentoring and leadership development to nurses who commit to earn a Ph.D. in three years. UMSN will select two nursing students to receive the scholarship this spring, and those students will begin their Ph.D. studies this fall. The Future of Nursing Scholars program is intended to help address an Institute of Medicine recommendation that the country double the number of nurses with doctorates.
— Compiled by Safiya Merchant, The University Record
