China’s first female college president |
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| Wu Yi-Fang, who earned a doctorate degree from U-M in 1928, was the first female college president in China, heading Ginling College from 1928-51 before it merged with the University of Nanjing. She attended U-M on a Barbour scholarship, established by Levi Lewis Barbour for Asian women to come to U-M to study academic disciplines critical to the development of their homeland. The program continues today, with five to eight Barbour scholarships awarded each year. — Courtesy Bentley Historical Library and the Rackham Graduate School |
This month in history (104 years ago) Michigan Technic reported, “Telephone service on the campus is now a reality. Some 60-odd pairs of telephone bells jingle in the offices of our different professors and officials and the business of the university has received an acceleration which is, after all, only a part of its natural growth.” Have a campus memory to share? Use the comment box below. |
June 6, 2011
Old school: U-M in History
Today's Headlines
- Non-union staff nominees sought for police oversight panel
- Pam Davis-Kean named director of ISR’s Survey Research Center
- $17.9M grant accelerates U-M mental health research
- Board of Regents to meet July 18 at University Hall
- Parking, transportation updates in advance of Ann Arbor Art Fair
- Runge to retire from Michigan Medicine
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens invites public to name beaver family
- International Institute names von Moltke interim director
- State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts
- $10.5M biomaterials center to fight resource discrimination
