Old school: U-M in History

June 6, 2011

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China’s first female college president

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.”
— Courtesy Bentley Historical Library

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