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July 28, 2008
Related story:Students explore identity through Intergroup Dialogue > “This is confidential, right?” one participant nervously asks at the start of an activity on social identity. The answer is yes, as some 100 faculty, staff and students from universities across the country prepare to participate in an activity that will ask them to identify themselves according…
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July 28, 2008
U-M may maintain the confidentiality of the home addresses and home telephone numbers of its employees, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled. The July 16 decision concludes a lawsuit brought in 2004 by the Michigan Federation of Teachers (MFT). The suit challenged the University’s position that certain employee information is protected by the Freedom of…
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July 28, 2008
Dr. Matthew Davis discusses findings of the National Poll on Children’s Health at www.med.umich.edu/mott/npch > As children’s waistlines continue to grow, so have concerns about childhood obesity. According to a report released by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern for kids in…
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July 28, 2008
About 8,400 miles, a few continents and several seas separate U-M’s Ann Arbor campus and the urban streets of Mysore, India. But in the Zen-like tradition, students are on the path to learning distance merely is a state of mind. During the next four weeks, 15 students will find ways to build bridges between the…
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July 28, 2008
The University is calling for proposals in the first round of professional development funding that was an outcome of the most recent collective bargaining with the Lecturers’ Employee Organization. Under the 2007-11 agreement lecturers on the Ann Arbor campus are eligible for up to $500 in support of activities that encourage creativity to enhance their…
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July 28, 2008
Based on two national surveys of family-friendly policies in U.S. institutions of higher education, the most frequently offered benefit is paid time off for pregnancy/childbirth, according to the Center for the Education of Women (CEW). The center recently released a research brief that examines the status of family-friendly policies in higher education, and assesses change…
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July 28, 2008
The maximum tuition support dollars available to staff members continuing their education will increase Aug. 1. Under the Tuition Support Program, full-time staff members taking non-U-M courses are eligible for 75 percent of the cost of in-state tuition plus registration fees up to the new maximum of $1,352 per term. This represents an increase of…
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July 28, 2008
Students and cheerleaders show their school spirit as ESPN reporter Nicole Manske interviews alumnus and Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard on the Diag. The sports network was in town this month to videotape a segment for the “TitleTown USA” series, in which Ann Arbor competes with 19 other cities to be named the nation’s top…
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July 28, 2008
The University has been named one of the 2008 Great Colleges to Work For by the Chronicle of Higher Education. U-M was in the unranked top five in 13 of 27 categories for institutions with 2,500 or more employees in the Chronicle program that addresses faculty-administration relations, compensation and benefits, and work/life balance. The categories…
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July 28, 2008
From a podium set against rows of lush peonies marking the Arboretum entrance, Dr. Robert Kelch, executive vice president for medical affairs, and local officials took turns expressing pride in the selection of Ann Arbor as the No. 1 Healthiest City to Live and Retire In. Dr. Robert Kelch, at podium, executive vice president for…
