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May 22, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Two commissions appointed by President Lee C. Bollinger earlier this year—the President’s Commission on the Undergraduate Experience and the President’s Information Revolution Commission—will be continuing their work during the summer and into the fall. Both groups plan to host public forums in fall term and present interim recommendations to the president…
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May 22, 2000
By Ken Arbogast-Wilson M-CARE CPAs Julie Kelley (right) and Karen Lang share the job of assistant controller for M-CARE. The unusual arrangement, which takes a lot of coordination to make it work, benefits them and the organization. ‘Between the two of them, they manage eight employees and keep things running smoothly,’ their supervisor Tom Rennell…
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May 22, 2000
By Wono Lee News and Information Services At their May 18 meeting, the Regents approved recommendations for promotion and/or tenure of faculty members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, effective next academic year. Ann Arbor From professor without tenure to professor with tenure: R. Paul Drake; Jerzy Kanicki. From associate professor with tenure…
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May 22, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle With just a little prompting, they recalled times when they had tripped over a lectern or used the wrong term in the classroom. Soon, the doctoral candidates concentrated so hard on their “most embarrassing moment” that some of them forgot to tell who they were and what their research and interest…
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May 22, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services A generous donation by alumnus Charles Walgreen has made possible the construction of the Walgreen Drama Center. The Center will house the Arthur Miller Theater and several smaller student repertory theaters. This gift of $5 million, combined with a previous gift from Walgreen in the same amount, will…
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May 22, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their May meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Appointments with tenure Tenured faculty appointments approved by the Regents included: Robert Fishman, of Rutgers University, will be professor of architecture, effective July 1. Mary N. Haan, of the University of California, Davis, will be…
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May 22, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle Rape charge under investigation Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers are investigating a report that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance on April 18. The woman, a resident of West Quadrangle Residence Hall, reported that she had met the man earlier in the evening at a bar.…
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May 22, 2000
Dusan Baic Dusan Baic, associate professor emeritus of biological sciences, died of cancer May 5 in Georgia. He retired in 1986 after being with the University 18 years. Baic held a B.S. from Realna Ginmzaija, Slav, Pozega and an M.D. from the University of Zagreb, where he served as assistant professor in 1953–61. After immigrating…
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May 22, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Little Daniel Little has been named chancellor of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, effective July 1. His appointment was approved by the Board of Regents at its May 18 meeting, upon the recommendation of President Lee C. Bollinger. Little currently is vice president for academic affairs and professor of philosophy at Bucknell…
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May 22, 2000
By Jane R. Elgass Cantor Nancy Cantor, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of psychology, and Donald S. Lopez Jr., Arthur Thurnau Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies and chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Cantor…
