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January 29, 2001
Click here for highlights of the Senate Assembly meeting. By Theresa Maddix Martin At the Jan. 22 Senate Assembly meeting, Athletic Director Bill Martin emphasized a need for the Department of Athletics to work more closely with faculty, saying, “We [in athletics] fully want to be a partner with you. There isn’t enough interplay and…
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January 29, 2001
The Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) presented its awards for 2000 on Dec. 7 at Rackham Assembly Hall. Recipients were as follows: Paula Allen-Meares, dean of the School of Social Work and the Norma Radin Collegiate Professor of Social Work, received the Woman of the Year in Leadership award. Nominators called Allen-Meares “a fearless…
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January 29, 2001
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations The new buses in the U-M fleet ‘kneel’ and have entry ramps and lower floors so that passengers using wheelchairs or crutches can more easily board. Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services Have you noticed a big block maize “M” driving down the street lately? Six new commuter…
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January 29, 2001
By Linda Hancock Green Michigan Administrative Information Services More than 4,000 staff who use the M-Pathways Financials System will experience some minor changes in how they do their work when Michigan Administrative Information Services (MAIS) updates the system to PeopleSoft version 7.5. The upgrade will take place Feb. 21 and will affect staff who work…
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January 29, 2001
By Julie Peterson Office of the Vice President for Communications Two committees have been established by Barry Rabe, interim dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE), and Shirley Neuman, dean of LS&A, as the next step in a proposal to create a new concentration in environmental sciences/studies to be jointly operated by…
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January 29, 2001
Editor’s Note: Please see separate articles on the remarks of Athletic Director Bill Martin and Chief Financial Officer Robert Kasdin at the same meeting. By Theresa Maddix Lawson Memorial Fund announced Vice Chair Mojtaba Navvab, associate professor of architecture and urban planning, led the Jan. 22 meeting in the absence of deceased Chair Jacqueline Lawson.…
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January 29, 2001
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with the Rudy Hawkins Singers will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 31–Feb. 2, 2 p.m. (1-hour family performance) and 8 p.m. Feb. 3, and 3 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway. The performances are a collaboration of the University Musical Society (UMS), the Arts League…
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January 29, 2001
From the Office of the Vice President for Government Relations Thirty faculty members will be visiting 15 Michigan cities during the third annual Michigan Road Scholars tour April 30–May 4. The tour exposes the faculty, many of whom have come to the University from other states and abroad, to Michigan’s economy, government and politics, culture,…
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January 29, 2001
By Wanda Monroe, University Library, and Jerry Mastey, School of Dentistry Pat Anderson (left), senior associate librarian, University Library, and Robert Bagramian, professor of dentistry, examine materials to be sent to African educational institutions. Bagramian and Anderson have worked to organize the ‘Books to Africa’ campaign. The first shipment of books, shown above in the…
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January 29, 2001
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2001: Commitment and Renewal The Business and Finance Diversity Choir performs at the division’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day convocation in the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Shown are choir members (from left to right, back row) Laura Bevard, accounts payable clerk, Financial Operations; Mark Comstock, supervisor, Property Control,…
