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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 Flint library gets grant for Arab-American materials By Amy Trottier U-M-Flint The Earhart Foundation has awarded the Frances Willson Thompson Library at U-M Flint a $5,000 grant to establish an archive of documentary materials from the Arab-American community in Mi chigan. The library will be seeking materials that document…
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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 CRLT awards go to 18 lecturers The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) has announced awards to a number of lecturers in various fields. The Lecturers’ Professional Development Fund Awards are designed to help lecturers with continuing appointments on the Ann Arbor campus develop their research. This…
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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 Weisbuch to head Woodrow Wilson Foundation English Prof. Robert Weisbuch has been named the fifth president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. A member of the faculty for 25 years, Weisbuch will assume the new post July 1. “I know I speak for all of us at Woodrow…
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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 Humanities Institute names 11 fellows The Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships to six faculty and five graduate students to work at the Institute during 1997-98. Their projects are connected to the Institute’s theme for the year, “Narrative.” Interim Director Diane Kirkpatrick, who chaired both selection committees, emphasizes…
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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 Language program, not just classes, recommended in LS&A report By Jared Blank “We want students to move away from the attitude of just getting the language requirement out of the way,” said Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education David Schoem in introducing a report on second language instruction presented at…
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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 LSA surpasses $110 million campaign fundraising goal By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A) surpassed its five-year Campaign for Michigan fundraising goal of $110 million on April 3. The success of the campaign is “unprecedented,” says LSA Dean Edie N.…
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April 15, 1997
The University Record, April 15, 1997 University needs to preserve ‘intellectual character’ By Jane R. Elgass Universities must develop a genuine understanding of their fundamental roles—what they teach and for what purposes, what research is done and for what purposes—if they are to combat a continuing public critique that calls for more accountability. The University…
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April 8, 1997
The University Record, April 8, 1997 Grand opening celebrates Union renovation Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford (left) joined President Lee C. Bollinger, Andrew Shotwell and Liz Ryan, both Michigan Union Board of Representatives members, at a ceremony last week marking the grand opening of the fourth floor of the Michigan Union. The whole…
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April 8, 1997
The University Record, April 8, 1997 Safety walk points out safe, unsafe campus areas University photographer Bob Kalmbach joined walkers last week touring the campus to point out areas they felt were unsafe due to poor lighting, overgrown shrubbery or buildings that formed alcoves where an attacker might hide. Leo J. Heatley (left), director of…
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April 8, 1997
The University Record, April 8, 1997 KUDOS Florida receives AAS prize Nancy Florida, associate professor of Indonesian languages and literature, has received the 1997 Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast Asian Studies from the Association for Asian Studies. Florida was cited “for a work that successfully marries erudition to passion and builds bridges to both…
