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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 From the Benefits Office The Benefits Office has received some inquiries related to the increase in BCBSM/United health insurance rates for two-person and family coverage levels for 2000. To recap recent BCBSM/United rate history, the rate dropped for benefits years 1997 and 1998. The decrease was possible because the…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 From the U-M Health System Help prevent the rise of ‘superbugs’ The next time your child gets an ear infection, or you start to sniffle, you might want to resist the urge to ask your doctor for an antibiotic. And if you have leftover antibiotics from your last infection,…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 From the Benefits Office Faculty and staff can now have access to benefits information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. By calling the new Benefits AnswerLine with a touch-tone phone, faculty and staff can hear recorded benefits information and have benefits forms faxed directly to their home…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 By Julie Peterson News and Information Services The University’s investment portfolios earned 13.4 percent for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Kasdin announced Oct. 4. That places the University’s investment performance in the top quartile of 150 college and university…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services An 1874 birds eye view of Delhi, courtesy the Bentley Historical Library In spring 1899, Judge Noah Cheever published the first four of his 10 favorite walks and drives in the Ann Arbor area in Pleasant Walks and Drives about Ann Arbor.…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11 , 1999 By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services If prescription drug coverage were added to Medicare, older Americans who do not currently have insurance covering prescriptions would be 8.8 percent more likely to use any prescription drugs, and overall spending on prescription drugs would increase by 13 percent. Those…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Former surgeon general Antonia Novello told the convocation audience she was glad the Medical School ‘took a chance on a kid from Puerto Rico,’ because nothing in her professional life has compared with the years she spent at Michigan. Antonia Novello admits…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 By Elise N.B. Erickson News and Information Services The Center for Community Service and Learning has released the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL), Vol. 4. The annual publication maintains a focus on community service learning in higher education, according to editor Jeffery Howard, director of the Office…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 By Rebecca A. Doyle First-year student Erica Mitchell finds the online campus accessibility map helpful in planning routes to classes and other campus activities. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Erica Mitchell wheels her way to some of her classes on campus, but is happy that she often has classes in…
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October 11, 1999
The University Record, October 11, 1999 By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services ‘An entrepreneur is somebody who doesn’t have the word ‘failure’ in his lexicom,’ Sam Zell told those attending last week’s 42nd Annual Business Leadership Award at the School of Business Administration. Zell, shown here with Business School senior Jeffrey Nzoma, is chairman…
