December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 Ring in the New Year with A Prairie Home Companion The third annual A Prairie Home Companion Late-Night New Year’s Eve Party will air on Michigan Radio 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Dec. 31 on Michigan Radio. This year, host Garrison Keillor will take listeners to a “Texas Swing New Year’s…
December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 EECS students wipe out competition in programming contest A team of graduate and undergraduate students from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) took first place in the East Central Regional Programming Contest sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery earlier this fall. David Thaler coached the…
December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 Cantor: Grad students are a ‘unique link to the future’ By Jared Blank Nancy Cantor sees graduate students as a unique link to the future—a group that has ties to present faculty members and undergraduate students. The dean of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies discussed the importance of…
December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 LSA’s Advising Center is focus of improving service to undergraduates, Nurse tells LS&A faculty members Esrold Nurse, assistant dean for academic advising in LS&A, reports on his efforts to improve service for undergraduate students. Nurse has held the position for one year. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jared Blank…
December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 Use of overdrawn UMCE accounts will be suspended Jan. 6 On Jan. 6, all faculty, staff and students will need sufficient funds in their U-M Computing Environment (UMCE) accounts in order to continue to use computing services. If there are insufficient funds at the beginning of each month, access…
December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 ‘Compromise legislation’ provides for some amount of confidentiality in presidential search process By Jared Blank Two bills passed by the state legislature last week will allow greater privacy during the search process for the leaders of Michigan’s public universities. Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison says that the…
December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 SERVICE AWARDS Editor’s Note: Included in this issue are names of all U-M staff members who were honored in November for 20 and 30 years of service. Featured are some of the staff who served at the University for 40 years. The balance of 40-year staff members and a…
December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 In Brief… Academic Outreach will publish summer session catalog Interested in teaching spring or summer term classes? The Office of Academic Outreach is compiling a comprehensive 1997 summer sessions catalog, to include credit and non-credit courses and programs held on campus from May through August. This is an opportunity…
December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 Harlem Nutcracker premieres at Power Center on Dec. 18 Donald Byrd’s The Harlem Nutcracker begins its world-premiere tour at the Power Center for the Performing Arts Dec. 18. Co-commissioned by the University Musical Society, the show will stop in six area cities this season. The score was arranged from…
December 10, 1996
The University Record, December 10, 1996 Design Expo features student work Mechanical engineering student Kedar Sathe (left) explains a metal cutting machine he helped design. The device was one of 20 exhibited last week at the annual Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Senior Design Expo at the College of Engineering. Sathe’s group developed and built…
