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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 MQR features poetry, essays, fiction in part one of special fall issue By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The pages of this fall’s Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR) will “provide a showcase for the vitality of mind and the originality of language we associate with the vocation of poetry,”…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Workshops look at critical issues in social work By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Alcohol treatment options, couples therapy, successful aging, and women and sex are among the topics to be discussed in the University’s fourth annual Workshop Series on Critical Issues in Health Care Social Work. Sponsored…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Check out what’s new in physics on Saturday mornings at U-M Back by popular demand, the Department of Physics has organized a second series of its Saturday morning multi-media physics lectures for general audiences. Beginning Oct. 12, the lectures are an opportunity to hear physicists explain their work in…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 $3.5 million from Vlasic establishes first endowed deanship By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The University has received a $3.5 million gift to establish an endowed deanship in the College of Engineering to be known as the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering. It is the first endowed…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 U policy on drug-free workplace The Federal Government requires that the University annually publish its policy on the Drug Free Workplace Act. The acts, detailed below, are a good way to remind us about alcohol and drugs in the workplace, although alcohol and drug abuse is not a predominant…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Peace Neighborhood Center offers haven for 1,200-plus each year Bonnie Billups (left), a volunteer at Ann Arbor’s Peace Neighborhood Center, counsels teenager in an after-school program. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jared Blank Now in its 25th year, Peace Neighborhood Center (PNC) provides programming for residents of Ann Arbor’s…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 General Fund expenditures totaled $837 million in 1995-96 Expenditures and transfers in the General Fund of the University of Michigan’s three campuses in 1995-96 totaled $836,977,000. Revenues totaled $862,817,000, an increase of 6.6 percent, said Farris W. Womack, U-M executive vice president and chief financial officer, in the annual…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 CRLT forms can help teachers By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services What goes around comes around. At term’s end, U-M students, who receive grades in their courses, can, in turn, grade their instructors by filling out teaching evaluations. This term students will do it with updated questionnaires, developed…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Open enrollment begins Oct. 14 By Sue Lowe Benefits Office Open Enrollment for University benefits will be held Oct. 14-Nov. 1. Choices made during Open Enrollment will take effect Jan. 1, 1997. As in the past, faculty and staff will enroll on the Benefits Enrollment Line (BEL). Retirees, employees…
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October 1, 1996
The University Record, October 1, 1996 Fifteen faculty will be honored at Oct. 7 program Fifteen faculty members will receive awards at 4 p.m. Oct. 7, recognizing their teaching, service and other achievements. The 4 p.m. program in Rackham Amphitheatre will be followed by a 5 p.m. reception in the Assembly Hall. Amoco Foundation Awards,…
