September 18, 1995
By Rebecca A. Doyle Dean Edie N. Goldenberg presented 1995 award citations to LS&A faculty members last Monday during the College’s first faculty meeting of the year. Traianos Gagos, lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies, received the Matthews Underclass Teaching Award for his “inspired and inspiring teaching of Modern Greek, for his long hours…
September 18, 1995
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Relief is in sight for students, faculty and staff who have coped with less-than-adequate parking on North Campus since construction began last year on the new Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center and the Integrated Technology Instruction Center. If weather cooperates, a new 185-space, stone-surfaced parking lot will be…
September 18, 1995
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Soundtracks and scores from movies held a particular fascination for him as a kid. When he asked his parents what instrument made a particular sound in one of those scores, they told him it was the trombone. So that’s the instrument he decided to play; and that’s the…
September 18, 1995
By Rebecca A. Doyle LS&A Dean Edie N. Goldenberg shared good news and bad news at the first faculty fall meeting last Monday. “The good news is that the quality of higher education in this country is still the envy of the rest of the world,” she told faculty members. “Business and government leaders who…
September 18, 1995
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services It’s only fitting that film scholar Gaylyn Studlar, the new director of the U-M Program in Film and Video Studies, is an accomplished cellist with two degrees in music. After all, developing strong ties with other academic areas on campus and providing students with a broad-based education are…
September 18, 1995
By Jane R. Elgass Establishment of an interdisciplinary Institute for Research on Women and Gender will be recommended to the Regents at their meeting this week. The institute will be a valuable component of the Michigan Agenda for Women, President James J. Duderstadt’s plan to make the U-M a leader among U.S. universities in promoting…
September 11, 1995
With action yet to be completed on the major appropriation bills and the budget reconciliation legislation in Congress, student financial aid issues loom large in the budget process, according to Tom Butts, associate vice president for university relations. “While programs such as Pell Grants and Work Study are expected to remain largely intact, the student…
September 11, 1995
Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from Bob Samors’ column in the September DRDA Reporter. Samors is a government relations research officer in the Washington D.C. office. He offers his views on the current state of the federal research appropriations process. By Bob SamorsOffice of the Vice President for Research August is a great…
September 11, 1995
Editor’s Note: The following has been provided by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs as background for next Monday’s Senate Assembly meeting. The Responsibilities of Tenure: Should There Be Sanctions for Failure to Perform Adequately? At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 18th, a point/counterpoint discussion on the above question will take place. Two teams…
September 11, 1995
Establishment of the Gilbert R. Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching has been announced by J. Bernard Machen, interim provost and executive vice president. The fund is an outgrowth of a series of meetings on teaching issues over the past year between former Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. and a group of faculty. Applications…
