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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Believe in yourself, not labels, Fleming says By Julie A. Peterson News and Information Services As a young man in his 20s, Thomas Fleming found himself in the U.S. Army, unable to read or write—but determined that he would learn. He picked up the government-issued New Testament and, with…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Elders: Don’t wait for a backbone transplant to get started By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would “shed tears for a nation that has replaced its social safety net with a dragnet.” He would find an American society that…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 New president should appreciate multi-campus environment, U-M-Flint says By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services While members of the University of Michigan-Flint campus and Flint community would like the next U-M president to be a person of high integrity and impeccable character, many say that the University’s next leader…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. Fund awards 10 grants to faculty for improvement of teaching By Jared Blank Provost J. Bernard Machen recently announced the faculty recipients of 10 grants of $5,000 each from the Gilbert R. Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching. Up to three proposals will be…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Apple and Baker are visiting writers this month; will read from works By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Max Apple, author of Roommates, and poet David Baker will present their works in the Visiting Writers Series this month. Sponsored by the Department of English and Borders Books and…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 U-M-D faculty, staff, students want president to recognize unique features By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn Holding up a copy of last week’s issue of the Record, U-M-Dearborn Prof. Daniel E. Moerman noted the report that U-M supporters in the western part of the state expect the next president of the…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Renovations give a facelift to League, Union, NCC The Michigan Union, Michigan League and North Campus Commons will be extensively renovated during the next two years, says Frank Cianciola, associate dean of students. “We’re making a number of customer service changes,” Cianciola says. “We’re upgrading elevators and building access…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Monthly ‘Evenings at Rackham’ series debuts By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Less than 100 years ago, the hottest field in science was racial hygiene. It was based on the premise that human behavioral characteristics were determined by race. The principles of racial hygiene permeated Western society in…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 Conference focuses on women of color in the academy By Mary Jo Frank University Relations Women students of color—including undergrads and graduate students—now make up 11.7 percent of the University’s student body, compared to 6.1 percent in 1987, when the Michigan Mandate was launched. It was one of the…
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January 23, 1996
The University Record, January 23, 1996 New system will make records easier, faster to access The University of Michigan has signed a $3.5 million contract with PeopleSoft Inc. to provide the U-M with computer software that will revise the current financial, human resource and student information systems over a four-year period. “This is an exciting…
