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December 19, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank New students may come to the U-M expecting large, impersonal classes where no one, including the professor, knows their names. That has not been the case for 1,193 students who enrolled in 65 new first-year seminar classes offered by LS&A fall term. The College has scheduled another 71 winter term. In…
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December 19, 1994
At its December meeting, the Board of Regents revised the University’s ordinance to regulate parking and traffic, as well as the use and protection of U-M buildings and property. “The major changes are the decriminalization of most violation penalties and adjustments to the parking fine rates,” said Executive Vice President Farris W. Womack. “Based upon…
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December 19, 1994
The University continues to be one of the premier universities for research, scholarship and creative activity in the nation, maintaining an outstanding record of achievement in the arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, engineering, and professions, Vice President for Research Homer A. Neal told the Regents last week in his annual report. The University’s research…
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December 12, 1994
By Randy Frank U-M-Dearborn Catherine Garcia-Lindstrom, an inspector for the Detroit Police Department and a U-M-Dearborn student, didn’t realize the power of children’s literature until she started using it on the job. “If you talk about a problem through children’s literature,” Garcia-Lindstrom says, “the kids will look to you, police officer or teacher, for the…
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December 12, 1994
The University’s off-campus program will offer 66 courses at U-M-Dearborn and U-M-Flint beginning the week of Jan. 9. Credit offerings in Dearborn include a School of Social Work course about administration, community, policy and research practice. Also offered will be courses in applied art, art history, communication, comparative literature, composition, economics, English composition, English, history,…
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December 12, 1994
There’s unhappy news for U-M staffers who participate in the tuition refund program: As of Jan. 1, 1995, refund payments will be taxable. The tuition program, including the tax-exempt status of the payments, is controlled by Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code, which expires Dec. 31. Tuition payments will continue to be made in…
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December 12, 1994
Listed below are the closure schedules for Transportation Services and changes in bus schedules. The Transportation Services Office will close at 5 p.m. Dec. 23 and reopen at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 3. Individuals who need to rent pool vehicles during this period must make arrangements no later than noon Dec. 22. The Garage will close…
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December 12, 1994
By Chastity Pratt News and Information Services Last month, the University joined a list of more than 400 colleges and universities nationwide in allowing students to register for classes via telephone. According to the Office of the Registrar, about one half of all students are opting to use the system, experiencing few or no problems.…
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December 12, 1994
“Conflict and Communities: The Struggle for Racial Justice,” the University’s celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16, will feature panel discussions on educational desegregation, environmental justice and student activism on campus. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs and coordinated by the MLK Day Symposium…
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December 12, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services A funny thing happened to 1,700 first-year students who took Math 115 Calculus this term. Along with derivatives, integrals and functions, they learned something even more valuable. They learned how to think. The learning process wasn’t always easy, according to Pat Shure, lecturer in mathematics. Shure is part…
