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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Seminar explores options for flexible workplace By Rebecca A. Doyle “People in most organizations today are hurting,” Suzanne Smith told her audience of managers and supervisors at a Jan. 20 seminar on flexibility in the workplace. “After years of lean-and-mean and downsizing, too many firms are understaffed and too…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Rackham will continue to admit grad students in communication for 1995–96 By Julie Peterson News and Information Services The Executive Board of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies voted Jan. 25 to continue admitting students to the master’s degree program in journalism pending the findings of a…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Only 33% of freshmen interested in politics By Janet N. Mendler News and Information Services While almost half of the freshmen entering the U-M this past fall say that keeping up with political affairs is an important goal in life, less than a third of the nation’s incoming college…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Nine U-M-Flint faculty receive research awards By Donna Ullrich-Eaton U-M-Flint Nine U-M-Flint faculty members have received $49,105 in Research Initiative Program awards, according to Interim Director of Research Virgil Cope. The awards take the form of grants, summer fellowships, or student partnerships to support research projects. Award recipients are:…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Asa Hilliard to kick off Black History Month events By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Asa G. Hilliard, professor of urban education at Georgia State University, will launch a series of activities for the University’s Black History Month celebration with a free, public lecture titled “The Bell Curve:…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 U managers share experiences with flexible workplace Suzanne Smith’s lecture at the seminar on flexibility in the workplace was followed by a panel of four U-M managers who talked about how flexibility has been incorporated in their units. Douglas W. Fasing, manager for the Plant Department’s Grounds and Waste…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Procedure set up for reporting outdoor lighting problems The University has set up a new system for use by individuals and units to report campus lighting problems. In an early January memo to deans, directors and departments heads, William B. Krumm, associate vice president for business operations, noted that…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Alexander’s lecture on evolution of arts draws large crowd By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Based on Darwin’s theory of evolution, Prof. Richard D. Alexander believes that those who appreciate the arts possess “social cleverness”–perhaps the primary criterion of overall fitness. “Both performers and appreciators of performances are…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Conference on work and play coming to Institute for the Humanities By Betsy Nesbit Institute for the Humanities A conference on “Serious Play, Playful Work,” Feb. 10–11, will examine the blurred lines between “work” and “play,” with talks on the American beauty culture, funerals and religious rites, child’s play,…
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January 30, 1995
The University Record, January 30, 1995 Faculty committee appointed to search for new provost President James J. Duderstadt will appoint a faculty committee to launch a national search for a new provost by early February, and hopes to complete the selection process by early fall. Duderstadt told Senate Assembly last Monday that because the provost…
