April 25, 1994
The Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee has submitted its final recommendation to the Executive Officers for their consideration. The Committee recommends that, with some modifications, its original plan for flexible benefits be “the foundation for a University plan to be designed and evaluated for implementation in January 1996.” Among other recommendations, the Committee says that the…
April 25, 1994
2 receive Rockefeller Fellowships Two U-M undergraduates have received Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships, awarded to minority students who plan to enter the teaching profession. Juniors Candace R. Boone and Felicia L. Tripp are among 25 students nationwide to win the Fellowships. Each will receive stipends of up to $2,500 for teaching-related research this summer. Upon…
April 25, 1994
Walton granted emeritus title Joseph A. Walton Jr., assistant professor of internal medicine, was given the emeritus title by the Regents at their April meeting. Walton, who joined the U-M in 1966, “played a key role in the development of the cardiac catheterization program at the U-M Hospitals,” the Regents noted. “He directed the catheterization…
April 25, 1994
The Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee was appointed by Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Farris W. Womack and Provost and Executive Vice President Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. in May 1993. The Committee was charged to investigate the feasibility of a flexible benefits program for the University. Towers Perrin, a national benefits consulting firm, was…
April 25, 1994
The Regents approved the following renovation projects at their April meeting: The Baits Housing complex was constructed in the late 1960s and its original domestic hot water system no longer meets code. The estimated cost for corrections required to comply with code is $400,000. Work will begin in 1995 and be phased over three years.…
April 25, 1994
Dumas to hold Cole Professorship Rhetaugh G. Dumas, professor and dean of the School of Nursing, will hold the Lucille Cole Professorship of Nursing. The Cole Professorship is one of the University’s unendowed School/College Professorships, created to honor distinguished faculty. It is named after the late Lucille Cole, the first African American faculty member in…
April 25, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following is a summary of the April 18 Senate Assembly meeting. By Mary Jo Frank Evaluation of deans proceeding Thirty percent of the 1,549 dean evaluation forms sent in late March to faculty in the School of Business Administration, College of Engineering, LS&A, School of Music and the College of Pharmacy have…
April 25, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Opened 13 months ago, the University’s Lansing Service Center is receiving rave reviews from those who have used and plan to use its facilities. It’s a major contact point for the University in its outreach efforts on the west side of the state, and a location that is particularly pleasing to…
April 25, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services A new agreement between the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) and the state of Michigan will address and research the state’s pressing resource management issues. The agreement, initiated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (MDNR) divisions of fisheries and wildlife, provides full funding for new…
April 25, 1994
By John Woodford News and Information Services Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama who is both the spiritual and secular leader of Tibet, says that the goal of humanity as it faces the 21st century is “to build a happier world.” In the 20th century, the Dalai Lama told an audience of 9,000 attending the…
