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October 9, 1995
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of periodic columns on VCM, the new approach to budgeting that will be implemented July 1, 1996. Questions are welcomed from all Record readers, and should be sent to: Jane Elgass, 412 Maynard St. 1499; fax 764-7084; e-mail: jrelgass@umich.edu; or Robert Holbrook in the Provost’s Office, Room…
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October 9, 1995
By Sue Lowe Benefits Office All faculty and staff who need assistance with the open enrollment worksheet or phone call on the Benefits Enrollment Line (BEL) will be able to get help from the Benefits Office this year. A comprehensive assistance plan has been developed that incorporates several kinds of informational techniques so that each…
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October 9, 1995
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Henry Louis Gates Jr., the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, will deliver this year’s Tanner Lecture on Human Valrues. Titled “Enlightenment’s Esau: On Burke and Wright,” the lecture will begin at 4 p.m. Fri. (Oct. 13) in Rackham Auditorium. A panel of three…
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October 9, 1995
By Jane R. Elgass No, he has no interest in becoming the Wolverines’ football coach. No, he’s not planning to become the next dean of the College of Engineering. No, he’s not planning to take up the presidency of another University. And, no, he’s not planning to try to stay on as president What President…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2 , 1995 By Rebecca A. Doyle In the summer of 1955, a handful of scientists from the University of Chicago moved to Ann Arbor as a result of the efforts of Raymond Waggoner, then chair of the Department of Psychiatry. Their efforts and expertise in such areas as neurophysiology and…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2 , 1995 By Jared Blank “Being a dentist in the clinic is so rewarding because I do more than just work on people’s teeth—I help to improve people’s self-image,” says Robert Bagramian, professor of dentistry and founder of the Community Dental Center, a non-profit program jointly sponsored by the City…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2 , 1995 Hazel M. Avery Hazel M. Avery, professor emerita of nursing, died Sept. 9 in Bremerton, Wash. She was 89. Avery, who served as assistant director of the nursing service at Women’s Hospital and as chair of maternity nursing in the School of Nursing, was a pioneer in family-centered…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2 , 1995 A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., Derrick Bell Jr. and Kimberle Crenshaw will deliver keynote speeches at “Toward a New Civil Rights Vision,” a symposium Oct. 13–14 at the Law School sponsored by the Michigan Journal of Race and Law. Organizers say the symposium is both pertinent and timely, given…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2 , 1995 An Oakland County man not affiliated with the University was arraigned Sept. 25 on charges stemming from a Sept. 22 fire in Baits Housing on North Campus. U-M Department of Public Safety officials responded to the fire and determined that it was set deliberately, according to Capt. James…
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October 2, 1995
The University Record, October 2, 1995 By Jane R. Elgass A joint faculty-student LS&A committee has been “overwhelmed by the magnitude” of support services available to students and “the seeming inaccessibility and underutilization of the services.” Any problems associated with student support services are generally not related to the number, kind or quality available; “rather…
