-
October 10, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Plans for the University’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium in January 1995 are in full swing. The symposium features MLK Memorial Lecturer Benjamin L. Hooks, former executive director of the NAACP. Hooks, who served as head of the world’s largest and oldest civil rights organization…
-
October 10, 1994
Staff members from across the Uni-versity are being encouraged to attend the first all-University M-Quality Expo at the Michigan Union Oct. 20–21. Under a theme of “Creating the Future: Sharing What We Are Learning,” the Expo is designed to provide “a new way for all of us to learn about improvements and innovations in the…
-
October 10, 1994
By Sage Arron The 34th Werner E. Bachmann Memorial Lecture, featuring Paul A. Wender of Stanford University, will be hosted by the Department of Chemistry at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in Room 1210, Chemistry Building. Wender’s topic will be “The Chemistry-Medicine Continuum: Synthetic, Biological, and Computer Studies on New Medicinal Leads.” Wender is the Bergstrom…
-
October 10, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank As dean of the U-M’s largest college, LS&A Dean Edie N. Goldenberg says she occasionally receives a letter of complaint from students or their parents. The 10 days before last Monday’s LS&A faculty meeting were memorable, Goldenberg told the faculty, because of the number and variety of positive comments she received…
-
October 10, 1994
Raindrops were falling outside Sept. 30, but the sun was shining in the Michigan League Ballroom as the Center for the Education of Women (CEW) marked its 30th anniversary. Co-founded by Louise Cain, who wrote the proposal for CEW, and Jean Campbell, the Center was the first of its kind on any American campus, one…
-
October 10, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Reflecting on the Michigan Agenda for Women, President James J. Duderstadt told a group of women of color that “first we try to change behavior. If that doesn’t work, we’ll change people.” The president addressed the women of color at a Sept. 30 roundtable discussion sponsored by the Women of Color…
-
October 3, 1994
A new short-term disability plan is being added to the University’s benefit program for non-bargained-for, active staff members with less than two years of service. The plan is designed to work with sick pay and long-term disability benefits. Eligible staff members will receive information on the short-term disability plan in the open enrollment packet. The…
-
October 3, 1994
Graduate School Dean John H. D’Arms has announced that he will not seek appointment to a third term, and also will not seek re-appointment as vice provost for academic affairs, a post he has held since March 1990. D’Arms, who says he has “enjoyed almost every day in the last 10 years,” notes that “10…
-
October 3, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Although still in its early stages, the new Federal Direct Student Loan Program is already making life easier for students receiving such aid and for staff who administer the loans, according to the Office of Financial Aid. The new program, utilized for the first time this year by…
-
October 3, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle Willy was frustrated and bored with his part-time job as a demonstrator. His life didn’t seem to have a purpose, and he wasn’t doing what he had been trained to do. Kim was afraid of being alone after being assaulted and needed someone to help her at home. After she filed…
