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March 14, 1994
By John Woodford News and Information Services If Americans had developed the political savvy the British gained in centuries of “flogging the wogs”—that is, of controlling colonial subjects and putting down national liberation movements—they could have come out of Vietnam with a measure of victory, and at far lower cost of life, resources and wealth…
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March 14, 1994
Students will be recognized for their academic achievement at the University’s annual Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. Sunday (March 20) in Hill Auditorium. The convocation address, titled “Honors at Michigan: More than a 4.0,” will be given by Maureen A. Hartford, vice president for student affairs. Leah N. Niederstadt, winner of a Rhodes Scholarship, and…
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March 14, 1994
The Housing Division has asked Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH) staff to evaluate three spiral slides and 25 other standard metal slides on playgrounds that are part of Family Housing. The evaluation is being conducted in light of the accidental death in January of 5-year-old Nancy Sibley, according to Alan J. Levy, director of…
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March 14, 1994
Don Herbert, creator of the television program “Watch Mr. Wizard,” will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from U-M-Dearborn at its commencement exercises on April 24. “Watch Mr. Wizard,” which was broadcast each week from 1955 to 1965 on the NBC network, featured Herbert and a young boy or girl conducting scientific experiments with…
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March 14, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The University’s Smoking Policy Revision Implementation Committee has announced two public hearings “to enable the University community and outside interested parties to bring forth data and their expressions of interest,” says committee chair Wendy N. Powell, personnel representative, Administrative Services Personnel Office. Public hearings on the proposed policy changes will be…
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March 14, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Residence halls are loud and energetic places where a lot of intellectual pursuits happen—often after midnight, observes Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford. Speaking to LS&A faculty last Monday about how residence halls relate to the University’s academic mission, Hartford said students who appear to enjoy the richest intellectual…
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March 14, 1994
The University will award seven honorary degrees at its spring commencement April 29–30. The recipients will be Detroit Mayor Dennis W. Archer; syndicated columnist David Broder; Father William T. Cunningham, founder of Focus: HOPE; Charles T. Fisher III, past chairman and president of NBD Bancorp and NBD Bank; Eleanor M. Josaitis, associate director of Focus:…
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March 14, 1994
Douvan will present Russel Lecture Tuesday The 1994 Henry Russel Lecture will be delivered by Elizabeth M. Douvan, the Catharine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, at 4 p.m. Tues. (March 15) in Rackham Amphitheater. The Russel lectureship is the highest honor the University gives to a senior faculty member. Douvan will discuss…
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March 14, 1994
Bernadette Waters could wear an “I love my job” pin and mean every word of it. “When you’re working for a goal and the administration backs you like this, you can’t do anything but succeed,” she says. That goal is “to educate our employees and provide them personal and professional development in order to advance…
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March 14, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle They talk excitedly in groups of two or three, pencils and erasers flying, comparing answers. Juice boxes and snack packages adorn desktops. Most are dressed in jeans and work clothes. Their teacher sits in front of the class, reading materials and answering an occasional question. It’s not the way any of…
