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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 New lobbying, gift rules may affect some at U-M Two recent changes in lobbying rules may affect those who have contact with U.S. government officials on behalf of the University. The Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), signed into law in December, requires the disclosure of efforts by paid lobbyists to…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 School of Social Work recognizes staff Tim Colenback, assistant director of student and multicultural affairs, has been named the recipient of the School of Social Work’s first Staff Recognition Award. Colenback, who has been a member of the staff since April 1993, was presented with a certificate and a…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Minority equity conference is this week By BernieDeGroat News and Information Services Achieving parity in enrollment, retention and graduation for underrepresented minority students in higher education will be addressed at the Michigan Department of Education’s Office of Minority Equity conference Friday and Saturday (Ma rch 15–16) in Novi. The…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Housing extends residence hall move-out deadline to May 4 Student residence hall leases that were scheduled to expire at 9 p.m. May 2 have been extended to noon May 4, says William J. Zeller, director of Housing. In the past, the end of students’ leases had always been the…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 March is Women’s History Month; U-M units schedule activities Stewart to speak on current issues In honor of Women’s History Month, Abigail J. Stewart, professor of psychology and director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, will speak at a brown bag at noon today (March 12)…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT/UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium brings government, industry, universities together University administrators, industry leaders and government officials met on the U-M campus Feb. 26 to begin charting the future of university science and technology research and higher education in a time of shrinking budgets…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Faculty Perspectives: Flights from Reality By Bruce Oakley Professor of Biology It was on Valentine’s day that Dr. Andrew Rosschair of American Studies at NYU fluttered into town, as a leading consort of the wing of academe with the lofty ambition of curing our modern miasma. The biologists were…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 M-CARE receives one-year NCQA accreditation M-CARE, the managed care organization designed by the University of Michigan, has received a one-year accreditation for its HMO product from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA accreditation is a nationally recognized evaluation that health care purchasers, regulators and consumers can use…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Long-term disability benefits to cost more From the Benefits Office The Benefits Office has announced rate increases for the Long Term Disability Plan (LTD) coverage, effective March 1. The chart below shows how the changes will affect departmental cost or cost to the staff member. Marty Eichstadt, director of…
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March 12, 1996
The University Record, March 12, 1996 Newly named Michigan Health System faces budget challenges By Rebecca A. Doyle Explaining that a projected $19 million loss for the current fiscal year is offset by interest on cash reserves, U-M Hospitals Executive Director John D Forsyth told the Regents last month that the Clinical Delivery System at…
