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May 23, 1994
By Deborah GIlbert News and Information Services “I don’t know what to make of it. She’s a really good employee … when she’s here.” Supervisors who find themselves puzzling in a similar fashion over an employee’s chronic absenteeism should consider whether alcoholism is the cause. “But you have to be careful,” says Nora Gessert, a…
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May 23, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services When Shari Saunders walks into the classroom on the first day of her introductory course on elementary school teaching, her students usually ignore her. An assistant professor at the School of Education, Saunders slips in the door half an hour or so after the first class has started.…
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May 23, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Sweet white clover, Kentucky bluegrass and timothy go up in smoke each spring and fall at Dow Field in the Nichols Arboretum. While it may resemble a sudden wildfire, the prairie burn, administered by Robert E. Grese, associate professor of landscape architecture, is a carefully precalcuated method of…
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May 23, 1994
Recommendations for promotion and/or tenure of 153 faculty members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, effective the next academic year, were approved by the Regents at their May meeting last week. Of the total, 137 are at the Ann Arbor campus, nine at Dearborn and seven at Flint. Those at the Ann Arbor…
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May 23, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Research on women in mainland China surged suddenly about 10 years ago after the national press revealed the disturbing fact that female infanticide was still practiced in the countryside, according to Wang Zheng, a doctoral student in history at the University of California, Davis, and guest lecturer at…
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May 23, 1994
The Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is soliciting nominations for the third year of the Distinguished Staff Award Program for Business and Finance employees. The award, which includes recognition at an awards ceremony and dinner, a plaque and a cash award, recognizes “the indispensable contribution that staff make to the…
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May 23, 1994
Seventeen faculty members were granted emeritus status by the Board of Regents at its May meeting. They are: Keith W. Bryan, professor of music (flute) Bryan joined the School of Music in 1964 as a guest lecturer. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1965, associate professor in 1968 and professor in 1972. Prior to…
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May 23, 1994
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of invited articles on different aspects of the University’s M-Quality initiative. By Catherine Lilly Organization Development Specialist, Information Technology Division As the University moves forward with activities related to the M-Quality initiative, we have had to make a shift in our understanding of what the word…
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May 23, 1994
Editor’s Note: A list of those promoted and/or granted tenure appears on page 11. Described as “one of the most important things we undertake at the Univer-sity,” Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. last Friday recommended 153 individuals on the University’s three campuses for promotion and/or tenure. “We do the promotion and tenure process as seriously…
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May 23, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The International Institute’s new Advanced Study Center is seeking applications and nominations until Sept. 1 for its first group of scholars convening this fall. The interdisciplinary program, featuring seminars, lectures, workshops and conferences, will examine the historic and ongoing effects of the Cold War over a period of…
