June 7, 1993
How many resumes does a job seeker need? “As many as it takes to get the job done. Never have one all-purpose resume,” advises Jacqueline A. Muldrow. Leading a workshop about “Resume Writing” at the Workplace of the ’90s Conference, Muldrow said the resume should be tailored for the position sought. She reminded listeners that…
June 7, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass All of us are living and learning “in permanent whitewater” and we can choose to be either the battered log that gets jammed against the river’s edge and fights change or the “go-with-the-flow” log that continues downstream and adapts and adjusts to change. “Change is happening and we can’t ignore it,”…
June 7, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Ever get a “funny” feeling that you’re being followed in the parking structure? That the stranger doesn’t belong in your office building? Or that the person who asks you for the time of day really is eyeing your purse? It’s not paranoia. The vague feeling that something may not be right…
June 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The dilemma between leading and being liked usually bothers women more than it does men, Elizabeth Poage Baxter told a group of about 70 women who gathered in the Michigan League’s Henderson Room May 2, for a presentation on leadership models for women. But even when women overcome…
June 7, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Dieting makes compulsive eating disorders worse, says Catherine Powers, co-director of the Institute for Psychology and Medicine’s Eating Disorders Program. Talking to more than 90 Workplace of the ’90s participants who attended the May 25 workshop “How to Free Yourself from Compulsive Eating and Start to Live,” Powers said diets fail…
June 7, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The William L. Clements Library has given a major manuscript collection—the original treasury records of the Mexican state of Zacatecas—to the Zacatecas campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari accepted the gift from Clements Library Director John C. Dann…
June 7, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Why is the University investing time and money in its M-Quality initiative? Does this mean that we aren’t doing a good job, that our activities do not measure up to high standards? Nothing could be farther from the truth, according to Robert B. Holmes, assistant vice president for academic affairs and…
June 7, 1993
Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. is seeking nominations and statements of candidacy for the position of associate vice president for academic affairs, currently held by Mary Ann P. Swain. Swain will become the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Binghamton in the fall. LS&A Dean Edie…
June 7, 1993
Farris W. Womack, vice president and chief financial officer, has announced that nominations are being sought for the second annual Business and Finance Distinguished Staff Award Program. The program is designed to recognize exceptional service by business and finance staff members to the University and to the community. A committee of seven staff members from…
June 7, 1993
Twenty-one U-M students and their 650-pound, solar-powered car—Maize & Blue—arrived in San Angelo, Texas, last week to begin testing and training for Sunrayce 93. The race is scheduled to begin June 20 in Arlington, Texas, and conclude June 26 in Minneapolis, Minn. Maize & Blue is one of 36 student-designed solar-powered cars competing in Sunrayce…
