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April 4, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Results of a telephone survey on the proposed flexible benefits program are now being reviewed by the Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee, which hopes to make a final recommendation to the Executive Officers this month. “The telephone survey was designed to collect broad-based input from across the University on the study of…
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April 4, 1994
Dean Edie N. Goldenberg’s announced plan to suspend faculty self-governance for the Department of Communication should alarm faculty members across the campus. The Dean has not yet provided a written explanation of the steps she intends to take, the process by which she arrived at her plan of action, the rationale for the steps nor…
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April 4, 1994
By Marion T. Marzolf, professor of communication On January 14, Dean Edie Goldenberg called a meeting of the faculty of the Department of Communication. We were all urged to attend. She announced that our chair of two years, Neil Malamuth, currently on leave, would leave Michigan. (We later learned that he would return to his…
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April 4, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Recent immigration is leading California to “export” poverty-level, low-skilled residents to Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, according to a U-M study presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. “A chain reaction seems to be occurring between the arrival of low-skilled immigrants to Los Angeles…
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April 4, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services With smoking on the rise among American teen-agers, the question of how to keep them away from cigarettes and other drugs has assumed renewed urgency. A U-M study suggests that part of the answer is to increase children’s educational success. Not only are students who get good grades…
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April 4, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Using space-age technology they developed, University of Michigan scientists will help NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour count trees in a 2,500-square-mile section of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The shuttle is scheduled for launch on Thursday (April 7). “The immediate goal of the experiment is to use radar imaging data from…
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April 4, 1994
Rate increases for long-term disability coverage that will affect departmental and/or staff member costs went into effect April 1. According to Craig Jorgeson, manager, Benefits Office, the increase was prompted by a 50 percent increase in the number of disabled individuals receiving benefits in the last two to three years. Prior to 1990, Jorgeson says,…
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April 4, 1994
The Public Safety Oversight Committee, required under Public Act No. 120, is comprised of two staff members, two students and two faculty members nominated and elected by their peers. The committee receives and makes recommendations regarding grievances against any public safety officer deputized by the University. The staff member positions on the committee are for…
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April 4, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The bibliographic records of the Bentley Historical Library are now accessible through the U-M’s online catalog, MIRLYN. The Bentley houses both the Michigan Historical Collections, which document the history of the state of Michigan, and the University Archives, with documents dating back to the University’s founding in 1817.…
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April 4, 1994
E. Lawrence McMahon E. Lawrence McMahon, associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, died March 25 at his home here. He was 62. A teacher, adviser and counselor to electrical engineering students for 34 years, he retired from the faculty in 1993. McMahon received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1952 from Fournier…
