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  1. March 15, 1993

    Jones to step down from top post at U-M-Flint

    Clinton B. Jones, chancellor and professor of political science at U-M-Flint since 1984, will relinquish the chancellorship and return to full-time teaching at the Flint campus. He will step down from the chancellorship on Dec. 31, 1993, and, following a year of leave, resume teaching. President James J. Duderstadt said: “Clinton Jones has served the…
  2. March 8, 1993

    HOT OFF THE PRESS

    Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Discourses of Sexuality: From Aristotle to AIDS, edited by Domna C. Stanton, professor of Romance languages and of women’s studies. This is the first volume in the series RATIO: Institute for the Humanities. In Discourses of Sexuality, 14 distinguished artists, critics and scholars…
  3. March 8, 1993

    9 candidates vie for 4 SACUA posts in March 15 election

    Nine candidates are running for four seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). The election will be held at the March 15 Senate Assembly meeting. The top three vote-getters will succeed Ejner J. Jensen, Cynthia L. Marcelo and Roy Penchansky. The fourth-place winner will fill a one-year term resulting from the resignation…
  4. March 8, 1993

    Most frequent criticism: lecture style

    Matthew Cardwell, an LS&A junior and coordinator of Advice, the course and professor evaluation publication for students, says that “generally, the criticisms we hear from students in the term-end evaluations are not big problems, but things that can be improved upon. Looking at the aggregate data for LS&A for the past three years, the most…
  5. March 8, 1993

    Mid-Term Assessment valuable learning tool for young faculty

    By Andrea O. Jackson Record Special Writer Is a scholar always an educator? No, not always, as many undergraduate students will tell you. Because of this, the University is making an effort to ensure that all new LS&A faculty already able to pursue scholarly research, also are able to teach that information well to their…
  6. March 8, 1993

    DATELINE WASHINGTON

    Editor’s Note: This article begins a monthly series that will focus on national issues that affect higher education in general and the U-M in particular. By Laurie Fenlason Office of Federal Relations Presidents, chancellors and their designees from each of Michigan’s 15 public universities traveled to Washington, D.C., Feb. 23 to meet with members of…
  7. March 8, 1993

    Banks, Schultz elected to NAE

    By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services College of Engineering Dean Peter M. Banks and Albert B. Schultz, the Vennema Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the Academy is one of the highest professional distinctions an engineer can receive. Academy…
  8. March 8, 1993

    Physics technician has second career as poet, illustrator

    By Rebecca A. Doyle “I would like to be a poet,” says Les Thurston, “but what I end up writing is usually satire or parodies.” But his audiences at the Turner Geriatric Clinic’s Monday writing group and at Guild House, where he read some of his work last week, wouldn’t change a word. Thurston, who…
  9. March 8, 1993

    Medical School team trims application response time

    By Rebecca A. Doyle At first, one hour each week seemed to be a lot of time to give to a process that might not yield the results the Medical School admissions team was looking for. But a year later, all five “A-Team” members are enthusiastic about the results of the Total Quality Management approach…
  10. March 8, 1993

    Changing for the better

    Change is one of life’s inevitables. We can accept it and make it a positive experience or reject it and risk growing bitter and resentful, according to psychologist Ruby L. Beale and Denise L. White, employment representative in the Medical Campus Human Resources Department. Beale and White led a workshop titled “Bitter or Better: The…