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January 24, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle News and Information Services Looking back over the past 25 years, “I’m not sure where we’ve gone,” says Rick Olguin, professor of social sciences at North Seattle Community College, “Our schools and our neighborhoods are more racially stratified than they were 25 years ago. The question, he said, is perhaps not…
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January 24, 1994
By Kellee Davis News and Information Services More than 30 years ago, Rev. Alfred Sampson, pastor of the Fernwood United Methodist Church in Chicago, marched with Martin Luther King Jr. for the right to eat a hamburger in a restauraunt. “Today if I have to die, it will be over the crowder peas and yams…
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January 24, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Mae C. Jemison says education and parental encouragement made it possible for a young girl from South Chicago to grow up to become an entrepreneur, engineer, scientist, physician and former astronaut—all before the age of 40. “Education was the enabling factor that allowed me to do whatever I…
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January 24, 1994
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Had Martin Luther King’s fight for justice not abruptly ended in 1968, what would he be saying and doing to further that fight today? The pattern of King’s life suggests many possibilities, according to Mary Frances Berry, U-M alumna and head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. For…
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January 24, 1994
I wish to thank the campus and community for a successful 1994 Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day celebration. The events of the Symposium sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs and the many speakers, workshops and exhibits arranged by campus units addressed the issues that characterized and revitalized…
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January 24, 1994
By John Woodford Executive Editor, Michigan Today Four panelists from the English Composition Board (ECB) described to a Martin Luther King Jr. Day audience in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union techniques they use and issues they raise to encourage students to think and write about aspects of multiculturalism. Initially, the discussion focused on…
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January 24, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank “We all have to learn to listen with humility. We all have to learn to listen with respect,” says psychiatrist and author Alvin Poussaint. Speaking to School of Business Administration faculty, staff and students at the School’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, Poussaint said that to have strength and diversity…
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January 24, 1994
Editor’s Note: The following actions were approved by the Regents at their January meeting. Four administrative appointments ok’d Administrative appointments approved included: Ludwig Koenen, the Herbert C. Youtie Professor of Papyrology, will continue to serve as chair of the Department of Classical Studies, effective July 1–Dec. 31, 1994. Ctirad Uher, professor of physics, will chair…
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January 24, 1994
Three faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their January meeting. Those retiring are: Jerome M. Clubb, professor of history and research scientist Clubb, who joined the U-M in 1966, is “a pioneer in introducing quantitative techniques of analysis to history,” the Regents noted. “Through his extensive research and publications, he…
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January 24, 1994
The Jean and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professorship in Reading and Literacy has been established at the School of Education. The endowed chair, approved at the January Regents meeting, will “advance understanding about how reading and writing skills are developed in both children and adults,” said Dean Cecil Miskel. “It will permit the School to…
