May 10, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at its May meeting. City moving ahead with Fuller Road bridge project The Regents approved granting of the roadway and sewer easements for the city’s Fuller Road bridge project. Last fall, the city closed the Fuller Road bridge to heavy vehicles, including U-M…
May 10, 1993
Students and faculty members at the University’s regional campuses in Dearborn and Flint will hold “A Meeting of Minds,” focusing on strategies for involving undergraduate students in research activities in Flint on Friday (May 14). The symposium will highlight the benefits of student/faculty collaboration in research, defined broadly to include laboratory work, artistic expression and…
May 10, 1993
The Kirkland & Ellis Professorship in Law will be established at the Law School. “The professorship will be established as the result of pledges totaling $450,000 from seven Law School graduates who are partners of the firm of Kirkland & Ellis, coupled with a matching pledge of $750,000 from the Kirkland & Ellis Foundation of…
May 10, 1993
By Leslie Stainton Museum of Art The Museum of Art’s docent touring program is accepting applications for a new class that will begin in September. Class members will be selected this spring. Application deadline is May 22. Applicants need not have an art history background, but must have a strong interest in art. Minorities and…
May 10, 1993
The Office of the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is soliciting nominations for the second 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 University’s…
May 10, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Excellence is not found in any single moment in our lives. It is not about those who shine always in the sun or those who fail to succeed in the darkness of human error or mistake. It is not about who is up or down today or this week. It is…
May 10, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Seven University staff members are donning additional work hats these days, playing a key role in spreading the M-Quality message on campus. The newly certified M-Quality team leader instructors come from a number of departments, including Human Resource Development (HRD), Plant Operations, Plant Extension, Purchasing and the University Library. The team…
May 10, 1993
From interior design to space physics, U-M employees generate an enormous amount of data, either in their daily work or by being part of payroll, benefit and departmental statistics. University employees number 37,361—more than the combined total population of Saline, Chelsea, Brighton, Manchester, Dexter, Clinton, Pinckney, Brooklyn, Whitmore Lake, Tecumseh, Stockbridge and Grass Lake. Students…
May 10, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Environmentalists from throughout the country recently gathered at the U-M to discuss the history and future of environmental education with the man who many consider the father of that field. The former students and colleagues of William B. Stapp, Thurnau Professor of Environmental Education in the School of…
May 10, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank —Flexible benefit plans; —Projected health cost increases associated with an aging faculty; —M-CARE’s role in controlling the University’s employee benefit costs. Those were a few of the issues raised at the April 22 meeting of the U-M Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) by a trio of benefits…
