April 26, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Today’s students come to the Univer-sity with a different mind-set than that possessed by members of the baby boom and earlier generations. We don’t share past experiences with them, thus sometimes making it difficult for us to understand what they need to help them join the campus community as full participants.…
April 26, 1993
By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn Rep. John D. Dingell received a Distinguished Leadership Award from the U-M-Dearborn at its commencement ceremony April 25. The award recognizes “individuals who have made a significant contribution to the welfare and development of the U-M-Dearborn.” “John Dingell has made enormous con-tributions that have benefited not only this campus, but all…
April 26, 1993
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations A patient once wrote in a letter that she became “especially unglued” before undergoing a heart catheterization procedure. “But I’ll tell you something,” she continued. “The artwork in the hospital somehow cheered me up—it reached my spirit and reassured me of the positive side of life even in…
April 26, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Retgents at their April meeting. Winn to hold Croushore Professorship James A. Winn, professor of English and director of the Institute for the Humanities, also will hold the Mary Fair Croushore Professorship, which was established two months ago. “The University received an undesignated bequest from the…
April 26, 1993
The gates of Michigan Stadium will open at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (May 1) for spring commencement, where Hillary Rodham Clinton will become the first first lady to give a U-M commencement address. Some 6,500 students on the Ann Arbor campus expect their degrees this spring. The commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. The all-University program…
April 26, 1993
By Randy Frank U-M-Dearborn Seven U-M-Dearborn faculty members received awards at the 11th Annual Honors Convocation March 30. Distinguished Teaching Award recipients are M.K. Mostafapour, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, in the tenured category and Raymond Kettel, assistant professor of education, in the non-tenured category. Mostafapour was honored for his strong commitment to undergraduate…
April 26, 1993
The following are proposed sample questions for the evaluation of administrative officers. Leadership How often does the dean involve the faculty in developing plans for your college? To what degree is the dean effective in obtaining resources for your college? How would you rate the dean as a professional role model for the faculty? Faculty…
April 26, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Recommendations for the evaluation of administrative officers, including a draft of an instrument for use by faculty in evaluating deans and other high-level administrators, will be fine-tuned and brought back to Senate Assembly. In presenting the recommendations of the faculty’s Academic Affairs Committee to the Assembly last Monday, Chemistry Prof. Thomas…
April 26, 1993
‘Budget consistent with earlier blueprints’ By Laurie Fenlason Office of Federal Relations While he’s unwilling to declare any book weighing five pounds and containing 1,400+ pages “free of surprises,” Tom Butts describes President Bill Clinton’s proposed 1994 budget as “consistent with earlier administration blueprints.” (And that’s the good news.) “Trying to effect deficit reduction, while…
April 26, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services While the grassy slopes of Nichols Arboretum will always be a favorite public flopping place, many Arboretum visitors prefer a drier, firmer surface on which to rest, study, eat lunch or just relax and enjoy nature. The answer to their need is a prototype bench, now under construction…
