September 28, 1992
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services In the 1970s, an expressway billboard in Detroit promoted bowling with the slogan, “Have some fun. Beat your wife tonight. Then celebrate with friends.” Such blatant jokes about domestic violence are no longer in vogue, according to alumna and Marquette County Judge Patricia L. Micklow, “but we continue…
September 28, 1992
Faculty and staff who park in the Thompson Street Structure have been mystified over the past several weeks about the appearance of an “island” with an entrance/exit gate just inside the main entrance of the structure. Installation of the island is one of several pilot projects under way at University Parking Services to alleviate frustrations…
September 28, 1992
Douglas E. Van Houweling, vice provost for information technology, distributed a lengthy message to all users of the U-M MTS system last week describing unauthorized monitoring of electronic mail by two Information Technology Division (ITD) employees. “Neither the subject nor the content of electronic mail conveyed by the MTS Message System or the Confer II…
September 28, 1992
By Josie Kearns U-M-Dearborn The U-M-Dearborn has been selected as one of two national sites for a pilot project of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), “Campus Initiative for Equity.” The project has three initial goals: —To further develop a climate of gender equity and fairness on campus for students, faculty and staff. —To…
September 28, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Want to ask how a job applicant with an obvious disability became disabled? How he or she copes at home, with life? Or perhaps you’re interviewing a candidate who has a child with a disability or who does volunteer work with people with AIDS. If hired, you wonder, would the employee…
September 28, 1992
Mikhail Nikolaevich Selikhov, who currently is directing a series for Russian television involving mock re-trials of actual court cases, will speak on “Soviet Television in the Gorbachev Era” at 4 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 1) in Lane Hall Commons Room. The lecture will be in Russian, with English translation provided. Selikhov has held various positions with…
September 28, 1992
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Six environmental managers from around the world recently arrived on campus for a year of intense study and training that may produce some solutions to problems of sustainable development in their countries. The visiting students—from India, the Philippines, Czechoslovakia, Columbia, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica—will take courses and…
September 21, 1992
Waldo E. Sweet, professor emeritus of Latin and the teaching of Latin, died here Sept. 15 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease. He was 80 years old. Sweet was best known for his development of a new approach to teaching Latin based on the application of modern linguistic theories and modern language learning theories. His textbook,…
September 21, 1992
Nine faculty and staff received special awards at the Sept. 14 LS&A faculty meeting for their teaching or student advising. Teaching award winners: Chi-Keung Cheung, assistant professor of mathematics. Cheung received the Matthews Underclass Teaching Award for his “creative and innovative application of computer technology in the classroom, in particular for his long labors in…
September 21, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank Edie N. Goldenberg is saying “no” more often these days than she would like, but it’s paying off, the dean told her colleagues at LS&A’s September faculty meeting. By saying “no” and reducing the size of the Office of the Dean from five associate deans to four associate deans, the College…
