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July 19, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services To play the piano, today’s child needs to develop good mouse technique and learn how to get around a computer keyboard, according to Barton Polot, an assistant professor at the School of Music. Computer-based technologies are transforming traditional music education, says Polot, who is one of the instructors…
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July 19, 1993
By Andrea Jackson Record Special Writer Are you afraid of the dentist? A new University museum may help you get over some of your fears. The School of Dentistry recently opened the Gordon H. Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, offering a special perspective on the world of dentistry before electricity, Novocaine and other improvements that today’s…
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July 19, 1993
Appointments of two U-M-Dearborn faculty members and one other individual to administrative posts were approved by the Regents at the June meeting. Economics Prof. Richard W. Roehl has been appointed associate dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters. (CASL). Julie Dziekan will serve as assistant dean of the School of Management. Chemistry Prof.…
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July 19, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Maintaining the conservative stance that was taken last year, the University has adopted a General Fund operating budget for 1993–94 that maintains flexibility and the quality of the University, and provides a more normal merit-based salary program than was possible in 1992–93. Central funds, amounting to 2.5 percent of a unit’s…
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July 6, 1993
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations The Medical Center and the Catherine McAuley Health System (CMHS) have joined forces to offer a residency program that trains physicians specializing in emergency medicine. A dozen recent medical school graduates will enter the new program in July. Residents will rotate between the emergency departments at U-M Hospitals,…
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July 6, 1993
By Jeffrey Mortimer College of Engineering Five staff members at the College of Engineering received awards for excellent service at a reception hosted by Dean Peter M. Banks in the atrium of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building (EECS) on May 27. This marked the second year in a row that the College bestowed…
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July 6, 1993
Ted Spencer already has under development a number of new initiatives designed to strengthen the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the University’s recruiting activities. These include: Implementing continued strategies to personalize the recruitment process for prospective students. Reinforcing and managing significant, consistent empowering, one-to-one contact with prospective, admitted and enrolling underrepresented students. Implementing an on-line…
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July 6, 1993
Theodore L. Spencer will be recommended to the University of Michigan Board of Regents at its July meeting as director of undergraduate admissions. His appointment, if approved, will be effective Aug. 1. Spencer has served as interim director since June 1992, succeeding Richard Shaw. “It is with a great deal of pleasure that I recommend…
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July 6, 1993
Not all unexpected packages are welcome gifts, particularly if they come with lots of extra postage. Following recent mail bombings at Yale University and the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Leo J. Heatley says his office has received calls from faculty and staff about what they should do if…
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July 6, 1993
One-hour informational meetings about JOBNET, the University’s automated employment system for non-instructional staff hiring, will be held at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the following locations: Thursday (July 8), Michigan Union Ballroom; July 12, Ford Amphitheater, University Hospital; July 13, East Room, North Campus Commons. With phase two of…
