May 24, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty, staff and administrators must come to grips with the multiple issues confronting the modern university, an institution whose mission has changed dramatically since its founding in the Middle Ages to train male clergy. Acknowledging an “undercurrent of unease” that permeates today’s campus amid the quiet pursuit of the everyday tasks…
May 24, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services If Congress approves President Bill Clinton’s national service plan, the University is prepared to help make it a success, U-M officials told a congressional panel last week. “We and our partners in eastern Michigan have expressed an interest in serving as one of the pilot sites for the…
May 24, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Many minority college students fare poorly academically not because they are ill-prepared or lack proper skills, but because they feel “disconnected” socially from their school. Educators can help those students by focusing less on skill remediation and more on making them feel a part of the academic and…
May 24, 1993
By Adam Glaser Ann Arbor Summer Festival This year’s Ann Arbor Summer Arts Festival, set for June 19–July 11, will celebrate the event’s 10th anniversary. The festival will feature a number of performers returning by popular demand from previous seasons, as well as a variety of talent new to the festival stage. As in past…
May 24, 1993
The following staff members will behonored for their service to the University at a June 2 banquet. 40 years Jeanne M. Collins, Materiel Services, UMH; Audrey M. Lucas, Medical Campus Human Resources Department, UMH; Dale E. Norris, Electric Shop, Plant Operation; Carl H. Watts Jr., Construction Labor, Plant Operations. 30 years George H. Anderson, Epidemiology,…
May 24, 1993
Nine faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their May meeting. They are: Alan G. Billings, professor of theatre Prof. Billings joined the faculty in 1966 after teaching at the University of Illinois, University of Delaware and the University of Louisville. In 1990 he served as interim chair of the U-M…
May 24, 1993
The new federal Family and Medical Leave Act “will be a great opportunity to highlight the University’s role as the employer of choice,” says Leslie de Pietro, coordinator of the Family Care Resources Program and chair of the University’s Family and Medical Leave Act Task Force. “It will give us a chance to highlight how…
May 24, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The crisp, linear path of research, writing and defense that should be the doctoral student’s existence, says Gregory S. Carleton, really is “more like mushy cereal with soggy flakes dipping into various extremes of doubt and confidence.” Carleton recently earned his Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literature. Carleton…
May 24, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank 2 off-duty security officers aid burn victim Off-duty U-M security officers Melissa Bolyard and Gerald Steiner responded quickly when they came upon a 36-year old homeless man on fire, his clothing apparently ignited by a cigarette, about 1:45 a.m. May 18 near the Dental Building. Lt. James R. Smiley says Bolyard…
May 24, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty and staff from all academic and career fields are being recruited to serve as mentors through the University Mentorship Program. Volunteering as a mentor is a “unqiue opportunity to build a relationship with three or four first-year U-M students while helping them to explore their academic and career interests,” says…
