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March 8, 1993
Nine candidates are running for four seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). The election will be held at the March 15 Senate Assembly meeting. The top three vote-getters will succeed Ejner J. Jensen, Cynthia L. Marcelo and Roy Penchansky. The fourth-place winner will fill a one-year term resulting from the resignation…
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March 8, 1993
Matthew Cardwell, an LS&A junior and coordinator of Advice, the course and professor evaluation publication for students, says that “generally, the criticisms we hear from students in the term-end evaluations are not big problems, but things that can be improved upon. Looking at the aggregate data for LS&A for the past three years, the most…
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March 8, 1993
By Andrea O. Jackson Record Special Writer Is a scholar always an educator? No, not always, as many undergraduate students will tell you. Because of this, the University is making an effort to ensure that all new LS&A faculty already able to pursue scholarly research, also are able to teach that information well to their…
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March 8, 1993
Editor’s Note: This article begins a monthly series that will focus on national issues that affect higher education in general and the U-M in particular. By Laurie Fenlason Office of Federal Relations Presidents, chancellors and their designees from each of Michigan’s 15 public universities traveled to Washington, D.C., Feb. 23 to meet with members of…
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March 8, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services College of Engineering Dean Peter M. Banks and Albert B. Schultz, the Vennema Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the Academy is one of the highest professional distinctions an engineer can receive. Academy…
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March 8, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle “I would like to be a poet,” says Les Thurston, “but what I end up writing is usually satire or parodies.” But his audiences at the Turner Geriatric Clinic’s Monday writing group and at Guild House, where he read some of his work last week, wouldn’t change a word. Thurston, who…
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March 8, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle At first, one hour each week seemed to be a lot of time to give to a process that might not yield the results the Medical School admissions team was looking for. But a year later, all five “A-Team” members are enthusiastic about the results of the Total Quality Management approach…
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March 8, 1993
Change is one of life’s inevitables. We can accept it and make it a positive experience or reject it and risk growing bitter and resentful, according to psychologist Ruby L. Beale and Denise L. White, employment representative in the Medical Campus Human Resources Department. Beale and White led a workshop titled “Bitter or Better: The…
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March 8, 1993
As details of the Clinton administration’s budget emerge, staff members in the University’s Washington office continue to monitor its likely impact—positive and negative—on the Univer-sity. On the plus side, the president has proposed increasing student financial aid, establishing a national service program to help students pay for college, increasing federal support for research and development,…
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March 8, 1993
Lester P. Monts, professor of ethnomusicology and a dean of undergraduate affairs at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been recommended to the Regents for appointment as vice provost for academic and multicultural affairs. The Regents are scheduled to consider the nomination at their March 11–12 meeting. If approved, the appointment would be effective…
