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March 19, 2012
OAMI celebrates 25 years of service to student excellence, diversity
This month the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives will celebrate its 25th anniversary with the symposium Conversations On Serving a Diverse Student Community: Best Practices, Challenges, Successes & The Future. The March 29 symposium is the first of several events that will mark the silver anniversary.
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March 19, 2012
Accomplished poet, publisher uses experience to develop student work
Ken Mikolowski and his wife Ann in 1969 set out to print the “best of the best” in art and poetry. They bought a 1,500-pound letterpress and set it up in the basement of their home. Together, they started The Alternative Press, and for 30 years printed some of the finest artists in both the… -
March 19, 2012
Thurnau Professors attend 25th anniversary celebration
Sixty recipients of the university’s highest award for undergraduate education, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships, gathered to mark the 25th anniversary of this distinguished award March 12. The celebration at the Michigan League Ballroom also honored this year’s awardees: A group of Thurnau Professors attending the 25th anniversary celebration pose for a photo. Photo by… -
March 19, 2012
Conforth receives Golden Apple teaching award
A cluster of singing students walked into an American Culture class with a handful of maize-and-blue balloons Wednesday afternoon to congratulate Bruce Conforth, the latest recipient of the Golden Apple Award. Conforth, a graduate of Indiana University, has been a lecturer in the Department of American Culture since 2001. Focusing predominantly on music, he has… -
March 19, 2012
Regents approve $20.5M for major upgrades to Taubman Center
For more than 25 years, the A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center on the medical campus has drawn patients from around the state and the world, for outpatient visits with some of the nation’s top specialists in a broad range of diseases. Now the U-M Health System will invest $20.5 million in making it an… -
March 19, 2012
Michigan Radio wins AP, State Bar awards
Michigan Radio has won 11 awards from the Michigan Associated Press (AP) for news coverage in the past year, 14 awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, and an award for a series on Michigan’s no-fault insurance law. The 11 AP awards include one for General Excellence in the Non-Commercial Radio category, which the station… -
March 19, 2012
Regents approve new School of Nursing building project
The Board of Regents on March 15 approved construction of a new School of Nursing building with approximately 75,000 gross square feet to accommodate instructional spaces, a clinical learning center with simulation and skill labs, and simulated patient suites in an environment that will foster collaboration and community. The new building also will include space… -
March 19, 2012
New International Travel Policy provides critical guidance and resources
More online • International Travel Policy > • More information > When the university’s new International Travel Policy (ITP) went into effect on March 8, several of its component parts already had proven their value many times over. The ITP details university policy on the U-M Travel Registry; travel abroad health insurance; emergency evacuation insurance;… -
March 19, 2012
Two weeks remain in RecycleMania
Entering into the final weeks of the nationwide competition, U-M students, faculty and staff have collected almost 376,000 pounds of recyclables so far during RecycleMania 2012. The current collection of total recyclables, 375,831 pounds, ranks U-M 12th out of 278 schools, and secures U-M second place among other Big Ten competitors in the Gorilla Prize… -
March 19, 2012
SNRE dean Miranda to deliver Wege Lecture on Sustainability
Marie Lynn Miranda, the new dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE), will deliver the 11th Annual Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability on March 26. The title of her lecture is “Fostering Environments to Sustain our Children’s Health.” The Wege Lecture series is one of the university’s most visible annual events…
