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  1. April 15, 1998

    Training food for thought for Benefits Office team members

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 Bernadette Davis (standing), from TIAA-CREF, taught one of the ‘nuts-and-bolts’ sessions at the Benefits Office’s Team Training Week. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Paper plates were the order of the day when Benefits Office staff developed their Team Training Week. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Vivian Byrd Benefits Office When…
  2. April 15, 1998

    U of Capetown’s vice chancellor to give commencement address

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 Ford Good Jemison Ramphele Said By Wono Lee News and Information Services Four persons–Richard Ford, Mary Lowe Good, Mamphela A. Ramphele and Edward W. Said–will be recommended to receive honorary degrees at Ann Arbor campus commencement exercises May 1-3. Mae Jemison, U-M-Dearborn commencement speaker, will be recommended to receive…
  3. April 15, 1998

    Police Beat

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 By Rebecca A. Doyle 8 Man jailed on sexual assault charges A 25-year-old male graduate student is being held in Washtenaw County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond in connection with two separate cases of criminal sexual assault. On March 30 at 6:45 p.m. he allegedly approached a female…
  4. April 15, 1998

    5 receive Johnson Diversity Award

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 Gurin Hurtado Lichtenstein Roubidoux Williams By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Five faculty members have been chosen to receive the 1998 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award for their outstanding commitment to the development of a more culturally and ethnically diverse campus community, Lester P. Monts, associate provost…
  5. April 15, 1998

    First Lady to speak at Hill Auditorium April 28

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 Clinton From the Office of the Vice President for Research First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit campus April 28. Her 2 p.m. address at Hill Auditorium celebrates the U-M’s 1997-98 Year of Humanities and Arts (YoHA) and especially the Arts of Citizenship Program, which embodies the vision of…
  6. April 15, 1998

    Students celebrate colorful Indian festival of ‘Holi’

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 T-shirts proclaiming ‘I Survived the First-Ever Holifest’ did not stay white for long once students got hold of the colored powder. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Paula Saha It was billed as “Paintball Indian Style,” and almost 250 students showed up on Palmer Field last Saturday afternoon for a…
  7. April 15, 1998

    League docent-led tours available May 7

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 A docent program has been developed by the Friends of the Michigan League so that visitors may tour the building and learn its history. Above, Fran Holter (third from left) leads a practice tour for Friends members (from left) Mary Ann Austin, Patti Lawson, Connie Olson, Bev Burlingame and…
  8. April 15, 1998

    May symposium commemorates 50th anniversary of Marshall Plan

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 By Mary Jean Babic Office of University Relations Chances are, you’ve used e-mail today. Maybe you’re teaching a course via the Internet. Perhaps you’ve bought a book, blender or airline ticket from a virtual store. Remember how different it was 10 years ago? Can you imagine 10 years from…
  9. April 15, 1998

    Shirley McFee sails through her term as Regent

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 McFee By Rebecca A. Doyle Sometime this summer, somewhere off the coast of Annapolis in Chesapeake Bay, you may see a 49-foot-long sailboat named Boomer. Her captain and first mate are Bob and Shirley McFee, taking a well-earned break from the business of running a business and, for Shirley,…
  10. April 15, 1998

    Students, others voice concerns about racism at Town Hall Meeting

    The University Record, April 15, 1998 Judith Winston (left) head of President Clinton’s Initiative on Race, with Native American student Joe Reilly (right) at last week’s Town Hall Meeting on Race. Reilly withdrew his support for the Initiative because of the ‘blatant disregard for Native American representation’ on Clinton’s advisory board. Reilly was to be…