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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 By Kerry Colligan Last fall, the International Institute opened the U.S. Secretariat, a satellite office of the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD) located at the University of Ghana, Legon. The Secretariat is the only office of its kind in the United States, according to Nanette de…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 Griffiths By Kerry Colligan The Information Technology Strategic Directions Group was formed to draw up a technology plan applicable Universitywide. The committee, including Jose-Marie Griffiths, University chief information officer and executive director of the Information Technology Division (ITD), and others is “taking a higher level look at information technology…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 The Division of Kinesiology adopted a student-focused philosophy–“We Care”–several years ago that is demonstrated in small classes with faculty in the classroom and a strong advising program that sees students working with counseling professionals in their first two years and faculty members in their junior and senior years. Its…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 Earl Lewis in his Rackham office. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Jane R. Elgass Earl Lewis will be recommended as dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and vice provost for academic affairs-graduate studies following an intensive search conducted during fall term. The Regents will be…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 ‘You stare at my shoes, never stare at my mind,’ siad Gabrial Anderson, a junior at Detroit’s Mackenzie High School, quoting her original poem during the reading session at ‘Young Writers from the City,’ East Quadrangle’s 1998 MLK Symposium event. Students from Mackenzie came to the residence hall to…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 Scott Gindlesberger, pharmacist at Manchester Pharmacy, receives prescription orders by phone and fax, and answers customer’s questions in a number of ways. Photo by Rebecca A. Doyle By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services Tomorrow’s pharmacists will be as likely to make house calls or see patients in a…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 This is representative of the art work included in the exhibition at the Rackham Galleries. By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services “We feel. We are still human beings. We’re sorry we’ve made mistakes. I still laugh. I cry. I show both anger and love. I care about others.…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 By Elizabeth H. Hall Business Operations The Department of Public Safety (DPS), in cooperation with the FBI and Comerica Bank have announced reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the robbery of Comerica Bank in Wolverine…
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February 4, 1998
The University Record, February 4, 1998 By Kerry Colligan The resolution on the “Value of Diversity” statement drafted by the Committee on a Multicultural University (SACMU) passed in the Senate Assembly last week, 32 for, 0 against, 5 abstentions. The statement (printed below) “indicates why diversity is important to the University and is quite in…
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January 28, 1998
The University Record, January 28, 1998 By Jane R. Elgass The lawsuit brought against the University for its undergraduate admissions practices is “not a matter of small moment” and the issues surrounding it “go to the heart of the values of the University of Michigan,” President Lee C. Bollinger told those attending the Association of…
