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September 11, 1995
Establishment of the Gilbert R. Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching has been announced by J. Bernard Machen, interim provost and executive vice president. The fund is an outgrowth of a series of meetings on teaching issues over the past year between former Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. and a group of faculty. Applications…
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September 11, 1995
Editor’s Note: The following has been provided by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs as background for next Monday’s Senate Assembly meeting. The Responsibilities of Tenure: Should There Be Sanctions for Failure to Perform Adequately? At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 18th, a point/counterpoint discussion on the above question will take place. Two teams…
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September 11, 1995
Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from Bob Samors’ column in the September DRDA Reporter. Samors is a government relations research officer in the Washington D.C. office. He offers his views on the current state of the federal research appropriations process. By Bob SamorsOffice of the Vice President for Research August is a great…
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September 11, 1995
With action yet to be completed on the major appropriation bills and the budget reconciliation legislation in Congress, student financial aid issues loom large in the budget process, according to Tom Butts, associate vice president for university relations. “While programs such as Pell Grants and Work Study are expected to remain largely intact, the student…
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September 5, 1995
The University Record, September 5 , 1995 Eight faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their July meeting. Those retiring are Malcolm S. Cohen, associate research scientist; Howard A. Crum, professor of botany and curator of bryophytes and lichens; Cedric V. Fricke, professor of business administration, U-M-Dearborn; Joel A. Grinker, professor…
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September 5, 1995
The University Record, September 5 , 1995 By Angela Sawyer U-M-Flint Though possessing a long history of Native American tradition going back to the Paleo-Indian period (11,500 B.C.), Flint‘s rich Native American history is often overshadowed by its industrial memoirs. One of Flint‘s oldest Native American villages still lies alongside I-69 near the Michigan School…
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September 5, 1995
The University Record, September 5 , 1995 The following members of the University‘s primary research faculty have received promotions, effective Sept. 1. In announcing the promotions in early August, Vice President for Research Homer A. Neal said his office “was impressed with the quality of the primary research promotion dossiers this year and the rigor…
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September 5, 1995
The University Record, September 5 , 1995 By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn A new graduate program at the U-M-Dearborn School of Education that will prepare people to work as educators and trainers in business and industry “reflects the growing importance of a highly trained work force in a global economy” says the School‘s dean, John Poster.…
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September 5, 1995
The University Record, September 5 , 1995 Those returning to campus after summer break immediately will notice many of the physical changes that occurred this summer on campus—the renovated Shapiro Library, the near-completion of the Randall Laboratory addition and the beginnings of the School of Social Work and International Institute Building. To fill in returning…
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September 5, 1995
The University Record, September 5 , 1995 Publication of today‘s issue of The University Record officially marks the beginning of its 1995–96 publication schedule and the return of its staff to wonderfully refurbished quarters in the News and Information Services (NIS) Building at 412 Maynard St. (We spent the summer at Wallace House, home of…
