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September 26, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The University’s Endowment Fund has topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in the U-M’s 176-year history. “It is a milestone we should all be proud of,” Farris W. Womack, executive vice president and chief financial officer, told the Regents at their September meeting. “We need to extend our…
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September 26, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Trying to infuse multiculturalism into the curricula of American colleges and universities simply by adding courses on minority groups or requiring students to study the works of minority scholars does not work. That was the message delivered by Molefi Asante, chair of Temple University’s Department of African-American Studies,…
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September 19, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Results of a survey on staff members’ perceptions of the work environment at the University show that the U-M “is polishing the status quo and needs to go beyond that to a ‘surprise and delight’ stage,” says Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., who also is executive vice president for academic affairs.…
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September 19, 1994
The latest survey of colleges and universities by U.S. News and World Report places the U-M 21st overall, two steps up from last year’s 23rd place ranking in the magazine’s “national universities” category. The U-M is one of only three public universities included in the top 25. The Sept. 19 issue of the magazine, which…
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September 19, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank More than one-fifth of LS&A’s regular faculty of 936—204 in all—have been hired over the past five years, Dean Edie N. Goldenberg told the College’s faculty at their first meeting of the 1994–95 academic year. “We have attracted and continue to attract extraordinarily strong faculty colleagues to Michigan,” noted Goldenberg. Reflecting…
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September 19, 1994
Vice President Farris W. Womack has announced that applications are being accepted for the 1995 Business and Finance Management Institute. Participants will be selected from the office and technical job families, primarily from Business and Finance units. A few will be chosen from other areas. The intensive course is designed to provide office and technical…
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September 19, 1994
Non-bargained-for, regular, active staff members will have two dental plans to choose from during open enrollment this fall. The two options are: the current dental assistance plan and the new enhanced dental plan. As always, enrollment in the dental assistance plan is automatic once an employee has one year of service with the University. The…
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September 19, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Beginning this fall, students living in residence halls can tune in to what’s happening on campus simply by turning on their television, thanks to the new Michigan InfoChannel, a 24-hour electronic bulletin board. Operated by the Housing Division, a unit of the Office of Student Affairs, the InfoChannel…
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September 19, 1994
A vision plan is one of the new benefits being offered to non-bargained-for, regular, active staff members during open enrollment this year. Staff members who are eligible for the vision plan will receive information and a rate chart in their open enrollment materials. This will help them in their selection. The cost of the vision…
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September 19, 1994
This week the Record is unveiling two of the four new benefit plans being offered to University staff during open enrollment—vision care and an enhanced dental care plan. Benefits Office Manager Craig Jorgeson spoke recently with the Record about these new benefits and some of the concerns expressed to his office by faculty and staff.…
