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March 14, 1994
Members of the committee that designed the training program for individuals who will be designated as complaint receivers are: Deborah Bland, manager, Staff and Union Relations, Medical Center; Debra L. Cain, coordinator, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center; Keith L. Clark, personnel representative, Administrative Services Personnel Office; Sally M. Johnson, assistant director of personnel-support and…
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March 14, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle They talk excitedly in groups of two or three, pencils and erasers flying, comparing answers. Juice boxes and snack packages adorn desktops. Most are dressed in jeans and work clothes. Their teacher sits in front of the class, reading materials and answering an occasional question. It’s not the way any of…
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March 14, 1994
Bernadette Waters could wear an “I love my job” pin and mean every word of it. “When you’re working for a goal and the administration backs you like this, you can’t do anything but succeed,” she says. That goal is “to educate our employees and provide them personal and professional development in order to advance…
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March 14, 1994
Douvan will present Russel Lecture Tuesday The 1994 Henry Russel Lecture will be delivered by Elizabeth M. Douvan, the Catharine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, at 4 p.m. Tues. (March 15) in Rackham Amphitheater. The Russel lectureship is the highest honor the University gives to a senior faculty member. Douvan will discuss…
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March 14, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass The School of Social Work has been named tops in the nation in the fifth annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The School of Public Health’s master’s degree program is ranked fifth, and the School of Music fourth. This is the first time the magazine…
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March 14, 1994
The University will award seven honorary degrees at its spring commencement April 29–30. The recipients will be Detroit Mayor Dennis W. Archer; syndicated columnist David Broder; Father William T. Cunningham, founder of Focus: HOPE; Charles T. Fisher III, past chairman and president of NBD Bancorp and NBD Bank; Eleanor M. Josaitis, associate director of Focus:…
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March 14, 1994
‘The car couldn’t have broken down at a worse time,’ Diane muttered. Her family’s finances were pushed to the limit just paying for groceries, rent, transportation to work and child care for her three sons—all on only $10,000 a year. ‘Now the transmission dies and the exhaust needs replacing—right after I’ve already gone over my…
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March 14, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Residence halls are loud and energetic places where a lot of intellectual pursuits happen—often after midnight, observes Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford. Speaking to LS&A faculty last Monday about how residence halls relate to the University’s academic mission, Hartford said students who appear to enjoy the richest intellectual…
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March 14, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Selections by Chick Corea, Debussy and Prince may make an improbable concert program. But in the hands of the University’s unique Digital Music Ensemble, the odd triad works. Besides, the group is eclectic not by choice but by necessity. Directed by Assistant Professor of Music Steve Rush, the…
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March 14, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The University’s Smoking Policy Revision Implementation Committee has announced two public hearings “to enable the University community and outside interested parties to bring forth data and their expressions of interest,” says committee chair Wendy N. Powell, personnel representative, Administrative Services Personnel Office. Public hearings on the proposed policy changes will be…
