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January 24, 1994
Leland Stowe Leland Stowe, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign and war correspondent and professor emeritus of journalism, died here Jan. 16. He was 94. A journalist, radio commentator and author, Stowe gained international acclaim for his vivid accounts, exclusive stories and “scoop” reporting of World War II. “Leland Stowe was one of the most honored American journalists…
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January 24, 1994
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services That elusive academic utopia—the multicultural university—was the subject of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium panel discussion last Monday in Rackham Amphitheater. June M. Howard, associate professor of English and director of the American Culture Program, noted that multiculturalism, while gradually being integrated into various curricula, will…
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January 24, 1994
By Janet Mendler News and Information Services “Those” is an adjective that leads almost automatically to stereotyping, and is a word that should be used with utmost care, Daniel H. Ringler, told a group of staff members of the Unit of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) during one of its programs commemorating the ideals of Martin…
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January 24, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The question of whether equity and excellence can co-exist in education surfaced repeatedly in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture hosted by the School of Education. Speaking about “The Roles of Standards and Assessment in Promoting Excellence and Equity,” Donald Stewart, president of the College Board, applauded…
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January 24, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle “When I hear the sound of shattering notions, I know I’m on the right track,” said Pamela Motoike, a clinical psychologist in the student counseling office. Motoike, who participated in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day panel discussion on insights, issues and dilemmas in multicultural work, listed several notions she’d like…
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January 24, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Michigan has a three- or four-year window of opportunity to bring its support of higher education up to a respectable level, before the state’s next economic downturn, predicts Sen. John J.H. Schwarz, R-Battle Creek. Schwarz, chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Lana Pollack, D-Ann…
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January 24, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services At lunch counters, drinking fountains and restrooms; on sidewalks, buses and trains; in schools, parks and motels; in the armed forces; on the job; and at the ballot box, racial segregation in America was a fact of life … and still is. “We were struggling to challenge racism…
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January 24, 1994
The Jean and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professorship in Reading and Literacy has been established at the School of Education. The endowed chair, approved at the January Regents meeting, will “advance understanding about how reading and writing skills are developed in both children and adults,” said Dean Cecil Miskel. “It will permit the School to…
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January 24, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Two hundred clapping, cheering, yelling, hugging, praying, singing U-M students rocked the Michigan Union Jan. 14 in an exuberant celebration of the deep faith in Jesus Christ that was central to the message of Martin Luther King Jr. “Martin Luther King was a Christian and he wasn’t ashamed…
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January 24, 1994
Three faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their January meeting. Those retiring are: Jerome M. Clubb, professor of history and research scientist Clubb, who joined the U-M in 1966, is “a pioneer in introducing quantitative techniques of analysis to history,” the Regents noted. “Through his extensive research and publications, he…
