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October 18, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following are anecdotal comments made by some of the respondents to the M-Quality awareness survey “The U-M has thrown a number of concepts and ‘buzz words’ at employees over the past few years (diversity, communication, team-work, quality, customer service, etc.). While they’re important at the time of ‘implementation,’ they seem to fade…
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October 18, 1993
As the quality improvement approach evolves in the University, it will change the way many of us conduct our work. You may already be involved in some of the activities. If not, here are some suggestions for ways to begin to apply M-Quality principles to your daily work. Mission and goals If your unit has…
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October 18, 1993
In any organization that undertakes quality improvement successfully, unit managers or department heads play a central role by establishing and supporting a work environment that allows staff to see clearly the goals of the organization, and to use resources both individually and in teams in the best way possible to accomplish those goals. At the…
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October 18, 1993
Construction crew members working on an addition to Randall Laboratory were surprised last Monday afternoon when they began uncovering human bones at the site. Department of Public Safety (DPS) Capt. James R. Smiley says by Thursday more than 20 skulls and other bones had been unearthed from about 24 cubic yards of soil. The bones…
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October 18, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Even as he builds collaborative relationships with units across campus, Lester Monts is developing a team among three of the units that report directly to him—the Office of Orientation, the Office of Academic Multicultural Affairs (formerly the Office of Minority Affairs) and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT).…
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October 18, 1993
This fall marks the first time in 23 years that Lester Monts is not teaching a course, and he admits it makes him “a little jittery, a little nostalgic.” He already has some ideas for seminars that he might teach in the School of Music, and he plans to continue his research at a reduced…
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October 18, 1993
The Interim Policy on Discriminatory Harassment by Faculty and Staff in the University Environment has been suspended, by the action of the central administration, “as it applies to the academic setting.” All of us who have objected strongly to this policy will find this action promising, and will surely want to express our support for…
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October 18, 1993
Several discussions of community values have been scheduled: “A Thoughtful Discussion of Political Correctness and Academic Values,” led by Law School Dean Lee C. Bollinger, 1 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 21) in Rackham Assembly Hall as part of the monthly meeting of the Regents. The annual Davis-Markert-Nickerson Lecture will be given by Walter Metzger of Columbia…
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October 18, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services The School of Public Health has received a three-year grant of more than $1.1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant will support the School’s participation in the foundation’s new Scholars in Health Policy Research Program. The goal of the program is to “foster the development…
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October 18, 1993
“New Conflict on Campus: Can We Live with the First Amendment?” is the title of a two-hour videoconference that will air 1–3 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 21) in the Anderson Room, Michigan Union. The videoconference, sponsored locally by the Office for the Vice President for Student Affairs, tackles the issue of freedom of expression on today’s…
