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October 18, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass University officials are surprised and pleased with the results of a survey that shows most staff members on the Ann Arbor campus are aware of M-Quality. Overall, survey respondents expect M-Quality to have a positive impact on their own department or unit as well as on the University as a whole.…
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October 18, 1993
A presentation by Suzanne Pharr, author of Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, will open the University’s Ninth Annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week, which is presented by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC). Pharr will speak at 7 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 24) in Rackham Auditorium on the ways in which the conservative political movement…
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October 18, 1993
The Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Law School met for the first time last Friday. Theodore J. St. Antoine, the James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law, is chair of the committee appointed by Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. Whitaker said the search will be national in scope and his…
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October 18, 1993
Faculty and staff are invited to participate in this year’s “Into the Streets” pro-ject on Oct. 30. A nationwide program, “Into the Streets” offers opportunities to participate in one day of community service, such as serving meals in a soup kitchen, working in a homeless shelter, rehabilitating abandoned houses, or cleaning a park or a…
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October 18, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services The University will receive the country’s largest photo and library archive of Southeast Asian art as a gift from the Southeast Asian Art Foundation in Hill, N.H. The U-M will acquire the gift over a two-year period, as stipulated by the foundation’s director, John A. Thierry. In addition…
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October 18, 1993
Reinventing government, reforming the health care system and exploring the future of American cities will be among the topics addressed at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (IPPS) Friday and Saturday (Oct. 22–23). The conference, which runs 12:30–5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 22) and 10–11:45 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 23), will feature…
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October 18, 1993
By Dosia Spaeth Medical Center Public Relations A unique mentoring program for high school students, now under way at the Medical Center, will focus on the “undiscovered, unprepared and/or unprotected” student. “A number of internships and other special programs are available for the most gifted and talented students. We are targeting students who might not…
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October 18, 1993
University of Chicago sociologist William Julius Wilson will deliver this year’s Tanner Lecture on Human Values. Titled “The New Urban Poverty and the Problem of Race,” the lecture will begin at 4 p.m. Friday (Oct. 22) in Rackham Auditorium. A panel of three scholars will respond to Wilson’s lecture in a symposium at 9:30 a.m.…
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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…
