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August 16, 1993
University horticultural staff have begun re-landscaping the front of Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library to improve safety for library patrons and staff and to conserve the stately trees flanking both sides of the entrance. University landscape architects developed the new design. Overgrown, woody shrubs surrounding the six Douglas fir and two Carolina silver bell trees will…
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August 16, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank It will cost most U-M employees less to study at the University beginning this fall. The $600 cap per term on tuition reimbursement has been removed. Beginning with courses taken after Sept. 1, a full-time employee will be eligible for reimbursement of up to 75 percent of in-state U-M tuition and…
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August 16, 1993
President James J. Duderstadt and head basketball coach Steve Fisher will be among those paying tribute to the U-M’s 400 custodians at a kick-off ceremony for Custodial Appreciation Week Aug. 30–Sept. 3. Thirty custodians will receive perfect attendance awards and another 50 will receive customer service awards at the ceremony scheduled 2–4 p.m. Aug. 30…
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July 19, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their July meeting. 7 faculty appointments approved Faculty appointments, with tenure, approved included: Jeffrey R. Edwards from the University of Virginia will become associate professor of organizational behavior and human resource management, effective Sept. 1. David William Cohen from Northwestern University will become professor…
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July 19, 1993
Human Resource Development (HRD) will roll out a new training curricula with a new-look catalog this fall. The easier-to-use catalog will list fewer courses overall, and more that are intensive or in-depth. The core training programs are catalogued under the headings of team development, staff development and management development. The core courses will offer more…
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July 19, 1993
Four faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their July 15–16 meeting. They are: Janice A. Clark, associate professor of music (music education) and lecturer in education Clark was appointed to the faculty as a lecturer in music education in 1958, was promoted to assistant professor in 1962 and to associate…
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July 19, 1993
The nationally respected, award-winning Ann Arbor Art Fairs begin Wednesday (July 21) and run through Saturday (July 24). This year the fairs feature juried work from nearly 1,000 artists representing 42 states. Last year more than 500,000 people participated in the many activities available at the fairs, including musical performances, children’s crafts, demonstrations by artists…
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July 19, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Maintaining the conservative stance that was taken last year, the University has adopted a General Fund operating budget for 1993–94 that maintains flexibility and the quality of the University, and provides a more normal merit-based salary program than was possible in 1992–93. Central funds, amounting to 2.5 percent of a unit’s…
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July 19, 1993
By Laurie Fenlason Office of Federal Relations About 6:30 Monday nights, they start streaming into the University’s Washington, D.C., Office, carrying briefcases and loosening neckties, weary from a hard day’s work. But by 7:15 p.m., they’re gathered around the office’s long conference table, debating public policy, current events and Washington gossip with all the intensity…
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July 19, 1993
Appointments of two U-M-Dearborn faculty members and one other individual to administrative posts were approved by the Regents at the June meeting. Economics Prof. Richard W. Roehl has been appointed associate dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters. (CASL). Julie Dziekan will serve as assistant dean of the School of Management. Chemistry Prof.…
