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July 6, 1993
By Jeffrey Mortimer College of Engineering Five staff members at the College of Engineering received awards for excellent service at a reception hosted by Dean Peter M. Banks in the atrium of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building (EECS) on May 27. This marked the second year in a row that the College bestowed…
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July 6, 1993
A reorganization of the two groups that provide overall guidance for the University’s M-Quality initiative has given the Executive Officers and others an opportunity “to focus on continuous improvement within the University as a way of helping all of us infuse this principle into other settings, into our units, and into the way we approach…
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July 6, 1993
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations The Medical Center and the Catherine McAuley Health System (CMHS) have joined forces to offer a residency program that trains physicians specializing in emergency medicine. A dozen recent medical school graduates will enter the new program in July. Residents will rotate between the emergency departments at U-M Hospitals,…
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July 6, 1993
Members of the Council on Continuous Improvement are: Paula Allen-Meares, School of Social Work dean; Daniel E. Atkins III, School of Information and Library Studies dean; Peter M. Banks, College of Engineering dean; Robert M. Beckley, College of Architecture and Urban Planning dean; Giles G. Bole Jr., Medical School dean; Lee C. Bollinger, Law School…
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July 6, 1993
The next program in the television series “Conversations with President Duderstadt” will air nine times later this month on Ann Arbor Community Access Television (Channel 9). “Conversations” focuses on strategic issues affecting the University in particular and higher education in general. This program will focus on the arts. Joining Duderstadt will be Paul C. Boylan,…
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July 6, 1993
Total quality is not a “foreign body” to higher education, but rather actually owes it roots to the U-M, where much of the early research on quality initiatives was done, according to Robert L. Kahn. Kahn told the Regents at their June meeting that there are two main “bloodlines” in research on quality, one involving…
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July 6, 1993
Nine faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their June meeting. Those retiring are: Norman E. Barnett, professor of architecture Barnett, who joined the U-M architecture faculty in 1967, taught senior and graduate level courses in architectural acoustics and architectural photography. “He was instrumental in the development of the environmental technology…
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July 6, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their June meeting. Units can borrow funds for equipment purchases The Regents authorized the University to use a small portion of its working capital to lend money to U-M units for equipment purchases. “The reasons for considering this idea,” Vice President Farris W. Womack…
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June 7, 1993
“Seven Mondays at Seven,” the 1993 Summer Carillon Recital Series, begins at 7 p.m. June 21 with a program by Ulla Laage, Our Saviour’s Church, Copenhagen, Denmark. All recitals will include original pieces for carillon, as well as transcriptions and arrangements of familiar works. Listeners will hear everything from Bach to Joplin to exciting modern…
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June 7, 1993
Ballots were mailed in late May to bargained-for employees to elect a representative for a two-year term to the University’s Public Safety Oversight Committee. Mandated by state law, the committee receives and makes recommendaitons regarding grievances against public safety officers deputized by the Univeristy. The group is convened by Royster Harper, associate vice president for…
