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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…
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May 24, 1993
The following staff members will behonored for their service to the University at a June 2 banquet. 40 years Jeanne M. Collins, Materiel Services, UMH; Audrey M. Lucas, Medical Campus Human Resources Department, UMH; Dale E. Norris, Electric Shop, Plant Operation; Carl H. Watts Jr., Construction Labor, Plant Operations. 30 years George H. Anderson, Epidemiology,…
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May 24, 1993
By Adam Glaser Ann Arbor Summer Festival This year’s Ann Arbor Summer Arts Festival, set for June 19–July 11, will celebrate the event’s 10th anniversary. The festival will feature a number of performers returning by popular demand from previous seasons, as well as a variety of talent new to the festival stage. As in past…
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May 24, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Many minority college students fare poorly academically not because they are ill-prepared or lack proper skills, but because they feel “disconnected” socially from their school. Educators can help those students by focusing less on skill remediation and more on making them feel a part of the academic and…
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May 24, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services If Congress approves President Bill Clinton’s national service plan, the University is prepared to help make it a success, U-M officials told a congressional panel last week. “We and our partners in eastern Michigan have expressed an interest in serving as one of the pilot sites for the…
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May 24, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Faculty, staff and administrators must come to grips with the multiple issues confronting the modern university, an institution whose mission has changed dramatically since its founding in the Middle Ages to train male clergy. Acknowledging an “undercurrent of unease” that permeates today’s campus amid the quiet pursuit of the everyday tasks…
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May 24, 1993
Antonia C. Novello, the 14th surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service, will receive the Alumnae Council’s 1993 Athena Award. Novello is the first woman and first Hispanic surgeon general. The Athena Award, established in 1973, is presented each year to an alumna for professional excellence and public service. The award will be presented…
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May 24, 1993
A Universitywide advisory committee has begun working with University groups and external consultants to study, plan, design and recommend a flexible benefits program. The Flexible Benefits Advisory Committee (FBAC) is co-chaired by David J. Anderson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and chair of the Advisory Committee on University Budgets (ACUB), and Chandler W. Matthews,…
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May 24, 1993
David P. Himle David P. Himle, professor of social work, died suddenly at his home in Ann Arbor May 9. He was 63. Himle began his career at U-M in 1970 as a lecturer in the School of Social Work. He became assistant professor that same year, associate professor in 1974 and professor in 1990.…
