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September 8, 1992
By Mary Jo Frank From budget decisions that include tuition increases and a salary freeze for most employees to discovery of 11,000-year-old mastodon tracks, this summer has been a busy one for the U-M. For faculty and staff who were away, the Record offers its annual summer news roundup. $630 million budget calls for tuition…
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September 8, 1992
Shirley A. Clarkson, director of presidential communications in the Office of University Relations, has joined the Office of Student Affairs as director of planning and communication. In announcing the appointment last week, Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford said she looks forward to having Clarkson “help us improve our communication with students. “I…
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September 8, 1992
The University of Michigan Journalism Fellows has announced awards totaling $330,000 to 12 mid-career reporters, editors and broadcasters. The winners, who include a Pulitzer Prize recipient, represent a wide variety of types, sizes and locations of news organizations around the country. They will take an academic year off from work to pursue individually designed studies,…
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September 8, 1992
From the Office of Staff Benefits Staff and faculty are reminded that participation in benefits programs for themselves and their dependents is not automatic. New staff Application forms for newly eligible faculty and staff must be received by the Office of Staff Benefits within 60 days of 1) eligibility, or 2) the date the appointment…
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September 8, 1992
Marina v.N. Whitman, vice president and group executive for the public affairs and marketing staffs at General Motors Corp., will be a distinguished visiting professor of business administration and public policy this year. Whitman will have a joint teaching appointment in the School of Business Administration and the Institute of Public Policy Studies. A nationally…
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September 8, 1992
Student organizations, individual students, faculty and administrators in-volved in community service projects may apply for one of 22 Michigan Generation Grants available for the first time this year. Applicants for the awards, $500 to $15,000, must show that their projects are innovative and link the campus and the surrounding community. Applicants must be prepared to…
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September 8, 1992
Spouses or partners of recently appointed faculty and staff will get some help in finding work through a program being piloted by the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Colleen Dolan-Greene, assistant vice president for academic affairs-personnel, notes that her office regularly helps the spouses or partners of faculty, and occasionally…
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September 8, 1992
“Studies Seeks Subjects” listings are subject to a $25 per listing, per issue fee. Account numbers, to be billed monthly, must accompany request for listing. Listings are due by 5 p.m. the Tuesday preceding publication. Healthy men or women ages 21–48 needed for sleep study. Participants must be social drinkers with no drug use and…
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September 8, 1992
William C. Kelly, vice president for research, has announced that 23 research scientists from eight units have received promotions effective Sept. 1 . “The high quality of our primary research faculty strengthens the research enterprise in numerous units across the University,” notes Sarah Winans Newman, associate vice president for research. “We look forward to congratulating…
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September 8, 1992
Reprinted from the ITDigest, August 3, 1992 Callers to ITD’s computer help line, 764-HELP, will soon notice a few changes. During August, 764-HELP consultants installeed and began using Answer Computer’s Apriori Help Desk Management software package in an effort to improve the services they provide. The Apriori system gives first-line consultants access to a database…
